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At meetings, Dublin City Council officials push to answer councillors’ questions away from public view
Some of the meetings to discuss the city’s housing delivery and services have moved to closed-door workshops too.
Brushing Up: the kerbstone carvings of Temple Bar
There’s a scraggy Irish wolfhound, a fish and fishing rod, an elephant and a pair of vases. There’s no signature saying who made them.
Even with an agreed top-up, it still looks as if there will be less money next year to refurbish council homes
Dublin city councillors at a budget meeting talked about funding to do up vacant social homes, and also for street cleaning.
After 17 years of bustle and hustle, a Ballymun supermarket closes its doors
“Today is the saddest day in Ballymun, when all the till dogs must go their merry way.”
A woman pleads with bureaucrats for a path out of Gaza for her husband
Gazans resident in Ireland who aren’t Irish citizens face high hurdles in getting their family members out of the war zone to join them.
Fingal Briefs: On Clongriffin Dart Station, handling weeds, and more
Here’s what Fingal County Councillors discussed at their recent monthly meeting.
Fingal Briefs: A playground for Hartstown Park, and community facilities for Avondale
These were a couple of the issues that councillors on the Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart area committee discussed recently.
Delays, mistakes and risk of data breaches at the RTB, according to Grant Thornton report
Some landlords and tenants who won tribunal cases were recorded as having lost, the report found.
Under new guidelines, there’ll be no more public consultations before trialling medium-sized traffic changes, council transport chief says
“The trial is the consultation,” Brendan O’Brian said, explaining the new Department of Transport guidelines for medium-sized projects.
Why are there so many boarded-up council houses in Cherry Orchard?
“I am dealing with serious cases, people screaming and crying for houses,” says People Before Profit Councillor Hazel de Nortúin.
Will the proposed new port at Bremore get Chinese backing again this time around – and does it matter?
There’s concern in Washington and Brussels about Chinese investment in ports around the world, and the strategic advantages this could provide Beijing.
What should the vacant upper-floor rooms in Balbriggan’s town hall be used for?
Council housing services? More space for Citizens Info? It’s wasted right now, say locals and councillors.