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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A Dublin man battles against one of the city’s new leviathan corporate landlords
In his efforts to make sure his apartment complex in Swords is secure and maintained, he’s up against a Cypriot subsidiary of a fund with more than half-a-billion euro worth of property in Ireland.
Gay Refugees Face Extra Hurdles When Trying to Bring Their Partners to Join Them in Ireland
“I don’t think the law is consciously homophobic, but it certainly is indirect discrimination,” says solicitor Stephen Kirwan.
When Utilities Dig up the City’s Roads and Footpaths, Who Checks They Repair Them Well?
In the last three years, Dublin City Council issued 30,800 “road-opening” licences – licences to dig holes in roads – across the city.
Council Briefs: Dereliction in Phibsboro, Cleaning up Finglas’ Streets vs Its Park, and the Clontarf-City Centre Cycleway
Why can’t the person who tidies up Finglas village’s streets also pick up the litter from its park? asked Social Democrats Councillor Mary Callaghan at Monday’s full council meeting.
Council Briefs: George’s Dock Post-Whitewater Rafting, a Leak of Councillors’ Data, and the New Poo Committee
It’s time to democratise the decision on the future of George’s Dock, said independent councillor John Lyons, at Monday’s monthly meeting.
The Dance, Reviewed
This documentary following a choreographer and his dancers as they create a performance revels in “The joy of seeing bodies in motion and the wonder of witnessing creation take hold”.
Moany McMoan – The Accidental Hero, Reviewed
“There were a lot of things that I enjoyed” about this book, our eight-year-old critic writes, but it “wasn’t really my style”.
A Chinese Restaurant on Parnell Street Serves Breakfast for Less Than €5
Shi Wang Yun has congee, fried dough and tofu in soup on its morning menu.
A Year on From a Big “Reset”, Some Say There’s Still Been Little Progress on Traveller Homes in the City
“They talk about progress but there isn’t really any progress, in my opinion,” says a residents’ representative, Sally Flynn.
Here’s What the Draft City Development Plan Says About the Council’s Vision for Developing More Cultural Spaces
It is out for public consultation until 14 February. As of 1 February, there were five submissions online to the culture chapter.
In Clongriffin Park, Why’s Only One Wind Turbine Working While the Others Look Lazy?
Dublin City Council says the issue is a lack of wind, but email correspondence shows multiple maintenance issues over several years.
A Game to Help Community Groups Focus on Fighting the Good Fight, Rather than Each Other
The two NCAD students who developed Sorgen hope it will help activists take a breath and find more empathy for each others’ points of view.