Long-time campaigners bristle at politicians' back-patting over new lift at Clongriffin Dart Station
“They were actually trying to take credit for the extremely hard work that we have put in."
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Under the council’s management, the building that recently housed Inchicore’s library has been left vacant and been badly damaged
“It reminds me of the Iveagh Markets,” says Sinn Féin Councillor Máire Devine. “It’s neglect.”
Council aims to deliver 1,150 new social homes in the city through public-private partnerships by 2026
This includes redeveloping Croke Villas, which was previously earmarked for redevelopment under a PPP deal that fell apart in 2008.
On Ballyfermot Road, residents complain about dust from a large construction site
“You are awake all night not being able to breathe and then the banging starts,” says June Byrne, who suffers from COPD.
Outreach counted 180 people sleeping on the streets of Dublin in November. But the official report said there were only 91.
“Given that it is called a rough sleeper count most people would be surprised to find out that’s not what it is,” says Louisa Santoro, CEO of the Mendicity Institution.
In apartment complexes across the city, social tenants are segregated into separate blocks with barriers to access to amenities
“I think it’s wrong for the kids growing up,” says Dee Roche, who lives in Hamilton Gardens in Cabra. “It’s starting a divide among the kids.”
New strategy to help council decide what areas need facilities for sports, and how to get more people involved
“This is the first strategic plan to look at the provision of sport, physical activity and recreation in the city and to plan it out in a strategic way.”
In Drimnagh, social tenants say their kids are blocked from the playground in their build-to-rent complex
There are wider questions, too, about who has access to the many communal amenities at The Davitt, at what price – and how that fits with planning rules.
RTB calls for change to law to help it track down hard-to-find landlords to resolve disputes and battle illegal evictions
When the Residential Tenancies Board cannot identify the landlord that “impacts all dispute and regulatory functions of the RTB”.
Council lays out state of plans to renovate and retrofit many of its flat complexes
Dublin City Council is assessing all of its 199 flat complexes and will use the data gathered to prioritise works, says the council housing manager.
In Ballymun, there’s a lack of certainty around funding of vital support services
The area could be transformed if intense therapeutic services were rolled out for a small number of high-need families, says community planner Andrew Montague.
RTB has proposed giving Gardaí powers to arrest anyone illegally evicting a tenant
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien had asked the RTB to look at how the state could improve its response to illegal evictions.
Councillors call for tables and umbrellas on the city’s streets to be free from alcohol branding
It can look cheap and tacky, make life harder for people trying not to drink, and advertise drinking to children, critics say.