What would become of the Civic Offices on Wood Quay if the council relocates?
After The Currency reported the idea of the council moving its HQ, councillors were talking about and thinking through the pros and cons and implications.
“What will make our cities clean is to try and convince those people who don’t pick up after their dog to think of others,” said council litter prevention officer Bernie Lillis.
The government has ordered the transfer of the Hub’s campus to the Land Development Agency, but it only wants some of the land – and not for years.
One of the more contentious issues is how to deal with footpath parking. Work to stamp it out entirely? Or formally allow it in certain areas?
One part of the council hasn’t progressed the revamp, so another hopes to spruce up the swathe of old asphalt now that it’s ringed with fancy new developments.
The incident has “mobilised us as parents, as this perceived risk for quite a while has now materialised”, says Carlos Bruen.
“Temperatures seem to be heating up by the week,” said Social Democrats Councillor Tara Deacy at Monday’s meeting of the Dublin City Joint Policing Committee.
Maybe it’s time to put in bollards or something part-way along Kilmainham Lane, to stop drivers cutting through, says Green Party Councillor Michael Pidgeon.
“We recognise that some individuals might encounter challenges at present and are working on providing solutions,” said a spokesperson for Re-turn, the deposit-return system operator.
We’re building a voters’ guide where people will be able to check who’s running in their local electoral area, and what they have to say about these issues.
It’s “Not acceptable that major public infra[structure is] being consistently disrupted by a single private business and its clients,” a local councillor said Tuesday.
After the Dutch government was forced to back off a recent effort to reduce flights at Schiphol Airport, an industry leader said he hoped “we won’t see other governments embarrassing themselves” with similar attempts.
We hope you’ll use it to report hazards, near collisions, and collisions. Hopefully, over the long-term, this will help make cycling safer – and get more people out of cars and onto bikes.