Against a backdrop of policy shifts, Ukrainian refugee children embrace their Irish lives
Ireland is the place they started school, joined sports clubs – yet their parents worry about how changes to citizenship eligibility may haunt their future.
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Dean: On his first solo album, Grian Chatten doesn’t compromise
With Chaos For the Fly, the Fontaines D.C. singer “looks inward, seeking emotional precision”.
Photo of the Month: June 2023
“I took this photo … after the first real burst of summer and just around that time some of us were maybe looking forward to a few more slightly cooler days.”
Under the council’s management, the building that recently housed Inchicore’s library has been left vacant and been badly damaged
“It reminds me of the Iveagh Markets,” says Sinn Féin Councillor Máire Devine. “It’s neglect.”
From Egyptian street foods to a Yemeni salad, a Citywest food start-up offers vegetarian Middle Eastern specialties
“The traditional-style handmade work we do translates into products that you cannot easily find,” says Abdulaziz Almoayyad.
Why is ESB building giant batteries in the city?
One of them, between Inchicore and Ballyfermot, is in the final stages of testing now. And there are more to come, in Poolbeg and South Wall.
A Garda superintendent hopes to build more trust between ethnic-minority communities and the Gardaí
Since February, Superintendent Seán Fallon has been supervisor of the Garda National Diversity and Integration Unit.
Council aims to deliver 1,150 new social homes in the city through public-private partnerships by 2026
This includes redeveloping Croke Villas, which was previously earmarked for redevelopment under a PPP deal that fell apart in 2008.
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.”