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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For Young People, It’s Even Harder to Escape Homelessness
Lower social welfare payments for people aged 18–24 mean it’s even more of a struggle for them to gather the resources to move out of a hostel and into a home.
Student Housing, Sitting Empty, Converts to Short-Term Lets. But for How Long?
Dublin City Council has been granting temporary permission, in some cases for years, for some complexes built for students to be rented to others.
Homeless People in Dublin to Get Booklet Setting Out, Clearly, Their Rights
There is a “serious lack of transparency and clarity around rights” for people who are homeless, says Adam Spollen, who is working on the project.
Is Build-to-Rent Crowding Out Other Kinds of Homes in Dublin?
More than half of the homes granted planning permission in Dublin between 2018 to 2020 were built to be rented, show council and CSO figures.
The “Litter King” pleads for council to tackle waste in Swords Park
“Look there are layers of plastic,” says John Drinane, dressed in jeans and a green baseball cap. “It is built up for years.”
After Seven Years, Illegal Short-Term Lets Magically Become Legal
The council has come across 21 properties so far, some with multiple apartments, that have been short-term lets so long they can’t be forced back into the regular rental market.
732 Notices to Quit Served to Dublin Tenants Last Year, Raising Fears of Wave of Homelessness
Much of that period was during the pandemic, with tenants nevertheless allowed to stay in their homes – but that’s now changing.
In Ballymun, a Team Stands by to Nurture Budding Playwrights
Aoife Spillane-Hinks has worked with around 25 writers, she says, as the lead artist at the Axis Ballymun’s pop-up literary department.
Council Briefs: More Public Toilets, More Pedestrianised Streets and Preserving Moore Street
These issues and the timeline for construction of new housing at O’Devaney Gardens were among the topics Dublin city councillors discussed at their monthly meeting on Monday.
Council Teases Out New Policy to Manage Anti-Social Behaviour in Its Housing
The draft policy suggests, among other measures, that the council consult local groups before offering new tenants a home in a community.
Council Plans to Tackle Pollution in Water at Grand Canal Dock
Currently, most of the pollution in the water body comes from dirty water that gushes in through a storm pipe when it rains heavily.
Cherry Orchard Misses Out Again on Funding for Amenities
Around 8,000 people live in Cherry Orchard, but there are no playing pitches, no cafes or restaurants, no health centre and only one shop.