More than 100 HAP tenants in Dublin lost their homes after poor conditions flagged
“An innocent tenant, through no fault of their own, ends up back homeless because a landlord doesn’t carry out the works,” says one councillor.
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Annual Sculpture In Context exhibition in the Botanic Gardens on hold until organisers can find funding
“We couldn’t continue. It’s become a full-time unpaid job,” says chairperson Jackie Ball.
An easy-going Nepalese restaurant opens on Moore Street
Momo, pani puri and chow mein all feature on the menu of this homely addition to the underground mall.
In Portrane, residents of HSE-owned cottages fear for their future
The HSE isn’t maintaining them well, or doing necessary upgrades – maybe it’s time it hands them over to the council, tenants and local councillors say.
For years, a developer has kept a stretch of road closed off, clogging up traffic
And there’s no prospect of Gannon Properties taking down the fences that block off a stretch of Glen Ellan Road anytime soon.
In the heart of Rathmines, councillors eye up “underused” site for plaza, housing, Swan centre expansion
On Thursday, they backed a motion asking council managers to look at using a compulsory purchase order to buy it.
In Fingal, the council plans to hike fees at recycling centres
At a meeting Thursday, councillors worried the fee increase would lead to an increase in illegal dumping.
Improving access to Barnageeragh Bay Beach could cost €1.35 million and take years, a consultant told councillors
It’ll mean upgrading bus stops, footpaths and crossings on the R127 to make it safe to get to the path to the beach, before upgrading that too, he said.
Council says no grounds to pursue developer over failure to replace Dirty Old Tower at Clongriffin train station
One councillor called the decision embarrassing. Another said it was “an utter failure to deliver for people”.
In Tyrrelstown, councillors push to give more land to Powerstown Educate Together National School, for a while
The school’s expanding, and wants the site so its kids will have space outside during the construction process.
Council Briefs: A battle over rezoning ALSAA lands, a call for more refuges in Fingal, and giving owner-occupiers a shot at apartments
These were a few of the issues Fingal county councillors discussed at their November monthly meeting on Monday.
In Donabate, residents want developers to finally finish building their estates, and hand them over to the council
Until then, the council won’t maintain and improve the public areas, fixing roads, cutting the grass on the greens, and all that.
In Rathgar, councillors press for council to make good on promise to make park public
It’s built and open. But, the oasis in the Marianella apartment complex hasn’t yet been taken under council control.