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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At meetings, Dublin City Council officials push to answer councillors’ questions away from public view
Some of the meetings to discuss the city’s housing delivery and services have moved to closed-door workshops too.
Even with an agreed top-up, it still looks as if there will be less money next year to refurbish council homes
Dublin city councillors at a budget meeting talked about funding to do up vacant social homes, and also for street cleaning.
Delays, mistakes and risk of data breaches at the RTB, according to Grant Thornton report
Some landlords and tenants who won tribunal cases were recorded as having lost, the report found.
Why are there so many boarded-up council houses in Cherry Orchard?
“I am dealing with serious cases, people screaming and crying for houses,” says People Before Profit Councillor Hazel de Nortúin.
Council briefs: An all-weather pitch for Martin Savage Park, buying Aldborough House, and concerns about a lack of maternity cover
These were some of the issues that members discussed at Tuesday’s meeting of Dublin City Council’s Central Area Committee.
New chair of north inner-city community-safety partnership outlines holistic vision for reducing crime
“I laughed when I heard people say that they should put armed guards on the streets,” says Eddie Mullins. “What are they going to do? Shoot people?”
Council tenants often face poor conditions, so is there a better way to fund the maintenance of social housing?
“We need to know where we can find this funding to make people’s living conditions decent – because it is our human rights,” says Gayle Cullen, chair of the Oliver Bond Residents Group.
Council Briefs: Coping with Peter McVerry Trust fallout, calling for changes to Artane Band, and allocating affordable homes
These were among the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at the November monthly meeting on Monday.
Vacancy Watch: Two Stoneybatter homes have been sitting vacant for years, despite council threats to CPO them
“With the housing crisis as it is – it seems insane that the council allows this,” says local resident Stuart Smith.
New apartment complexes and estates in Dublin must be named in Irish, council says
“I think it’s a good idea,” says Darach Ó Séaghdha, an Irish language activist, podcaster and author. “It will stop the bad translations happening.”
Council Briefs: Next step in tackling illegal dump in Darndale, new Rutland Street community centre, update on Jamestown Masterplan, and more
These are some of what councillors for the northside of the city have discussed at recent meetings.
The council has been paying more than €2.3m a year for an Aungier Street hostel, which it says is empty
A council spokesperson says the building, which is meant to be a homeless hostel, is not in use because it needs remedial work and a new fire cert.