In the north inner-city, tenants of 15 years evicted so council can buy their home
Dublin City Council is buying 40 homes in the Northbank apartments. It is not clear how many tenants have been evicted for the deal to proceed.
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On Talbot Street, residents want a bus stop moved from outside their front door
The difficulties they face being heard are part of a wider problem, says one councillor.
Council manager says this time it’s really going to build more Traveller accommodation in the city, honest
“I’m on the Local Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee over 10 years and there has been zero delivery in that time,” says Sinn Féin Councillor Anthony Connaghan.
Council Briefs: Council considers legal action against HSE over funding for ambulance services, a motion to tackle youth homelessness, and more
These were a few of the issues Dublin City Councillors discussed at their December monthly meeting on Monday.
In Crumlin, a new take on the spice bag
Debbie Akinbami began to adapt local dishes with Nigerian ingredients while she was in school. Now, her menu is full of them.
What have the city’s “community safety wardens” been up to?
Schemes to post wardens around O’Connell Street and Wolfe Tone Square are part of a pilot aimed at improving feelings of safety in the north inner-city.
After wave of opposition to Traveller housing, council drops plans for three sites in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
“They just blamed biodiversity,” says Geraldine Dunne, director of Southside Traveller Action Group. “They didn’t even try to challenge the discrimination and racism.”
Council Briefs: Long-awaited regeneration of Croke Villas, campaign to save number 11 bus, expansion of Drumcondra library
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a meeting of their Central Area Committee on Tuesday.
In Rathmines, renters face eviction from a building contracted as homeless accommodation
“I consider this place home,” says Abdul Rahman Ali, who signed a lease for an apartment in the complex in 2010. “I’ve been here for 14 years.”
Council Briefs: Failure to build Traveller housing, closing another laneway, and scrapping the Bull Island discovery centre
These were among the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their November monthly meeting on Monday.
For autistic children, overcrowding and homelessness can be even tougher
But mothers Danielle Barlow and Denise Carr say their applications to the council for “medical priority” to get into social housing faster, were refused.
Is it time for a referendum on a right to housing? the Oireachtas housing committee debated last week
An inter-departmental group is going to have a think about it, and make recommendations in the first half of 2025, a Department of Housing spokesperson said.
In Cherry Orchard, a vacant council home is being used for a stables
The council should provide stables for horses and fix up the house, says People Before Profit Councillor Hazel de Nortúin.