Why don't councillors talk as much about homelessness at meetings anymore?
For years, homelessness was a standing item on the agenda at most housing committee meetings. But, recently it hasn’t featured as often.
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Fingal councillors criticise planning officials for failing to make developer provide universal, reliable access to Clongriffin Dart station
“It’s totally unacceptable. Can you see that it’s unacceptable?”
Tenants in poor conditions across the city complain about the same property manager
They’ve pleaded for Martin Property Consultants to deal properly with leaking sewage, mould, cracked walls, and dripping ceilings.
Council Briefs: Pushing for faster housing in Dunsink, pop-up CCTV, and interrogating delivery drones
Here’s a sample of what came up at a recent council meeting for the Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Castleknock and Ongar areas.
Renter quoted €2,850 a month for studio in Rathmines co-living
In January 2023, Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said he’d look at bringing co-living under rent-pressure-zone rules.
Coliving in Rathmines, pitched as part of solution to housing crisis, is being used for tourists
“A planning enforcement file will be opened and investigations will be carried out,” a council spokesperson says.
Each year since it got powers to look into breaches of rental laws, the RTB has launched fewer and fewer formal investigations
The number of investigations isn’t in itself a measure of its success as a regulator, said its deputy director earlier this month.
In Ballymun, is there a problem with the sewage network?
Some residents in the Shangan Avenue area have reported issues, but Irish Water says all is well.
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #100
“This month’s cover is inspired by Dublin’s ‘Fortress Grand Canal’, perhaps the most striking example of hostile architecture, of designing against humanity, in the city in recent years.”
At Declan and Donal’s Deli, a breakfast roll especially for you
The names and the orders keep coming.
Council Briefs: More focus on inclusion, and more seizures of scramblers and the like
These were two of the issues discussed at Monday’s meeting of the Dublin City Joint Policing Committee.
We’ve decided to start selling advertising again
While our costs have been rising over the past couple of years, our number of subscribers hasn’t.
Several apartments flagged by council for bad conditions in recent years have landlords registered to the same Portobello address
One area being looked at in a current government review of the rental sector is whether the regime to enforce basic standards is working.