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On Ballyfermot Road, residents complain about dust from a large construction site
“You are awake all night not being able to breathe and then the banging starts,” says June Byrne, who suffers from COPD.
A new plan would turn the neglected Scully’s Field in south Dublin into a woodland park
Local resident Tom Phillips recently presented to councillors his proposal for revitalising Milltown, which he says has been reduced to a thoroughfare.
In the south inner-city, the council plans to knock down, redesign and rebuild its Basin Street flat complex
Members of a residents’ committee say they’ve been told little about the plan, and what little they’re told seems to change from meeting to meeting with the council.
Outreach counted 180 people sleeping on the streets of Dublin in November. But the official report said there were only 91.
“Given that it is called a rough sleeper count most people would be surprised to find out that’s not what it is,” says Louisa Santoro, CEO of the Mendicity Institution.
In apartment complexes across the city, social tenants are segregated into separate blocks with barriers to access to amenities
“I think it’s wrong for the kids growing up,” says Dee Roche, who lives in Hamilton Gardens in Cabra. “It’s starting a divide among the kids.”
Fewer people are driving their cars into the city, and the council is working on plans to cut numbers further
That will help the buses run more smoothly, and open up space for nicer walking and cycling routes, said Dublin City Council transport head Brendan O’Brien.
New strategy to help council decide what areas need facilities for sports, and how to get more people involved
“This is the first strategic plan to look at the provision of sport, physical activity and recreation in the city and to plan it out in a strategic way.”
With visit visas short and family reunion expensive, spending more time with parents hard for lower-income immigrants
A spokesperson for the Department of Justice said its policy document on the family reunification process is currently under review.
As council plans Royal Canal Greenway between Phibsboro and Ashtown, some ask for lighter touch to preserve biodiversity
“I see photos of greenways across the country and I’m horrified. You get this wide flat surface … and the nature is secondary, and I think, here, it’s worth saving.”
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“Going into town as neurodiverse person that is autistic feels like an impossible task. The noise … makes it overhwelming.”
In Drimnagh, social tenants say their kids are blocked from the playground in their build-to-rent complex
There are wider questions, too, about who has access to the many communal amenities at The Davitt, at what price – and how that fits with planning rules.
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