As government moves to give Gardaí facial-recognition tech, it’s already available to public to use – and misuse
Online tools allow people to identify others from photos – opening the way for targeted ridicule, doxxing, or worse.
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Councils’ Purchases of Houses from Developers for Use as Social Homes Lack Transparency and Oversight, Report Says
It examined deals done between 2016 and 2019 and found that councils generally got a good deal, but that there wasn’t a rigorous, standardised process.
There Should Be a Way to Zone Land for Only Affordable and Social Housing, Report Says
Rezoning to existing residential designations pushes land values way up, making it tough to build affordable housing there, even if someone wanted to.
Councillors to Consider Proposal to Use the Council’s Spending Power to Help Residents and Small Businesses More
At a recent meeting they heard about how cities in the US and UK have used “community wealth building” strategies, with a view to emulating that here.
Vacancy Watch: Matt’s of Cabra on Faussagh Avenue
The appearance of the building and surrounding site are bringing down the area, some councillors say. A representative of the owners says they’ve tried to maintain it.
Providers of Purpose-Built Student Accommodation Have Been Saying There’s a Lack of Demand for It
Instead of reducing rents to tempt more students, they’ve been going to the council and getting permission to use it for short-term lets and co-living.
Council Briefs: Consultants to Create New “Vision” for City, and Councillors Oppose Privatisation of Employment Services
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at Tuesday’s meeting of their economic development committee.
New Compromise on Council-Owned Land at Oscar Traynor Road Could Mean Hundreds of Social and Affordable Homes
But the homes would still be built by a private developer, instead of by Dublin City Council, as councillors had wanted when they rejected the last plan for the site.
Council Ending Its Boycott on Building New Social Housing in Ballymun
For years the council avoided building new social housing in the suburb, in a push to bring in more private homes and higher-income residents.
Rift Tears Open Again Among Councillors, Over Abuse Survivors Being Retraumatised by Artane Band
A motion asking the lord mayor to end her patronage of the Artane School of Music will come back before the full council next month, says independent Councillor Mannix Flynn.
Council Rejects 80% of Applications for “Medical Priority” to Get Social Housing Quicker
Councillors say it isn’t always clear how decisions are arrived at, and why some cases are refused.
A New Play Takes Inspiration from a Woman Who Tried to Find Healing by Meeting Her Attacker
Playwright Geoff Power’s “Stronger”, due to premiere at the Dublin Theatre Festival, dramatises an effort at “restorative justice”.
Councillors Weigh Mistrust of Housing Charity against Need to Build Housing, Fast
They must decide whether to give Cabhrú another chance, or have the council redevelop a Phibsboro social-housing complex itself.