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 Balbriggan, campaigners still wait for nod on long-promised pool
The masterplan for Castlelands promises a swimming pool at an early phase of development, before the first homes.
In Skerries, a circle gathers to share songs, one after another
“We just set up the kind of group that we wanted, informal, where you could come to sing or simply listen,” says Sara Dennedy, of the Skerries Folk Group.
Youth, Reviewed
“Despite the themes of hardship and inequality that run through the book, [it] is also a celebration of our young folk.”
Photo of the Month: August 2023
“I took this photo at around 9.30am on a Sunday morning walk with my one-year-old son.”
Across County Dublin, around 400 homes have their own wind turbines, census data shows
Solar panels are way more popular, the figures also show. Why’s that?
A local historian pushes for the state to open up Fingal’s Dunsoghly Castle
The man who owns the farmland around the 15th-century, four-storey tower says he wants the same.
Debate opens around who clampers should target over the next few years
Dublin City Council’s current parking-enforcement contract ends next year. Some councillors see that as an opportunity for change.
Why were there about 5,000 vacant rental homes in Dublin city at the last census?
One possibility is that short-term lets are behind a big slice of these.
In the aparthotel art gallery that replaced the Tivoli Theatre, a new exhibition critiques hotels pushing out Dublin 8 cultural spaces
As the show’s opening approaches, the artists say they aren’t sure what to make of the fact that the hotel owner hasn’t raised an eyebrow at the subject matter.
Architects invited young and old to redesign housing estates around Balbriggan
What might be needed to make them places for all, well into the future?
Why hasn’t Owen Keegan’s replacement been chosen yet?
The Dublin City Council chief executive wraps up next month after 10 years, and an interim will step in. But in early August, recruitment for his permanent replacement still hadn’t started.
Behind an anonymous shop front on the Ballybough Road, an antiques restorer indulges his interests
Ten years ago Richard Adams took down his shopfront sign to retire. But, now 76, he has drifted back.