Does Irish Water even know how much water data centres are using?
Much of the debate around data centres has focused on electricity, but the gap in figures for their water use has started to draw more attention – and breed mistrust.
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A crunchy mouthful stuffed with potatoes and your chosen mix of chilli, spices, and sweetness
Restaurants around the city centre serve the South Asian snacks pani puri, dahi puri, sev puri and other variations on the theme.
In Fingal, community crèches are few and far between – and falling
Despite areas of high need, Fingal consistently ranks near the bottom, when comparing ratios of the more affordable community crèches to costlier private ones, in council areas.
As Donabate grows, residents campaign for a new cultural and civic centre
“We’re at a point now in time where a lot of the lands are zoned for housing, but we need facilities like this provided in tandem with homes.”
Plans to expand Dublin Airport clash with global effort to slow climate change
Adding more flights and passengers would mean more greenhouse gas emissions, planning documents submitted last month by airport operator DAA show.
Council Briefs: Electric barbecues in parks, cuts to active travel funding, and more
Dublin City Council has installed one electric barbecue at an undisclosed location, in a park. “Trial due to go live early 2024,” says a council report.
Lack of direct bus service from Blanchardstown to Dublin Airport is pushing people into cars
Quadri Lawal says his commute to work at the airport takes about 20 minutes by car, or three times as long via a roundabout bus journey.
Council Briefs: Free parking at Portobello Plaza, opening up playing pitches in Terenure to more clubs, and more
These were some of the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their South East Area Committee.
Stern warnings working to tamp down anti-social behaviour in council housing, say officials
Councillors at a recent meeting said they still have concerns about how well the council is protecting tenants from neighbours engaged in serious intimidation and drug dealing.
Number of community gardaí in north inner-city has fallen by 80% in a decade
“On-the-ground management decisions and staff allocations do not reflect a commitment to community policing,” says Labour Senator Marie Sherlock.
“Guaranteed” prices for affordable homes at Ballymastone set to change
If the prices are higher than promised, “It will be a massive betrayal for the local community, for first-time buyers,” says Social Democrats Councillor Paul Mulville.
As the years pass, the sea rises and nothing is built, some begin to doubt the council can defend Clontarf and Sandymount from the tides
“The current state structures cannot deliver,” said Labour Councillor Dermot Lacey. A council manager disagreed: “We can deliver and we will deliver,” he said.
The 39a bus from Ongar keeps skipping stops there to make up time, messing up local residents’ journeys into town
“Getting into the city centre is an absolute nightmare, and I’ve had to resort to taking a taxi a couple of times.”