Nobody caught illegally dumping yet by new north inner-city CCTV
But the scheme is a success, said a council official's report, as that shows the cameras are a deterrent.
“If I lose this place there is nowhere else to go,” says Patrycja Pawlak. “It’s so worrying.”
It has funding and plans in place for an old bank on North Circular Road and a former antiques showroom on Capel Street.
“I’m telling you in the past five years the staff in these hostels have totally changed,” says Mairead, the woman who was assaulted.
All these were on the agenda of Dublin city councillors in the Central Area at a meeting on Tuesday.
“Why is it beyond the capability of Dublin City Council to put in public toilets?” says Deirdre Nichol, chairperson of the Clontarf Residents Association.
One possibility is that short-term lets are behind a big slice of these.
Ten years ago Richard Adams took down his shopfront sign to retire. But, now 76, he has drifted back.
And when it does happen, will it be matched with investment in detox beds? And should it now cater, also, to the growing number of crack cocaine users?
If it can’t come to an agreement with the owner to buy the property the council will pursue a compulsory purchase order, a council spokesperson said.
There are more rented homes now than there were in 2016, it shows. Even as there are fewer registered tenancies, according to the Residential Tenancies Board.
“Responses received do not present an optimum solution for the site,” says a council report.
Meanwhile, those groups, like the Muslim Sisters of Éire, which runs a food table at the GPO, are “being inundated with demand”.