Look at converting some social homes in city-centre flats into cost-rentals, says Taoiseach’s group
No decision has been made on whether that will happen, a Dublin City Council spokesperson has said. But it hasn’t been ruled out.
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Airbnb has targeted council employees with online adverts. Does that count as lobbying?
“Just because it’s digital, and not over coffee, doesn’t mean it’s not,” says Niamh Kirk, an associate professor at the University of Limerick.
In East Wall, a long-vacant site is looking more likely to become a community garden
A delay in a railway project means Iarnród Éireann won’t need it for a couple more years. “That was the only stumbling block, that it would be required back very shortly.”
The names of some new developments are too boring, councillors say
Church Mews, Church View or Church Place? Not good enough, said independent Councillor Cieran Perry.
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Remembering Cathleen O'Neill, who beat down a path for other women
“A force bigger than life itself,” said a eulogy by O’Neill’s friend Carmel Jennings. “Working-class warrior,” said Rita Fagan, another friend of O’Neill’s.
Council cuts back efforts to turn vacant office and commercial buildings into social homes
Instead, it’s moving staff to focus on other housing projects that will deliver more homes, said Dublin City Council’s head of housing.
No clear road to lower insurance, or reopening, for Dublin’s motorcycle sports clubs
There’s a massive stigma around motocross and that it impacts insurance, and government support, says one councillor.
Companies should be required to get planning permission for drone bases, Fingal councillors say
“It’s important for residents to know, for the business, and for the credibility of the planning system, so we’re clear a loophole is not developing in terms of planning.”
In "Terratoma", director Liadán Roche explores artistic authenticity and obsession
The short film is an eerie, sometimes frantic psychological drama about Alice, an artist who is haunted by a toxic former relationship.
Council pauses plans for social housing on Howth site, after price tag rises to €750,000 each
This isn’t viable, so another use for the site will have to be found, a council official said.
Councillors push council to fix up Howth railway station forecourt
The redesign has proven to be more complex than originally considered due to the matter of land ownership, a council official told them.