“It’s giving colonialism”: Ireland still owes rent to dukes and earls
Although, even though the OPW lists these rents as payable, some of the named beneficiaries say they haven't been getting them.
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Donabate locals withdraw their High Court case against An Bord Pleanála
DP Crossroads had sought a judicial review of a planning permission granted for housing at Ballymastone.
In Balbriggan, council plans permanent one-way system for Quay Street and Seapoint
It’s the preferred option to make the local segment of the Fingal Coastal Way greenway project work, council officials say.
Vacancy Watch: The former school of wrestling in Phibsborough
At the end of last year, the warehouse on the banks of the Royal Canal was added to the derelict sites register.
To artists’ ire, a council poster shows the hands of AI
It’s a good moment for a conversation about local and national policies to ensure state bodies don’t switch out artists for AI, says illustrator Eva Kelly.
Plans for social housing on site in Howth put on hold due to cost increases, council says
Maybe it’s time to go back to an earlier plan to make the site into a proper park, a local councillor says.
Once a month, a Sunday-afternoon pop-up Gaeltacht in Skerries
“There aren’t enough opportunities to practise, so the idea here is good, just to provide a forum,” says Anne McGough, who dropped in last Sunday.
On Ormond Quay, a literary salon meets as Gaeilge
As, over the river, councillors again picked up the thread on long-standing plans for an Irish language quarter.
Central government promises, again, to give councillors more powers
It plans to set up a new Local Democracy Taskforce, a briefing document says.
In Balleally, field recordings fill in the sound of the estuary’s missing birds
Garrett Phelan’s latest artwork is made of 28 radio shows broadcast on a loop, that force the listener to hear the landscape anew by showing the old.
Council torn as Donabate group fighting for cultural centre launches judicial review
The legal action will likely delay hundreds of homes. And it jeopardises a planned €10 million sports hub, a council spokesperson says.
In Balbriggan, an art exhibition looks back to a time when a “balbriggan” meant something
The group show Weaving Threads of Heritage opens 12 April at Ardgillan Castle.
In Rathmines, some residents eye post office building as location for revived Citizens Information desk
It’s needed – some locals have been going to the local Garda station to get help filling out forms, says former Labour councillor Mary Freehill.