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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No cost-rental homes under construction in Dublin city
A Dublin City Council report suggests just 75 cost-rental homes will be built in its area by the council, LDA and AHBs between now and the end of 2024. And that may be an overestimate.
Council leaves land promised for park vacant, and forbids children from playing there
The 2014 planning permission for council homes off Donore Avenue required the council to provide the park before anyone moved in. It didn’t.
Two north inner-city football clubs team up to push a vision for a new sports complex
Belvedere FC and East Wall Bessborough FC say they can raise €4 million to build it at Alfie Byrne Park if the council will give them a lease on the land.
In the Liberties, a young athlete prepares to play for his country
Josh Hennessey has been picked to play for Ireland’s Down syndrome futsal squad in a European competition in Italy in September.
In the north-inner city, two dancers gear up for a new Afro dance camp
It’s vital to learn about the genuine roots of commercialised things, says Favour Odusola.
To push Dubliners to care for our little planet, artists offer them seeds grown in its orbit
The idea is to tap into some of the profound feelings astronauts get when they gaze upon Earth from afar, says Zack Denfield of the Center for Genomic Gastronomy.
To help drivers find accessible parking spots in the city, the council plans to trial some new tech
It’s a system that’s already in place in Limerick: installing sensors in the spots and connecting them to an app.
Dublin councils are ramping up homeless accommodation
But they’re also pushing back against those begging to access it, asking if there’s anywhere else they can go instead.
Dread An Post’s “sorry we missed you” slips? There may be no need to trek to the depot anymore
The delivery services offices that the slips send people too can be far away and hard to get to. But, increasingly, there are better options.
The council sets annual targets for dealing with its tenants’ maintenance requests – but can’t track if it’s meeting them
Unlike private-rental tenants, there’s no independent body for tenants renting directly from the council to complain to if their landlord isn’t meeting its obligations.
Redevelopment of Phibsboro Shopping Centre on hold, senator says
The delay might have knock-on effects on a planned public plaza, and impacts on the council’s plans to revamp neighbouring Dalymount Park.
After successful test, council plans to roll out e-cargobike scheme more broadly
To help people deliver around the city by bike, the programme gave businesses a chance to try the pricey vehicles to find out if making the switch works for them.