A new council sports forum looks to press schools and such to share their facilities
Amid a serious shortage of pitches in Dublin 8, the OPW only allows one soccer club to use its pitch at the War Memorial Gardens.
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Residents Say Housing Charity Running Their Complex Won’t Listen to Their Concerns
The Charities Regulator found last year that CHAS had rented out social homes commercially. Now tenants say it also rented out their communal garden.
An Artist Makes a Room His Canvas, and Swathes of Fabric His Paints
Eric N. Mack’s exhibition Scampolo! is scheduled to run in the Douglas Hyde Gallery at Trinity College Dublin until 29 May.
In the North Inner-City, a Group of Teenage Girls Redesigned Streets to Be Safer, More Fun
“We’d like to do it ourselves, instead of someone else planning it for us,” says Tori Awotunde.
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.”