But some local councillors say just reopening the station is not enough – the area needs more gardaí to staff it, and to walk the beat in the neighbourhood.
Maybe they should remain in state care until they have somewhere else to go. Or maybe the council should ring-fence some social homes specifically for care leavers who need them.
Terry Fagan’s been gathering stories and mementos since 1970. He has a museum on Railway St, but his landlord’s selling up, and he’s not sure where to take his collection next.
At a council-owned complex near Queen Street that has been plagued for years by leaks and other maintenance issues, a large electricity supply box caught fire on 14 September.
Some say a 2016 law meant to stop mass evictions – the so-called “Tyrrelstown amendment” – is deeply flawed. The Department of Housing says it’s “proportionate” .
Stephen Hayden is pushing the council to provide land for a working farm that would produce organic food and give city kids a chance to learn how to rear farm animals.
Neither Tusla nor the Dublin Region Homeless Executive have accessible data around how many, but some say they should. “We can only address a problem properly when we understand the scale of it.”
At meetings earlier this week, Dublin city councillors also approved a local area plan for Cherry Orchard, and discussed about how to tackle illegal parking on Montpelier Hill.
Facilities “are not employing qualified, trained case workers to deal with the complex issues”, says Anthony Flynn, CEO of Inner City Helping Homeless.
