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.
“I know the cycle of the lights and I’m like, ‘I should have gone already,’” said Niamh Stephens on Tuesday.
Though promised as part of the Bellevue apartment complex, it was never opened – and then the owner applied for permission to turn it into more apartments instead.
“In the absence of sufficient evidence, the aerial delivery hub by virtue of its operation results in serious noise pollution,” the council found.
Now councillors are considering a plan for the council to pay another €859,000 to break the leases on them, pay for “dilapidations”, and walk away.
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Dublin Street Parking Services has had contracts to clamp or tow illegally parked cars for the council since 2004.
Several said they were very unhappy with the quality and comprehensiveness of information provided at the meeting about the Donore Avenue centre.
This week it published a tender, looking for contractors to install cycle lanes, upgrade footpaths and more.
It has been working, for more than a decade, on plans for more permanent flood defences. But those aren’t built yet.
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The area has been allocated just 2 percent of the city’s capital spend on projects outside of housing, over the next three years, according to council figures.
The death of Johnny Santos Xavier De Abreu while cycling in the city recently was a reminder of the risk posed by heavy goods vehicles, a motion said.