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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Councillors Discuss Plans for 543 New Social and Cost-Rental Homes at St Teresa’s Gardens
Many raised concerns about how affordable the cost-rental homes would be, given rising construction costs and interest rates.
Sarah Cecilia Harrison: Artist, Social Campaigner and City Councillor, Reviewed
This new book charts the life and work of the first woman elected as a Dublin city councillor.
Looming Closure of Artists’ Studios in Fairview Would Deepen Citywide Shortage
Twenty artists are facing eviction from the Richmond Road Studios, but it’s unclear where they could go. Other studios are full – and have long waiting lists.
A Family Fleeing Ukraine for Ireland Face Visa Barriers and Bureaucracy
Osarumen Izevbokun and his wife, who are permanent residents of Ukraine, having lived there for 14 years, are finding it harder than they expected to come here.
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“Welcoming as many as 200,000 Ukrainian refugees is to be applauded. But, it is right too, to question the government’s treatment of the thousands of non-European asylum-seekers living for years within direct provision, in state-sponsored poverty with their lives on hold.”
Council Briefs: The Dilemma of the €7 Pee, and More Around Moore Street to be Protected
These were among the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at a meeting of their Central Area Committee on Tuesday.
No Mention of Traveller Housing as Council Sells Half of Mount Anville Site
For years, the council promised new Traveller accommodation on some of the site. Now the plan is for half to host a gaelscoil, the other half housing – but of what kind?
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.