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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In Terenure this time of year, a woman carries apples wherever she goes
Last year, her knitting group had a code on WhatsApp, says Ailish Scanlon: a hand emoji if you’d be at the next meeting, and an apple if you needed apples.
Council’s culture company hiring “visitor experience assistants” as self-employed contractors
Critics say it means fewer benefits and limits who can apply. The company’s CEO says seasonal surges make it necessary.
For Latina women by Latina women, a group offers company and advice to victims of gender-based violence
The most vulnerable women, Gabriela Burnett says, are those who have fallen undocumented, losing their legal immigration statuses because of domestic abuse.
Preparing for e-scooter sharing, Fingal County Council plans virtual parking spots for them
These would be painted spots on footpaths where people could leave e-scooters they’d rented but are done with, for the next person to pick up.
Councillors call on officials to bring back architects for flagship Inchicore housing scheme
The council’s outgoing head of housing, Coilín O’Reilly, said that isn’t going to happen.
Council bigwigs Owen Keegan and Coilín O’Reilly head for the exit
Monday’s monthly meeting of Dublin City Council was the last for the outgoing chief executive and the outgoing head of housing.
Apocalypse Clown, Reviewed
This “bemusing but often amusing comedy” won Best Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh this year.
Are data centres reliable sources of heat for Dublin’s planned district heating systems?
Waste heat from a data centre is already helping warm buildings in Tallaght. There’s a similar plan for Blanchardstown.
Toilets closed four days a week in Eamonn Ceannt Park in Crumlin, again raising questions about council’s grand strategy for public loos
“Why is it beyond the capability of Dublin City Council to put in public toilets?” says Deirdre Nichol, chairperson of the Clontarf Residents Association.
On a quiet South Dublin road, a plaque serves as a reminder of a long unsolved murder
Honour Bright was found dead in Ticknock, Co. Dublin, in June 1925.
“Even as the world is collapsing, you can still have these moments of joy”
A new exhibition at The Horse gallery, “Realism at the Dawn of the Apocalypse”, brings together works from artists Ciara Lee and Lily Musker.
Trans activists criticise National Gender Service’s approach and “centralisation”
Instead of believing people who are trans and need healthcare, the NGS demands long assessments, and throws up roadblocks to those who try to go around them, say members of the group Transgress the NGS.