In the north inner-city, tenants of 15 years evicted so council can buy their home
Dublin City Council is buying 40 homes in the Northbank apartments. It is not clear how many tenants have been evicted for the deal to proceed.
At the request of some residents, the council recently installed yet another fence in Finglas South, this one blocking a shortcut to the park and a bus stop.
The Department of Housing says it has no plans to change the law to cut the paperwork required for residents to install front-garden bike storage.
From managing and maintaining the city’s housing, to keeping the traffic flowing smoothly, to fixing the roads, all sorts of services are suffering councillors say.
As years have passed and the council has not rolled out its proposed 350 bike bunkers, people have been finding their own solutions – but planning is a barrier.
Councillors have the responsibility to set the rate each year, so they should also get to decide how to spend the resulting income, finance committee chair says.
The OPW, which manages the park near Stephen’s Green, says ticketed events will take up less space, for fewer days there this year. Residents say they plan to keep pushing for more changes.
Plans to bring in cameras to catch and fine motorists who block bus lanes, to keep the buses flowing smoothly, also seem to be on the slow track.
Josh Hennessey has been picked to play for Ireland’s Down syndrome futsal squad in a European competition in Italy in September.
It’s a system that’s already in place in Limerick: installing sensors in the spots and connecting them to an app.
The delivery services offices that the slips send people too can be far away and hard to get to. But, increasingly, there are better options.
To help people deliver around the city by bike, the programme gave businesses a chance to try the pricey vehicles to find out if making the switch works for them.
When The Ditch published a story about Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins on 19 April, other media and politicians were slow to follow up – stoking suspicions.