Councillors back renewed focus on serious anti-social behaviour in council complexes
“We know there are issues,” said Dublin City Council Assistant Chief Executive Mick Mulhern, at a recent housing committee meeting.
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Northside Council Briefs: Making Ratoath Road Walkable, and Finishing the Council “Super Depot” in Ballymun
These were among the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their North West Area Committee.
Despite Spread of Shared-Bike Schemes, “Deserts” Remain in Some Parts of the City
Providers say they go where the demand is. Some councillors say if the current bike-share systems can’t serve the whole city, maybe it’s time to re-jig things.
With Synthesisers in His Bike Basket, He Plans to Perform a Techno Set on Every Major Cycle Route in the City
Gary Byrne began his techno cycle adventures in early March. But his interest in dance music has its roots in the mid-1990s, he says.
In Europe’s Asylum System, Victims of Climate Change Fight for Recognition – and Lose Often
In two cases in Ireland, people asked for refuge here saying their homes had been ravaged by climate change and so they could not go back. Both were refused.
Southside Council Briefs: The Future of a Community Centre, a New Crossing to Get to New Park, and More
These were among the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their South Central Area Committee.
Some Big Student-Housing Complexes Fail to Properly Register Any Tenancies with the RTB
A spokesperson for the Residential Tenancies Board says that those who fail to register face late fees and possibly fines.
Council Is Preparing to Rezone Lands Across the City for Housing, But Waiting a Bit Might Bring More Benefits
A new law due to come in by the end of this year would mean when councils rezone land for homes and its value shoots up, they’d get 30 percent of the increase.
A life model learns, then vibes, comfort in his own skin
Francis Ducie has been modelling for artists across Dublin since 2007. “He’s kind of famous in his own way,” says Alan Clarke, an artist who teaches at NCAD
Effort to Name Dublin Park After Boyzone Singer Stephen Gately Stalled by 20-Year Rule
This cooling-off period can help avoid namer’s remorse, but it also means some local heroes could be forgotten before they are commemorated, councillors say.
Neighbourhoods with Lovely Green Parks Grapple with Influxes of Visitors’ Cars on Sunny Days and Game Days
What are the solutions? They range, say councillors and sports clubs, from more parking enforcement to thinking about how we plan the city.
Red Thread Connects Sewing Machines in Bangalore and Dublin
Artist Kerry Guinan’s new exhibition is about “how commodities just like, appear like magic in front of our eyes, completely divorced of the labour that made them”.
Dublin Airport wants millions more passengers, but should it take millions fewer?
The airport plans to chip away at the tens of thousands of tonnes of CO2 that it emits each year, but it says it’s not really responsible for the hundreds of thousands that airplanes and car drivers emit.