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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.
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.