What would become of the Civic Offices on Wood Quay if the council relocates?
After The Currency reported the idea of the council moving its HQ, councillors were talking about and thinking through the pros and cons and implications.
“I’m completely disappointed but I’m not surprised,” says Robert Murphy, who chairs the local TidyTowns. “We’re left waiting on everything.”
Streets named after people who profited from the enslavement of others – like Nassau St and the La Touche Bridge – should be renamed, says Councillor Nial Ring.
The council should target funding at deprived areas to redress imbalances – but it’s not, some councillors say.
Meanwhile, the council’s North West Area is set to get just 4.4 percent of these development levies.
In Dublin, private inspectors have been brought in. An expert group has ruled out asking the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to do it instead.
Pitched as a measure to speed housing construction, opposition politicians say it’s unlikely to help much. “A solution in search of a problem,” one called it.
The Public Appointments Service will run an open competition this year, and councillors have to ratify the appointment by vote.
For many years, the club has called the pitches in the Alfie Byrne Park home. Now it’s asking Dublin City Council for a lease.
That’s the opposite of what Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said in November was his plan.
The homes have gone through round after round of repairs in recent years. Meanwhile, there are thousands of households on the social housing list in the area.
Tired of pleading with the council for an astroturf pitch in their area so they don’t have to rent private facilities to train in winter, Kilmore FC is planning a protest.
The lack of action by the developer “is a clear breach of the development agreement”, says a motion apparently headed to January’s monthly council meeting.