Months on, council still investigating ethics complaints against independent councillor
Two councillors have lodged complaints with the council against independent Councillor Gavin Pepper. But there’s been no conclusion yet to those processes.
Achille Didier says he hopes, as word spreads, more people will stop by to try the food they have here, or even use the space for their own events.
Planning documents list the many amenities in planned shared-living developments. But those living there may have fewer rights than renters in traditional homes.
The few in favour spoke of “decarbonised” transport and safer streets. Opposing voices raised issues around design, cost, and loss of parking spaces.
What social housing will Dublin City Council get from big build-to-rent schemes that happen in the city? And other council matters from this month’s full meeting.
Many homeless people struggle to navigate the baffling bureaucracy that stands between them and adequate shelter. Sometimes, because bureaucrats say they aren’t homeless.
They’re asking Dubliners to pick up a free kit on Friday and go collect water samples – which they’ll analyse for pollutants and turn into sound.
In October 2014, Dublin City Council owned 25,825 social homes. By January 2019, that figure had fallen to 24,503.
“It’s shameful that a building of ours sits empty for four years,” a councillor said at a meeting of the council’s Central Area Committee on Tuesday.
The graveyard is a reminder of how important Quakers were to life in the south inner-city at one time, and some would like to see it better taken care of.
At Monday’s monthly meeting, councillors voted down the idea of relaxing rules around homes in back gardens, and railed against recent building heights changes.
Last Thursday, a big digger dipped its mechanical arm into the back of a truck, grabbed some rubble and scattered it around.
“We’ve been concerned about the idea of speculation and land hoarding,” John O’Hara, the council’s chief planner, told councillors. So they’re moving slowly.