Planning go-ahead for soccer pitches and much more at Alfie Byrne Road
“It started out as a football project and it's turned into a game changer for the area and surrounding areas,” says John Hayden, the chairman of Belvedere Football Club.
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In Finglas, Pedestrian Traffic Signals Installed Last Year for More than €200,000 Remain Off, Unused
Dublin City Council has not yet responded to queries sent last Wednesday asking why they haven’t been turned on yet.
A New Platform Seeks to Illuminate Unexplored Pockets of Dublin’s Art Scene
“Community tool” Anathema is designed to support young artists, undervalued, lost or disillusioned.
When Irish Immigration Officers Overcharge Immigrants, They Struggle to Push Back
Eugenio Antonio says they keep trying to charge him €300 to register, which should be free for him. But they wouldn’t listen to him, so he had to get a lawyer involved.
Council Briefs: Making Social Homes Safer, and Seeking Interest in Developing Central Ballymun Site
These were two of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their April monthly meeting on Monday.
Council Looking Again at What Kind of Shops Shouldn’t Be Allowed on O’Connell Street
But the special scheme to stop a spread of lower-end shops on and around the city’s main thoroughfare has been around almost two decades, say some councillors, and it doesn’t seem to be working.
Of 184 Bikes Stolen in Start of This Year, Six Have Been Returned to Owners, Show Garda Figures
“I feel like if it was a stolen car that was worth two grand, they would, they would try and find it,” says Hugh O’Sullivan, whose e-bike was stolen last month.
Opening Night for Ballyfermot Filmmakers’ Short Thriller
“Why shouldn’t we be able to bring a story about romance, dramas, thrillers? Why does it always have to be violence?”
A Spike in Air Pollution Around Heuston Station Prompted a New Plan to Improve the City’s Air Quality
In 2019, the level of nitrogen dioxide on high-traffic St John’s Road West breached legal limits, triggering an EU requirement to chart a path to keep it from happening again.
Frankie’s World, Reviewed
“I would recommend this book to people who like graphic novels and anyone who has autism or feels like they don’t fit in.”
For Non-Ukrainians Fleeing the Russian Invasion, Ireland’s Borders Remain as Hard as Ever
Medical graduate Obinna Nwako, who was studying psychiatry in Ukraine when the war broke out, is facing challenges trying to come join his family in Dublin.
On Middle Abbey Street, a Venue’s Marquee Conceals a Cheerful Artwork
The sculpted relief was created in the ‘90s by Georgie McCutcheon, a painter, sculptor and activist in the field of disability and the arts.
The Sourdough Sisters Have Built the Iconic First-Lockdown Hobby into a Northside Business
Mary O’Driscoll and Mairead Devlin’s understated but close-to-legendary micro-bakery is expanding to a new space with a bigger oven.