From a Dublin base, an anti-caste influencer grows a global audience
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Please Send Us Your Photos of Dublin
From January, we’re launching a new feature: a photo of the month, which we’ll publish in print and online.
The Dublin Region Homeless Executive Has Abandoned Research into the Causes of Homeless Deaths
The Health Research Board is doing some, but only for 2019. That’s before the spikes in more recent years.
Council Prepares to Apply for Planning Permission to Remake the Ringsend Library and Its Surrounds
The draft plan as it stands includes extending the library, adding an open square, and some changes to make the area a bit less “vehicularly-focused”.
To Redesign the City’s South Campshire, the Council Is Asking Dubliners for Ideas
It’s running a public consultation on how to improve the public space along the Liffey riverfront from the Samuel Beckett Bridge to Britain Quay.
For some Chinese immigrants, Mandarin nicknames for Dublin streets still bring comfort and familiarity
These include Widow Street, Mao Street, Meat Street and Something Stupid Street.
In Ringsend, a Winter Wonderland Goes Pro
In past years, kids kept for some reason thinking Santa was someone they knew, say organisers. (Parent advisory)
On Henrietta Street, Uilleann Pipers Still Hope to Expand Their Base
Na Píobairí Uilleann pitched councillors on their €8.4 million plan to add a theatre, instrument-making workshop, visitor centre and more to their townhouse.
BusConnects Air-Quality Data Suggests High Levels of Pollution in Phibsboro
The National Transport Authority published the data as part of its environmental-impact assessment for the city’s bus network redesign.
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Dublin’s gulls have opted to move inland – away from their primitive seafaring past. Now the question is, how much further will they move?
To Avoid Overflowing Bins, the Council Will Test More Sensors that Email Alerts When It’s Time to Empty Them
The pilot programme would also aim to reduce carbon emissions by flagging the bins that need attention, and choosing the most efficient routes to visit them.
Dublin City Council’s New Capital Programme Includes Lots of Projects that Sound Familiar
“I am conscious of the fact that delivery under previous Capital Programmes over recent years has been disappointing,” said the council Chief Executive Owen Keegan, in the report.
Time to End Tax Exemption for Developers Building Parking, Councillors Say
Dublin city councillors agreed to send out for public consultation a proposal to start charging development levies on both commercial and residential car parking.