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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The next phase of Grangegorman redevelopment could include 2,000 affordable student beds
The development agency is exploring that idea with TU Dublin, said its CEO Ger Casey at a recent council meeting.
In a park in Swords, there’s a new public toilet but still nowhere to pee
“It looks like a public convenience … [but] it’s only a wannabee public convenience and is really just a big wooden box,” Mark Graham wrote to the council.
As women’s families grieve, debate continues – through cloud of stigma – over how to make sex workers safer
Hirantha Pereira says he mostly tries to forget his sister Belinda’s murder in Dublin in 1996, but sometimes he daydreams about what it would be like if she was still alive.
Sam: The short-lived conspiracy of silence around the Niall Collins story
When The Ditch published a story about Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins on 19 April, other media and politicians were slow to follow up – stoking suspicions.
Dean: Swimmers Jackson’s breezy guitar pop is right in time for summer
“One of the year’s best Irish albums so far … this is an album for summers outside of urban trappings, right in time for the season.”
Grangegorman bring centre looks set to close, making recycling harder for local residents
A council spokesperson says it’s trying to keep the centre open, but if it can’t, it will be “challenging” to find an immediate replacement.
Airlines have been refusing to let Bolivians board flights to Dublin
Fearing fines, KLM and Lufthansa have been enforcing stringent requirements, leading Bolivians to miss flights, and even leaving one man stranded.
Will you talk to us about what it’s like to work at Dublin City Council?
We hear from time to time that the council can have difficulty hiring and retaining staff. We want to learn if it’s true, and if so why.
“I wanted to stress that there is so much beauty in monstrosity”
For her debut solo exhibition, performance artist Venus Patel drew on the experience of being feared and “seen as a monster” because she is different.
Council relaxes rules for buying homes of social tenants facing eviction and homelessness
It expects to buy around 250 homes in the city through the scheme this year, said a council official last week. It’s unclear how that meshes with central government targets.
After years of promises, council suggests it may be ready to clear massive illegal dump later this year
The next step is to apply for planning permission to build a wall to stop new debris and rubbish from being tipped onto the site, councillors were told earlier this week.
In the Liberties, Oliver Bond residents seek council backing for their community garden
Civil society groups have called for a new post within the council to progress its policies around urban farming and growing.