Council forfeits €600,000 for Smithfield Square, as deadline for drawdown passes
The plaza needs help, says Sean Mullan, owner of the Third Space cafe. “Someone with the imagination that we could make this a vibrant space that belongs to the city.”
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In Rathmines, the remaining residents of the Defence Forces’ married quarters live in mouldy limbo
Grosvenor Lodge is so rundown that the council is looking at adding part of it to its derelict sites register.
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Council outlines plans to upgrade three sports and fitness centres
It has refurbishment projects in the works for facilities in Ballymun, Finglas, and Ballyfermot.
An Bord Pleanála, again, refuses permission to change use of Newmarket space from market to retail
Meanwhile, Dublin City Council is hoping to organise events on Newmarket Square over the summer, an official says.
Councils are unlawfully refusing people access to homeless accommodation, say lawyers
“You shouldn’t need a solicitor to access homeless services,” says Adam Boyle, of the Mercy Law Resource Centre.
A new book weighs up the history and impact of selling off Ireland’s social homes to tenants
“The difference that tenant purchase made to Irish society was enormous,” says Aideen Hayden. But its legacy and present is complex.
In Clongriffin, a private developer removed much-needed speed bumps – and nobody will put them back
“Private interests are still in control of vast tracts of what should be publicly controlled land, publicly run in the interest of the people.”
In Ballymun, council tenants with maintenance issues are standing up together
“Before I get out of my car outside the house, I get the smell of sewage. When people call over, I have to warn them. It’s embarrassing.”
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Community testing in Dublin finds almost half of homes with some level of lead in tap water
Also, 20 percent of the 95 samples had levels higher than 5μg/l, the threshold in the latest EU Drinking Water Directive.
Council refuses plea for school warden, saying they aren’t allowed to stand on private footpath
The pavement outside Stapolin Educate Together hasn’t yet been taken in charge by Fingal County Council.
To offer legal support in a much faster asylum system next year, Legal Aid Board fights for more funding, documents show
It’s a year until the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact comes into force, and with it, big changes with implications for legal support.