Skeletal remains found during construction at Victorian Fruit and Vegetable Market
The bones are thought to come from the major medieval monastery at St Mary’s Abbey, and further excavation works are ongoing.
Dublin City Council has been granting temporary permission, in some cases for years, for some complexes built for students to be rented to others.
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.
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.
“Look there are layers of plastic,” says John Drinane, dressed in jeans and a green baseball cap. “It is built up for years.”
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.
Much of that period was during the pandemic, with tenants nevertheless allowed to stay in their homes – but that’s now changing.
Aoife Spillane-Hinks has worked with around 25 writers, she says, as the lead artist at the Axis Ballymun’s pop-up literary department.
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.
The draft policy suggests, among other measures, that the council consult local groups before offering new tenants a home in a community.
Currently, most of the pollution in the water body comes from dirty water that gushes in through a storm pipe when it rains heavily.
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.
As of mid-February, Dublin Fire Brigade was engaging or had engaged with the council or service providers for 14 hostels in the city around issues with fire safety.