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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Council to Sound Out if Developers Want to Build 300 Homes and More on Vacant Lands in Ballymun’s Centre
Local councillors are unanimous in wanting more than just housing, saying there should be shops, children’s play areas, a pub. Past plans to redevelop the site with private developers have, time and again, fallen through.
Council Rethinking What’s Next for the Old Inchicore Library Building
Construction inflation has scotched its push to renovate it and reopen as a library, said a council spokesperson.
In Chapelizod, Council Plans a Biodiversity Education Centre and “Managed Wilderness”
If all goes to plan, construction would begin in early 2023, take a year, and cost about €3.8 million.
Fewer Victims Are Reporting Racist Crimes to Gardaí, Report Suggests
A spokesperson for the Gardaí said it encourages victims of crimes, including those that “may be perceived to be racially/or hate motivated”, to come forward.
To Stop Wasting Extra Wind Energy, There’s a Plan to Send It to the Country’s Coldest Homes
Rather than telling wind farms to switch off when the grid can’t handle the power they’re generating, a social enterprise wants to route the excess to people who need it.
At Current Pace, Retrofitting the City’s Social Houses Would Take 12 Years
Dublin City Council has already retrofitted 77 percent of its houses. (That’s not including flats.) Councillors want the money to speed it all up.
In Phibsborough, a Park That’s Always Been Locked May Soon Open
The Mater Hospital, which owns the Four Masters Park, says it hopes to make the park accessible to the public in the near future.
An Increasingly Common System for Allocating Social Homes Is a Mystery to Many on the Housing List
Dublin City Council is doing more “choice-based lettings”, as officials say that gets people into homes quicker. But not everyone knows they exist, much less how to apply for one.
In the Docklands, the Council Teams up with Google to Revamp Barrow Street
While the council sees such partnerships as an opportunity, some councillors are wary about whether they’ll lead to certain areas of the city being favoured over others.
In Cabra, a Women’s Shed Plans to Build Community – and Maybe Bird Boxes
“I’m just so looking forward to getting involved,” said Carmel Maddock, at the first meeting of the Dublin 7 Women’s Shed.
Council Briefs: Making Temple Bar Square More Accessible, Traffic Calming on Belmont Avenue, and Redeveloping the Gulistan Depot
These are some of the things that councillors talked about at their recent meeting for the south-east area.
For Disabled Immigrants, Barriers to Bringing a Family Member to Ireland Are Even Higher
It requires earning a certain amount of money, and people with disabilities that prevent them from working can find this impossible.