The council wasn’t hiring a municipal walker, but she took the job anyway
Once a month since September 2022, artist Lian Bell has done a full circuit of the North and South Circular Roads, observing these 14km through the seasons.
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Councillors say they fear loss of public park, as hotel spreads out seating and speakers
When designs for the new-look plaza at the corner of South Great George’s Street and Dame Lane went before councillors last year, they said it looked like a hotel entrance.
A plinth outside City Hall lies empty again. What, if anything, is next up?
A giant colourful candle holder stood atop the O’Connell Plinth for two years until May 2023. Since then, nothing.
Things To Do: Meet the night walkers, listen to a ceramic bowl, talk about shops
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After years of work by council, government abruptly spiked policy meant to deliver arts spaces in the city
“It was hugely dispiriting,” says Labour Councillor Darragh Moriarty, who chairs Dublin City Council’s arts committee.
It might be time to get Gardaí to tackle drinking at Grand Canal lock near Charlemont Street, councillors say
Gardaí need to “send everybody away as soon as they turn up with their bags of cans and their bottles of wine”, says Fine Gael Councillor David Coffey.
Council plans new tearoom in old toilet
The chains might be coming off the gate into the Victorian public toilet at the New Street South and Kevin Street Upper junction.
Council details €30m plan to revamp Glovers Court flats, off Aungier Street
The project would retrofit the existing building, and add extensions, to increase the number of homes from 38 to 53.
Things To Do: Get up the yard, invest in some good earplugs and explore the cosmos
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Fingal councillors vote to increase local property tax
So the council will have more than a €1 million more to spend this year.
In Clonsilla, a plan comes together for the Old School House and surrounding lands
The council has published a draft master plan for the site, and is running a public consultation on it until 11 August.
This year, Fingal plans to actually spend the money the NTA has allocated it to improve bus stops
Last year, the council left €500,000 in National Transport Authority funding for bus stop improvements on the table.
Fingal agrees to look at ending mechanical raking on some beaches, and picking litter there by hand instead
Mechanical raking “is causing an issue for the thriving dune systems which we should have”, said Green Party Councillor David Healy.