Does Irish Water even know how much water data centres are using?
Much of the debate around data centres has focused on electricity, but the gap in figures for their water use has started to draw more attention – and breed mistrust.
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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.
Council should take over a recycling centre in North Strand, councillors say
It’s the councillors’ latest move in a years-long campaign to stop council managers from reducing services at the centre.
Plans for all-weather pitch in Ashtown stalled due to concerns about brent geese
The geese have moved inland more in recent years, grazing on parks and grass pitches. How then, to balance their needs with calls for more all-weather pitches?
In East Wall, locals want a longtime derelict site, Cody’s Yard, turned into a park with a sensory garden
It’s “been sitting here for as long as I can remember”, says local resident Deirdre Murray. “It’s had lots of anti-social behaviour, bonfires, illegal dumping.”
DRHE commits to equal standards in future in private homeless hostels and charity-run ones
There are twice as many adults in privately run hostels – and significantly lower standards for them.
Tenant questions contrast at RTB hearing between his treatment, and his landlord’s
Peter Byrne was refused an adjournment he asked for on medical grounds. His landlord, after saying it hadn’t had time to review the case, was granted one.
Council pushes ahead with plans to regulate soup runs
“We’re just trying to get people through one more night on the streets,” says Kiera Gill, a founder of A Lending Hand, a voluntary on-street homeless service.
Smithfield is next but Dublin City Council sees challenges ahead in drive to keep greening the city centre
“We are running out of quick wins,” said landscape architect Peter Leonard, at a recent meeting. “It’s becoming increasingly complex.”
Councillors positive about plan to grant a 250-year lease for Tolka Park stadium, but ask to meet lease-getters first
Local councillors backed Shelbourne FC’s plans to renovate its home stadium, but some have questions.
Council Briefs: Councillors push to reopen the city centre laneway they closed last month, and more
“That is the start of a journey and hopefully the manager, the elected members and all the main players can come together and reopen the lane.”