From a Dublin base, an anti-caste influencer grows a global audience
In less than two years, Amit Wasnik has attracted tens of thousands of online followers with his posts focused on the life and ideas of BR Ambedkar.
 
Hola Taxi’s founder says the new app will share profits with drivers who sign up as “co-founders” – and won’t add extra fees onto customers’ fares like other apps.
 
These were among the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their September monthly meeting on Monday.
 
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their September monthly meeting on Monday.
 
The owner, the HSE, has a legal obligation to take care of this Victorian-era building of “exceptional architectural merit”.
 
Councillors say what’s needed in the city is more affordable housing, not sleeping pods in offices.
 
In about 70 percent of cases, the council’s parking-enforcement contractor didn’t go to the reported location at all – or didn’t get there before the vehicle left.
 
Earlier this month, Commandant Adrian Watson published “Bertie”, a story for 9- to 11-year-olds inspired by a heron who lives in Mount Argus Park.
 
Her husband says he hopes when people walk through it they will be reminded of how “persistence and patience can deliver justice”.
 
“It’s a real waste of public space, we should get it open as quickly as possible,” a local councillor says.
 
Data centres in the Clonshaugh business park are producing extra heat, but it’s not being put to use warming homes and businesses nearby.
 
Dublin City Council is moving to provide public bike bunkers, and the government’s changing rules to make it easier to install private ones in front gardens.
 
Along the Grand Canal, and in parks across the city, people are quietly gathering them to dry to make into tea, flavour gin, or add to hedge ketchup.