As government support for sheltering Ukrainian refugees dwindles, finding somewhere to live means taking more risks
“I understand now how valuable it is to help each other. How important it is to have a roof over your head, to have community.”
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For Some on HAP Scheme, the Rent Still Eats Up Much of Their Meagre Income
The cost for those reliant on Housing Assistance Payment has gone up in many cases, pushing tenants into debt and poverty as they struggle to cover “top-ups” to landlords and scrape together deposits.
Leaves for the Burning, Reviewed
“The Ireland that was promised to these young men is not the one that they have found themselves in. This book tells the tale of aging men in a youthful nation state.”
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #56
“A friend’s dad told him as a child that the Poolbeg chimneys were cloud makers and that has always stuck in my head. This illustration is a nod to that lovely white lie.”
How to Cook Like the Knights Templar
Because the Templars were fighters, their dietary rules differed from those of their other monastic counterparts. Here’s one recipe they may have eaten.
A Filmmaker Meets the Stewards of Inner-City Horse Culture
For Adam Hutchinson, who features, the film was a chance to reply to those who assume horses in the inner city aren’t well looked after. “But that is not the case,” he says.
Extra Homeless Beds Won’t Help Many Sleeping Rough, Say Two Charities
“These people are caught in a catch-22 situation and they are going to be on the streets the whole winter and for the whole of lockdown,” says Anthony Flynn, CEO of Inner City Helping Homeless.
Archaeologists from Dublin and York Team Up to Explore a Shared Viking Past
In the 9th century and the 10th century, both towns were ruled by the same dynasty descended from Ivar the Boneless.
In the Liberties, a Community Addiction Service Looks at How to Better Serve Migrants
“Where and how we promote our services is stuff that we should be looking at,” says Nicola Perry, the director of Community Response.
Too Many Traffic Engineers are Quitting, say Councillors
Councillors have long complained about the slow turnaround of requests for small traffic changes. One challenge, they say, has been staff turnover.
Council Briefs: On Rent Arrears, Inviting More Diversity and Councillors Working from Home
A little more than €36.6 million is owed to Dublin City Council in social housing rent arrears, says a recent report to the council’s finance committee.
A New Archive Looks at the Life and Work of the “Shining Star of Dublin Theatre in the 1950s”
Through a stroke of luck, the diaries, reviews, and photos of famed Dublin actress Genevieve Lyons have been made available for the first time online.
For Asylum-Seeking Parents, An Extra Layer of Anxiety at the School Gates
Some parents living communally in a direct-provision centre in the city say they’re especially worried about the possibility that Covid-19 will spread from schools to their accommodation.