City Desk The government announced new plans for rent controls, but where are the plans to enforce them? In a letter earlier this year, the director of the Residential Tenancies Board flagged issues with its current ability to enforce the law. Lois Kapila Jul 10, 2025
Community Safety A new safety strategy for Rialto, Inchicore and Bluebell seeks to upend old approaches to violence Among the proposals? A new community team with outreach workers, violence interrupters, and health professionals. Eoin Glackin Jul 10, 2025
City Desk Councillors ask when long-standing plans to reduce rubbish on the city streets will go live Eliminating bagged waste, installing CCTV, and finding and knocking on the doors of people who don’t have bin contracts are among the long-promised changes. Laoise Neylon Jul 10, 2025
City Desk What’s the best way to tell area residents about plans for a new asylum shelter nearby? The government should tell communities directly about plans for new asylum shelters, some activists and politicians say. Shamim Malekmian Apr 23, 2025
The Dish At Jervis, spreading the joy of mango season “The mangoes in the supermarkets are … not as sweet.” Lois Kapila Apr 23, 2025
Fingal Rules on installation of drone food-delivery bases in Dublin remain in dispute The current skirmish is over a Manna base at Junction 6 in Blanchardstown. Sunni Bean Apr 23, 2025
Culture Desk Council plans to turn St Werburgh’s church into 250-seat venue The idea is for this spot next to Dublin Castle to host choirs, chamber music, trad music, poetry performances, and more. Michael Lanigan Apr 23, 2025