Airbnb has targeted council employees with online adverts. Does that count as lobbying?
“Just because it’s digital, and not over coffee, doesn’t mean it’s not,” says Niamh Kirk, an associate professor at the University of Limerick.
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Council Looking Again at What Kind of Shops Shouldn’t Be Allowed on O’Connell Street
But the special scheme to stop a spread of lower-end shops on and around the city’s main thoroughfare has been around almost two decades, say some councillors, and it doesn’t seem to be working.
In Cabra, Owners of Long-Vacant Pub Propose Building 117 Rental Apartments on Site
The owners had earlier planned to build student housing there, but changed their minds and left the run-down pub vacant for years.
It Takes Government, On Average, More Than Two Years to Approve Plans for Social Homes – Instead of One
A recent review suggests ways to speed up the process including standard design layouts, fast-tracking some projects and improving communication.
Council Briefs: Promoting Fairtrade in Finglas, and a New Playground in Kilmore West
These were among the issues councillors discussed at recent council meetings of their North West and North Central Area committees.
“In Every Band That I Ever Knew, There Was Always a Jimmy”
In a new play, a group of musicians explore the idea that every band has a talented guy who also needs a babysitter.
At Current Pace, Retrofitting the City’s Social Houses Would Take 12 Years
Dublin City Council has already retrofitted 77 percent of its houses. (That’s not including flats.) Councillors want the money to speed it all up.
In Phibsborough, a Park That’s Always Been Locked May Soon Open
The Mater Hospital, which owns the Four Masters Park, says it hopes to make the park accessible to the public in the near future.
An Increasingly Common System for Allocating Social Homes Is a Mystery to Many on the Housing List
Dublin City Council is doing more “choice-based lettings”, as officials say that gets people into homes quicker. But not everyone knows they exist, much less how to apply for one.
Problems with Water Leaking into Electrics at Council Housing Complex Continued Even After an Electrical Fire, Complaints Log Suggests
A Dublin City Council log of maintenance requests shows older complaints of a damp fuse box, a sizzling socket and, more recently, of water leaks into the electrics.
Council Briefs: Filling the Council Seat of Anthony Flynn, Supporting Ukraine, and Improving Street Signs
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their March monthly meeting on Monday.
When Big Funds Control Private Housing Estates, Residents Get Little Say in How Their Community Is Run
At Cedarview, the rules forbid hanging out laundry or barbecuing – and some residents fear car clamping might soon be rolled out across the estate too.
An Industrial School Survivor Demands Answers on Why He Was Incarcerated at Age 11
Seamus Kelly says he believes a probation officer changed his date of birth on official documents, to put him inside younger.