Does Irish Water even know how much water data centres are using?
Much of the debate around data centres has focused on electricity, but the gap in figures for their water use has started to draw more attention – and breed mistrust.
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A councillor calls for a crackdown on businesses operating without the right planning permission at Coolmine Industrial Estate
Andreea Canciu says she set up her fish kiosk there during the pandemic. “It’s my only income,” she says.
Council Briefs: Councillors push to reopen the city centre laneway they closed last month, and more
“That is the start of a journey and hopefully the manager, the elected members and all the main players can come together and reopen the lane.”
Council plans to push more city residents to switch from bags to bins for rubbish
It’s part of an effort to keep streets cleaner, by reducing the number of bags available for seagulls, foxes and other creatures to tear open, a council official says.
Having learned from trials, council is now planning a long-term bike-share scheme for Fingal
During a pilot, at one point a fifth of users were parking Tier Mobility’s e-bikes in places they shouldn’t have, after using them.
The council is considering proposals from two private companies to provide public toilets in the city centre
A spokesperson said Dublin City Council is weighing up the best places for them, whether security is needed, and if it should charge for use.
Unable to keep her son safe in their home, a mother asked the council for a safer one – and it said no
Erika Dunne’s six-year-old son Ben has autism, a learning disability, and is nonverbal, and she needed a home she could adapt to keep him from hurting himself.
“It’s very hard to compete with the supermarket flavours, that’s why the jams I make are a little bit different”
So at Hella’s Kitchen, it’s not just strawberry but strawberry with prosecco, not just raspberry but raspberry with pink gin.
A Dublin-based tech entrepreneur builds a YIMBY-ish media platform
Kieran Lucid says there are three pillars to Polysee’s approach: ambition and beauty in architecture, localism, and appealing to people to respect the referee.
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“I work in a bookshop, which I love. This illustration is a celebration of my experience of working in this environment, which is full of life in all its quirkiness and richness.”
How is the council spending €32,000 a month on public toilets at St Stephen’s Green?
One reason why public toilets aren’t everywhere, council managers have said, is that they are so expensive.
At the Botanic Gardens, an invitation to take an hour to notice the onset of spring
A daily tour pauses on the delicate purple crocuses pushing up through the ground, and snowdrops dangling white blossoms.
Asylum seekers with physical disabilities journey across the city to get their weekly allowance of €38.80 in person
There must be an easier way, says Boakai Nyehn Jr, resting his hand on a crutch tucked beside him. “I cannot be standing long on these legs.”