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.
More than a third of people who responded to a survey earlier this year said that community facilities were among the top future issues facing the city.
These were some of the issues councillors voted on at Monday’s monthly meeting of Dublin City Council.
The cross-party group of councillors’ vision is unrealistically expensive and “totally contradictory to government policy”, a council official said.
Members of the council’s Central Area Committee recently discussed Hammerson’s plans for the historic area in the heart of the city.
The “people’s history” project is looking for stories of shopkeepers, craftspeople, tradesmen, and people who worked on the boats, or in the big houses.
For one tenant, advertised rents for similar apartments in a neighbouring block are much lower than hers, raising the possibility of a downward rent review.
The recently rezoned lands could host up to 2,200 new homes but councillors are watchful as to whether a promised master plan will be agreed and followed.
The centre will educate people on just how fragile and important the island is, encouraging them to take better care of it, a council official says.
Plans show many more trees and greenery, an amphitheatre, seating, and more – all coming together to make the plaza more like a park.
“The importance of play to children is clear and is protected by the UN Convention on the Rights of Children via Article 31,” says Ombudsman for Children Niall Muldoon.
Here’s some of what councillors discussed at their June monthly meeting.
Almost 400 of the apartments proposed for former council land at O’Devaney Gardens would not have adequate daylight in living room-kitchens, shows a daylight sunlight report.