Skeletal remains found during construction at Victorian Fruit and Vegetable Market
The bones are thought to come from the major medieval monastery at St Mary’s Abbey, and further excavation works are ongoing.
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Dublin City Council refuses request to scrap Newmarket market space
Owner Patrizia had asked to convert the ground-floor space to a convenience store and off-licence.
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Owners of Newmarket building ask for permission to drop market space
“It’s just not a market location,” says the leasing agent. But some market operators say they’re potentially interested in it.
In Balbriggan, a push to use the deposit-return scheme to fund a life-saving project
Aidan Whelan plans to put out orange bins, ask people to put in bottles and cans, return them, and use the money to buy defibrillators and train first responders.
Council Briefs: 106 social homes in Whitehall, and district heating in Coolock
These were two of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their North Central Area Committee.
Why is one of Ireland’s biggest landlords evicting so many of its tenants?
Figures suggest that Luxembourg fund LRC RE-1 has been issuing eviction notices at a much higher rate than peers – and at a greater rate than in the sector overall.
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.