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Councillors look for more consultation with disabled people on city-centre traffic plan
“If it’s stopping us from going into the city centre, it infringes our basic human rights,” says Robert Sinnott, of Voice of Vision Impairment.
Report into vacant above-the-shop units finds that they are too expensive to be widely used for social homes
“Financially it worked out two to three times the cost of delivering a new unit,” said researcher Michelle Connolly, of Dublin Simon Community.
It can be a lose-lose scenario for some tenants who ask the council to push their landlords to fix up substandard apartments
It can anger the landlord, and alert the council that it shouldn’t be paying to subsidise rent for such a place – and risk leaving the tenant homeless.
Council delays plans to unveil joint plaque for boys who died in Artane Industrial School and Christian Brothers who ran it
It’s not acceptable for boys who died while detained in the institution to be remembered with the men who ran it, says independent Councillor Mannix Flynn.
Why are brent geese moving inland, scuppering plans for homes and all-weather pitches?
The answer is food. “There is a lot of marine algae in Dublin Bay but not enough … As that runs out they start to come onto the football pitches.”
Despite councillors’ reservations after pilot in north inner-city, government rolling out local community safety partnerships
“I do think there is huge potential there for something like this, but I do have some very, very serious concerns about how this model is working.”
Vacancy Watch: Dublin Central Mission Building on Abbey Street, once a hub of community activity
It’s empty now and up for sale. Restoration works could cost millions, according to one estimate.
Council looks to take over running Smock Alley Theatre
The company currently running it has struggled on and off with its finances, including paying its rent, according to a council report.
As council offers more services online, some say it’s getting harder to access them offline
“I’d rather talk to someone face-to-face, a real person, it’s easier,” says Mags Keena.
Dublin city councillors have more residents to represent than councillors in any other part of the country
This impacts the quality of representation they can provide, and could create barriers to young people entering politics, some say.
A historian traces changes in the lives of women working in Henry Street shops
Female retail workers on the street have made history, but employment conditions there are in decline, says council historian-in-residence Mary Muldowney.
The council is mapping which of its lands are good for public housing. Councillors want to see it, too.
The “Data set is owned and operated by LGMA – discussions to make this publicly accessible are required,” a recent presentation to councillors said.