Some children in state care struggle to get Tusla sign off for their education courses of choice
The underlying problem, it seems, is a lack of residential places near to their proposed classes.
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Councillors continue to push back against segregation in apartment complexes
Social tenants who live in the private Liberties complex Grand Canal Harbour say they're not allowed to use many of the common facilities there.
Maybe people shouldn't be able to collect social welfare at GPO, Arnotts lobbies
The company behind the Henry Street department store raised the idea with the man in charge of the regeneration of the city centre, returns show.
Frustrated with the service from Dublin Bus, one man took them to the Small Claims Court
"Please note, I am only looking for the restitution of €2.75 – the fare cost."
With more flights on the horizon, communities around Dublin Airport push for changes to air-quality monitoring
There are questions about who's doing the monitoring, what they're checking for, and whether all the monitors are even working.
As drafted, short-term let rules smooth the way for illegal short-term lets to go straight
Whether a property gets permission as a short-term let depends, in part, on whether the owners can prove they've been holiday lets for more than seven years – and whether planning enforcement noticed.
To tackle dereliction, the council is pushing to broaden what it includes
Dublin City Council's planning committee backed a motion on Monday to call on the Minister for Housing to broaden the legal definition to include long-term vacancy.
Eight years ago, government made it easier to turn old shops and offices into homes. How's it panning out?
More than 10 percent of the notified homes turned into, it seems, holiday lets.
In the west of the city, pushes for small traffic changes are stymied by hazy timeline for BusConnects works
"If you ask, you'll be told this is part of the BusConnects project, we can't touch it until then," says Ray Cunningham, a Green Party councillor.
With new city bikeshare scheme on the horizon, attention turns to the future of the associated big billboards
Will they be gone? Should they be kept?
It's time to commemorate the 14th-century Bruce campaign in Castleknock, councillor says
But exactly how significant the events at Castleknock were in this curious interlude in medieval history is debatable, said Christine Baker, Fingal's heritage officer.
Councillors vote down motion to prune back plan to develop housing in Dunsink
Opposing the motion, Fine Gael Councillor Ted Leddy said he'd urge people to keep in the front of their thoughts people who are in danger of homelessness, who are homeless, or who are living at home with their parents in their 30s.
Amidst housing crisis, employers push unusual ways to house their staff
In Kilmainham and Santry, planning applications show a couple of the different approaches being taken by employers navigating the affordable-housing crunch in the city, and its impact on staffing.