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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The Sign Says No Short-Term Lets, So Why Is There One?
A tourist who stayed and was disturbed by the sign struggled to get clear answers.
Council Briefs: Stopping Student Housing, College Green Plaza Redux, and Horses
Councillors on Monday discussed a motion that would try to stem growth in hotels, student accommodation and short-term lets in the city until 2022.
An Archivist Takes Charge of the Country’s Old Land and Property Records
“There is no other record in the country like it. I think that is a real treasure trove,” says Ellen Murphy.
Some Councillors Cool to Idea of Private Homes on Public Land
Most councillors voted against looking at changing direction with the council’s flagship housing projects on Monday. But there was more support for a rethink than before.
The myth of the whiskey pension
Bottles in the post to retirees of some distilleries have fed rumours of pensions paid in the golden stuff. There’s some history behind the myth.
Councillors Debate What’s Next for College Green
Many said they would support going back with a new plan to seek permission again from An Bord Pleanála.
Council Briefs: a New Look for Dolphin’s Barn, Ballymun Shopping Centre, and More
Dublin City Councillors met at City Hall for their November meeting on Monday night. Here’s some of what they voted on.
An Advocate for Tenants Clocks Up Hundreds of Cases at the RTB
Patrick Nelis visits the Residential Tenancies Board most days, sometimes twice a day, to argue cases for tenants. He didn’t always do this. He used to work with horses.
Some Lobbying Around Land Rezoning Slips Under the Radar
There’s an inflexibility to rezoning industrial land, wrote a Department of Housing official in an email in February. “Its been represented to me quite a few times.”
No Exchequer Money for Affordable Housing, Department of Public Expenditure Said Last Year
In 2017, emails and memos from officials at the Department of Public Expenditure suggest they were unconvinced of the need for affordable-housing schemes.