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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Uncertainty Around What “Good Character” Means Leaves Citizenship Applicants Unsure What They Can and Can’t Do
With no specific guidelines to follow, Javeria Ansari agonised over taking a widow’s pension and worries it is counting against her.
On Aungier Street, Teenagers Line up to Buy Crystals
“It’s queues all the time now,” says Danieli Rangel, a shop assistant at Dervish Books and Holistic Centre. “I’ve never felt so overwhelmed.”
A Play Looks at When Pillow Talk Gets a Bit Serious
“Changing the Sheets”, written by and co-starring Harry Butler, along with Máiréad Tyers, is part of this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival.
In Chapelizod, a Resident Pushes for a Nature Trail Along the Liffey
Peter Kavanagh is watching plans progress for a new biodiversity centre further down river, he says, and thinking now’s the moment to resurrect his pitch for a walking trail too.
There Were “Artisan” Foods, and “Natural” Foods – and Now There Are “Real” Foods
But, while there are guidelines on what a food has to be, to be called “artisan” or “natural” – there aren’t any (yet) for “real”.
Vacancy Watch: The Old Independent House on Middle Abbey Street
First the newspapers moved out, then there was a plan for homes and a hotel. These days, it’s just sitting there empty – but it’s not on the vacant sites register.
Fewer Stairways and More Open-Plan Apartments Makes Dublin High Rises Less Fire Safe, Firefighter Says
Building regulations for fire safety are “undergoing a fundamental review”, a spokesperson for the Department of Housing said.
Council May Buy Studio Apartments for Use as Long-Term Social Housing
Hines has offered the council 60 studios for an average of €300,000 each in the developer’s planned complex on Clonliffe Road in Drumcondra.
National Childcare Scheme Leaves Neediest Children Behind, Say Dublin 8 Community Workers
It would make financial sense for after-school clubs to turn away children of non-working parents, says Austin Campbell of the Robert Emmet CDP. But “we don’t want to leave them behind. So we lose money.”
Dubliners Puzzle Over Menu of “Ethnicities” Available for Next Census
While some are ethnicities, some are actually nationalities, others are neither, and loads are left to be lumped into the “Other” categories.
Le Fanu’s Angel, Reviewed
This new novel from Brian Keogh tells a “story of the fantastic intertwined in the banal, the dead intertwined in the living”.
Dean: Another Great Villagers Album to Add to the Pile
“This is music for intense listening in a comfortable chair as you clutch the record sleeve in both arms.”