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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Council Briefs: A new €4.25 billion capital plan, the Meath Street revamp, and more power for labour unions
These were some of the issues on the agenda for Dublin city councillors at their monthly meeting on Monday.
Government looks to cut off access to homeless hostels for some immigrants
The changes would “100 percent, unequivocally, lead to an increase in people sleeping outside”, says the CEO of a day centre for homeless people.
In the aftermath of a violent attack in the city, Algerian Dubliners worry about a cloud of stigma
Mohamed Tienti says that the morning after it happened, he felt ashamed showing his face at work.
Right on Howth’s Harbour Road, a strip of buildings sits vacant
Lots of local groups would love to put them to use, says Helen Lahart of Howth Tidy Towns. “We have no theatre, no cinema, no arts centre,” she says.
Despite years of campaigning, there’s still no safe access for all to Howth’s Balscadden Beach
Meanwhile, as the years pass, many people who used to enjoy going there, now hesitate – reluctant to risk the 60 steps down without even a decent handrail.
Stallholders at a Glasnevin market are pushing to stay on past a January deadline to leave
But the Honest2Goodness traders may have been pushing at the wrong door, as the warehouse appears to have new owners.
Council outlines plans to prevent future flooding of Clontarf area damaged after August rains
Some residents of Castle Court still aren’t back in their homes. “It’s awful to think … overnight this can just happen,” says local resident Helen Rooney.
Councillors opt to ditch idea of museum and keep artists studios on Chatham Row
They’ve also chosen a new favoured operator, but artists already using the building are worried what it will mean for them.
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“One particular facet of living in Dublin city centre that I’ve always found hard to stomach is the persistence of abandoned buildings, which could benefit their surrounding areas.”
At meetings, Dublin City Council officials push to answer councillors’ questions away from public view
Some of the meetings to discuss the city’s housing delivery and services have moved to closed-door workshops too.
Brushing Up: the kerbstone carvings of Temple Bar
There’s a scraggy Irish wolfhound, a fish and fishing rod, an elephant and a pair of vases. There’s no signature saying who made them.
Even with an agreed top-up, it still looks as if there will be less money next year to refurbish council homes
Dublin city councillors at a budget meeting talked about funding to do up vacant social homes, and also for street cleaning.