Councillors back renewed focus on serious anti-social behaviour in council housing 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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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.”
For Non-Ukrainians Fleeing the Russian Invasion, Ireland’s Borders Remain as Hard as Ever
Medical graduate Obinna Nwako, who was studying psychiatry in Ukraine when the war broke out, is facing challenges trying to come join his family in Dublin.
On Middle Abbey Street, a Venue’s Marquee Conceals a Cheerful Artwork
The sculpted relief was created in the ‘90s by Georgie McCutcheon, a painter, sculptor and activist in the field of disability and the arts.
The Sourdough Sisters Have Built the Iconic First-Lockdown Hobby into a Northside Business
Mary O’Driscoll and Mairead Devlin’s understated but close-to-legendary micro-bakery is expanding to a new space with a bigger oven.
In Inchicore, Plans for Flagship Public Housing Project Now Include More Homes, a Library, and Supermarket
While delayed, the project on Emmet Road at St Michael’s Estate is inching forward, and the current plans show 548 cost-rental and social homes – up from 484 last year.
In Raheny, an Electric Car Owner Finds She’s Living in a Building, and a City, That Aren’t Set Up to Charge It
Even as the government is pushing for a huge shift to EVs, her building’s property managers told her she can’t install her own charger, and there’s no public one nearby.