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75% of Student Housing Stood Vacant at Close of Last Year, Government Figures Suggest
Now, however, two large providers of purpose-built student accommodation in Dublin say they are all booked out.
A new anthology album celebrates the legacy of underground experimenters the Wormholes
The trio from Ringsend nearly made it huge in the 1990s, signing to a major label in London – but then that fell apart.
Breaking Out, Reviewed
This documentary, based on 10 years of following the career of the band Interference’s Fergus O’Farrell, is a celebration of his musical life and legacy.
How to Convince Landlords to Spend on Making Rentals More Energy Efficient, When It Won’t Make Them More Money?
It’s a problem the government will have to navigate as it rolls out a promise to introduce minimum BER ratings for private rentals by 2025, “where feasible”.
Redeveloping Its Headquarters, Conradh na Gaeilge Hopes to Plant the Seed of a Dublin Gaeltacht
It could be an area bounded by Harcourt Street, Wexford Street, Camden Street and Cuffe Street in Dublin 2, says the organisation’s general secretary.
As Neighbourhood after Neighbourhood Votes Not to Introduce Paid Parking, Council Looks for Solutions
Organising votes, only for them to be rejected all the time, is a waste of resources, said the council’s parking enforcement officer at a recent meeting.
To Reduce School-Run Traffic, Is It Time for More School Buses?
While a councillor has raised the idea, when students and parents have been surveyed on how best to ease congestion, school buses haven’t always come out on top.
As Council Officials Propose Residential Rezonings Across the City, Local Councillors Vote Many Down
Councillors said some sites are being used as open space, or green space, or parking – and they worry rezoning won’t get affordable homes built anyway.
A New Website Links Chefs of Colour Cooking from Home with Hungry Dubliners
“It’s really helping people to grow. It was actually kind of nice to see, like, a Black-owned version of JustEat,” said Mercy Adelabu.
All the Angels, Reviewed
Brightening the recently dark stage this winter is this Rough Magic show with a magic all its own — the story of the first ever performance of Handel’s Messiah.
The State Has No Guidelines for Judging If Asylum Seekers Are Children, but It Does So Anyway
“The revelation that there are no guidelines for assessing age is shocking,” says Fiona Finn, the CEO of migrant and refugee advocacy group Nasc.
Create a Way to Zone Land So Housing Built There Must Be Mostly Social and Affordable, Councillors Propose
Councillors from several parties have banded together to back the motion. Dublin City Council CEO Owen Keegan says that’s not what zoning is for.