Against a backdrop of policy shifts, Ukrainian refugee children embrace their Irish life
Ireland is the place they started school, joined sports clubs – yet their parents worry about how changes to citizenship eligibility may haunt their future.
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How Brazilian cuts of meat found a place in Dublin butcher shops
"They're saying, 'No, this part!' And we're like, 'Oh yeah, we can do that for you!'"
They're not undocumented. But they can't prove it right now.
There are delays with asylum-card renewals, which "are currently taking longer than normal to process”, said a spokesperson with the Department of Justice. They did not say how big the backlog was.
In Blanchardstown, another data centre looks to pipe hot water to heat nearby buildings
It's the latest district heating project to be proposed in the Dublin area. This one is focused on plugging in neighbouring industrial buildings.
Join us for a family table quiz
Gather up to six players – at least one of whom should be 12 or under – and join us for an afternoon of low-impact, high-fun quizzing.
Drug-policy book club, anyone?
We'll read and discuss the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs Use's report, which recommends decriminalisation of possession of drugs for personal use.
Now that he can do it, DAA has formally written to the minister asking him to lift the Dublin Airport passenger cap
The company's application includes preliminary results of its assessments of the environmental impacts of raising the cap from 32 million to 40 million passengers per year.
Solar farm big enough to power 25,000 homes planned for fields in north county Dublin
The roll-out of renewable energy generation needs to be accelerated to hit Climate Action Plan targets, according to a report from the Climate Change Advisory Council.
Court judgment clears way for Dublin City Council to proceed with new parking-enforcement contract – for now
Longtime city clampers DSPS, after losing a competition for the council's new contract to rival APCOA, had challenged that decision in court. It's not over yet.
New play unfolds in a playground, decades after a Dublin housing estate riot
"Thérèse" is a story about grief, classism, womanhood, generational trauma, and the weight of a life watching injustices stack up on top of each other.
As Tusla struggles with shortage of places for kids, a mostly-empty home had to stop taking children because of staffing problems
“There was not sufficient experience or stability among the team to provide safe and effective care,” says the Tusla inspection report.
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Council to look at plugging community facilities in Ringsend into district heating system early in roll-out
The focus of talk to date has been of the need for the big private and public-sector anchor tenants in the Docklands, to support viability.