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Housing Briefs: Auditor flags overspending on “rapid-build” homes, and the council plans to build 167 social homes in Grangegorman
At one site, on Bonham Street, 57 “rapid-build” homes took almost four years to build and cost 51 percent more than originally agreed, an auditor’s report says.
Croke Park to consider funding a “legacy project” for the local community
Drumcondra Resident James Doherty is calling for a community brainstorm for a project to benefit them all. “It’s all about ideas at the moment.”
A short animated film tells the story of a Dublin child trafficked for criminal exploitation
Forced criminality has been happening in the north inner-city for years but, lately, it is happening more openly, says Belinda Nugent, of ICON.
On Talbot Street, residents want a bus stop moved from outside their front door
The difficulties they face being heard are part of a wider problem, says one councillor.
Council manager says this time it’s really going to build more Traveller accommodation in the city, honest
“I’m on the Local Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee over 10 years and there has been zero delivery in that time,” says Sinn Féin Councillor Anthony Connaghan.
Council Briefs: Council considers legal action against HSE over funding for ambulance services, a motion to tackle youth homelessness, and more
These were a few of the issues Dublin City Councillors discussed at their December monthly meeting on Monday.
In Crumlin, a new take on the spice bag
Debbie Akinbami began to adapt local dishes with Nigerian ingredients while she was in school. Now, her menu is full of them.
What have the city’s “community safety wardens” been up to?
Schemes to post wardens around O’Connell Street and Wolfe Tone Square are part of a pilot aimed at improving feelings of safety in the north inner-city.
After wave of opposition to Traveller housing, council drops plans for three sites in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
“They just blamed biodiversity,” says Geraldine Dunne, director of Southside Traveller Action Group. “They didn’t even try to challenge the discrimination and racism.”
Council Briefs: Long-awaited regeneration of Croke Villas, campaign to save number 11 bus, expansion of Drumcondra library
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a meeting of their Central Area Committee on Tuesday.
In Rathmines, renters face eviction from a building contracted as homeless accommodation
“I consider this place home,” says Abdul Rahman Ali, who signed a lease for an apartment in the complex in 2010. “I’ve been here for 14 years.”