As campaigns gear up in central Dublin, how sound is the voter register?
It isn’t hard to find people registered to the wrong addresses and zombie entries.
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Councillors question details of new bike bunkers effort, lateness of new road-safety strategy, and name of Ballyfermot housing project
These were some of the issues discussed at a recent meeting of Dublin City Council’s transport committee, and on the agenda of its South Central Area Committee.
A staff member in a hostel hit a homeless woman and called her a “piece of junk”
“I’m telling you in the past five years the staff in these hostels have totally changed,” says Mairead, the woman who was assaulted.
As Dublin city’s new cycle network is built, wealthier areas are due to get a bit more, an analysis shows
In response, a spokesperson for the council said that “An area’s affluence in no way bears influence on the strategic routing.”
Immigrants in Dublin have the right to vote in next year’s local elections but if history is any guide the vast majority won’t
They’re either unaware they can, or so busy grappling with challenges of immigrant life that they don’t have the bandwidth to get involved in local democracy.
In a new exhibition, black and white photos of inner-city Dublin in the 1970s and ’80s are re-imagined in vivid colours
“Fragments from Life” at the Sean O’Casey Community Centre features photos from Brian Palm’s archive, ornamented with subtle collage that’s often easy to miss.
From a dark laneway to an open park space, the council plans to transform a site behind Christ Church Cathedral
John’s Lane East is now hemmed in between the back of the cathedral and a high retaining wall at the edge of an underused greenspace behind the Civic Offices.
It’s past time to do something with the four empty lodges at Malahide Demesne, councillors say
They aren’t suitable for use as housing, but the council will look at potential community and commercial uses for them, a council official says.
Council moves to end “free-for-all” at four Fingal harbours with new by-laws
Now in draft stage, they would regulate parking and storage on the piers, expand the boundaries of Skerries Harbour, and more.
Council Briefs: Pushing back against the closure of the Grangegorman bring centre, seeking plans for city centre streets, and the Smithfield horse fair
All these were on the agenda of Dublin city councillors in the Central Area at a meeting on Tuesday.
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“Life goals can be difficult to obtain when work comes and goes, payments are late and you find yourself having trouble paying your rent.”
De latina a latina, este grupo ofrece contención y apoyo a las mujeres víctimas de violencia de género
Gabriela Burnett explica que las mujeres más vulnerables son aquellas que pierden su permiso legal migratorio a causa de violencia doméstica y por ello acaban indocumentadas.
Two new councillors co-opted onto Dublin City Council, but one seat still left vacant
A seat in the north inner-city has been vacant for nearly two years, since former councillor Anthony Flynn died in August 2021.