Amid attacks from the right on “NGOs”, trust in Ireland’s charities has been declining
Scandals in some charities have also harmed the reputation of the sector as a whole, which is unfair, people working for other nonprofits say.
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As the Dublin embassies of some European countries outsource Schengen visa services, non-EU immigrants find travelling there harder
The services are now more expensive, and the companies managing them are less flexible and harder to contact than the embassies were, would-be travellers say.
406 Days, Reviewed
This documentary about the Debenham’s picket lines is an “inspiring and very human document of a found family brought together by a desire to help each other”.
Unable to hire and keep the staff it needs, Dublin City Council is struggling to provide services
From managing and maintaining the city’s housing, to keeping the traffic flowing smoothly, to fixing the roads, all sorts of services are suffering councillors say.
Despite denials, emails suggest data on notices to quit was shared with the Minister for Housing before the eviction ban was lifted
It wasn’t until after cabinet had decided to lift it that the public learnt the full extent of how many households had eviction notices.
Councillors call for tables and umbrellas on the city’s streets to be free from alcohol branding
It can look cheap and tacky, make life harder for people trying not to drink, and advertise drinking to children, critics say.
In Clontarf, council orders woman to remove bike storage from her front garden
As years have passed and the council has not rolled out its proposed 350 bike bunkers, people have been finding their own solutions – but planning is a barrier.
Big, loud, messy and ramshackle, the Onion Boys play The Hut in Phibsboro
For 30 minutes, the band delivered a blistering set of theatrical punk and monstrous rock ‘n’ roll, saturated in sweat, Buckfast Tonic Wine and milk.
After High Court ruling that state isn’t meeting its obligations towards asylum seekers, what happens next?
For hundreds still left without shelter and exposed to exploitation, hostility and violence, how much of a difference will that ruling make?
In an improvement, the council is seizing and euthanising fewer horses
Because fewer are being kept illegally due to improved enforcement and greater awareness of horse owner responsibility, says a council spokesperson.
In the south inner-city, unauthorised sculptures of a cat and a rat stare each other down
First came the rat. Then, “A lad who lives around the corner had a cat, and it was his pride and joy, and it was suggested he do a cat.”
The allure of wobbly Japanese cheesecake
From their shop Traditional Asian Cake in the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, Stephen and Vivian Goh sell their own special version of the treat.
In Drumcondra, five apartments built without planning permission were used as short-term lets
A council inspector said the homes were “substandard on almost every metric”.