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.
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Planned Nursing Home Would Include Co-Living for Staff
“You don’t have to have a PhD in epidemiology to see the risks,” says Dr Anthony Staines, professor of health systems and public health at DCU.
Plans for a Full-Sized Sports Pitch in the Liberties Delayed, Yet Again
Citing a lack of funds, Dublin City Council has tried for some 15 years to get a pitch built through a public-private partnership, so far without success.
A Wildlife Photographer Stalks His Prey on Dublin’s Rooftops and Riverbanks
Seagulls “grow up to be terrorists, but they’re lovely when they are babies”, says Robert Keogh.
As Buildings Grow Taller, Some Residents Say Their Right to Light Is Being Overlooked
“It can be damaging to people’s mental health to live in an apartment that gets no sunlight and has inadequate daylight,” says architect Orla Hegarty.
Should Tenants Get First Dibs on Buying Their Apartments When They’re Put on Sale?
A receiver sold Shannon Chance’s apartment in Smithfield to a big company landlord for a price well below what she says she’d have paid to buy it herself.
Council Briefs: A New Heritage Plan, Building Community Wealth, and Compensating for Bank Closures
These were among the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at recent meetings of their arts and culture committee, and finance committee.
Council Updates: Debating the Delivery of Social Homes, a Park Cafe, and More
At a meeting of the council’s housing committee, a council official gave a rundown of how the council is trying to up the number of homes it builds – and why it opts for other routes to get social homes too.
Will Building a More Environmentally Friendly Heating System for the City Lead to Less Recycling?
The council is planning to heat thousands of homes in the city with hot water from the Poolbeg waste-to-energy incinerator.
An Art Exhibition Highlights the Privileges Many Enjoy Even Under Lockdown
The show contrasts the feeling of being restricted by Covid-19 shutdowns, with the much more serious restrictions faced by refugees.
Homeless People from Outside Dublin Were Just Ghosts to the Council’s System
Dublin Region Homeless Executive did not record interactions with homeless people judged not to be from Dublin for much of last year, leaving them invisible.
Neighbourhood Gets Fence and Wasteland Rather than Trees and Park – for Now, at Least
However, residents and local councillors believe this is temporary, and the trees and park will come to the area off Cork Street eventually.
Council Briefs: Selling Council Property at Gulistan Terrace and Abbey St, and Saying No to “Vulture Funds”
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their May monthly meeting on Monday.