Much of the debate around data centres has focused on electricity, but the gap in figures for their water use has started to draw more attention – and breed mistrust.
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.
Residents continue to differ with the Hines not just about key characteristics of its scheme on the site of the old Player Wills factory, but also about whether the community consultation is actually real consultation.
Dublin City Council should learn from what Cork City Council – which has been “exceptional” – has been doing on this, says Adrian Cummins, of the Restaurants Association.
Empower the Family wants to provide affordable homes and childcare for students leaving care who are mums. It’s looking for a council site in Ballymun to start out.
The contract with Ashton Dog Pound in Ashtown times out at the end of June and the council will tender shortly for a provider, said a spokesperson for the council.
A local councillor says she believes cuts are coming. The service says it’s going “to conduct a full review of all of its offices this year”, but no closures are planned just now.
The report lays out serious problems with how councils handle claims from people without Irish citizenship, and Travellers, that stops them from accessing shelter even when they are entitled to it.
The jumping-off point for the exhibition is the way that living life on Zoom and other virtual platforms leaves people “with a false sense of community”, says Aoife Banks, one of the artists.
