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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In Inchicore, the council is working up plans for community uses for three buildings
It has commissioned a study to weigh up the future of the Mercy Convent gate lodge, the Goldenbridge Integrated Services Complex, and the old library.
In north Fingal, parents push for more school bus services to ease waiting lists
When choosing a school for her daughter, Ballyboughal mother Pamela Clarke says the deciding factor was which bus she could get a seat on. “It’s frustrating.”
In Milltown, council considers removing beloved wading rhino from the Dodder
The roll-out of a flood alleviation scheme along the river might require relocating Woody, said a Dublin City Council engineer.
In Lusk, parents struggle to find creche places for their children
One creche, Woodlands, has had to close its waiting list, because there were 280 names on it, says the facility manager, Karen McKernan.
Council Briefs: Portobello Plaza, the Rathmines Post Office, and flood defences on the Dodder
These were some of the issues that councillors on the South East Area Committee discussed recently.
Councillors brainstorm ideas for breaking bin company Panda’s dominance in Dublin 15
They worry that without more serious competition, or price regulation, the company will feel free to keep hiking prices.
Unsure of its future, an inner-city arts space has been letting staff go
How Dublin City Council – which is D-Light Studio’s landlord – has handled the art space is baffling, says Labour Senator Marie Sherlock.
In Mulhuddart, residents volunteering to pick litter in Tolka Valley Park frustrated at being left to empty the council’s bins too
“The more we do, the more is asked of us,” wrote Ruth Law.
Fingal County Council tells media they’re banned from strategic policy committee meetings
The rules for who can access meetings are set by councillors. But many said they were unaware of changes they voted through last December.
Councillors hunt for a spot to put an archive of Skerries history on public display
The photos and artefacts are now locked away in a room in Ardgillan Castle.
In Littlepace, debate around how to better shelter residents from the noise of cars rushing by on the N3
Since some trees along the road were cut down in January, residents have been complaining about the noise more, a local councillor says.
Rapper Blue Niall’s new project reimagines his life merged with the Irish myth of Oisín and Niamh
While they went to Tír na nÓg for 300 years and returned, his own journey was to London – for a considerably shorter time – and back.