“That is madness,” says Louisa Santoro, CEO of the Mendicity Institution. “A single person is not a sufficient level of staff to run any homeless service.”
Shanganagh Castle is set to be one of the biggest public housing projects in Dublin once completed, however, questions about building standards loom over parts of the scheme.
Some say proposals for the Poddle Flood Alleviation Scheme are considerate of biodiversity. Others that they’re worried about the impact of trees and birds.
Miceal McGovern, the CEO of the approved housing body Cabhru Housing Association Services (CHAS), resigned recently amid questions about his use of social homes.
Councillors are teasing out how to vote. Among the issues in play? A lack of clarity over the number of social homes proposed, a fear of really expensive rentals, and council funds.
Dublin City Council has decided not to go ahead with a proposal to sell property on Berkeley Street in the north inner-city to the Cabhru Housing Association Service (CHAS), a council spokesperson said on Tuesday.
With South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council, Codema is rolling out a number of pilot projects to prove the benefits of “district heating”.
For nine months after the official launch of the refurbished seniors’ centre at St Bricin’s Park, it remained closed. Councillors want to know what caused the long delay.
Councillors face a choice: to sell the land, perhaps, and use the money for much-needed community facilities. Or to keep the land, perhaps, for much-needed affordable or social homes.
