Dublin councils are to look at buying or building homeless hostels
“We have an over-reliance on the private sector, it is expensive, it is poor value for money,” says Mary Hayes, director of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive.
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Landlord appeals council refusal to scrap Newmarket market space
If it can’t use the spot instead for a convenience shop, it’s just going to have to let it lie vacant, its appeal said.
In new exhibition, artist highlights gap between how co-living was advertised and how living there actually felt
Eva Richardson McCrea’s “The Decameron / Na Deich Lá” opens 13 February at Project Arts Centre.
It’s time to finally do something with George’s Dock – and fast, councillors say
There hasn’t been a plan since council managers’ proposal for a whitewater-rafting facility there bellyflopped.
Council Briefs: Airport noise monitoring, “forever chemicals”, and ethical procurement
These were some of the issues Fingal county councillors discussed at their monthly meeting on Monday.
The Liberties remembers fifth-generation street trader Kathleen Farrell
Last Thursday, in John’s Lane Church, singer-songwriter Imelda May led the room through an impromptu, slow rendition of “Molly Malone”.
Dublin City Council housing committee set to hold fewer public meetings
The committee’s chairperson, Fianna Fáil Councillor Deirdre Heney, says she wants to run more private workshops and organise site visits, instead.
In Finglas, an effort to make a park safe for kids to run in
Pockets of the park have become meeting points for drug users and dealers, says junior parkrun organiser Stephen Keeler.
On Thomas Street, a fashionista curates and breathes new life into second-hand clothing
“This is the first place I come to when I need to buy clothes,” says customer Ana Cristina da Silva.
Residents call on council to move more quickly to replace trees it cuts down on their streets
“Five years is a long time to be looking at a stump,” says Phibsboro resident Jonathan Healy. The council says it’s working on updating its tree strategy.
Airlines are still blocking some children returning home to Ireland from boarding
To solve the problem, a petition is asking the government to bring in a “residency confirmation letter in an electronic format for non-EU minors”.
In Stoneybatter, a cafe owner is building the biggest collection of made-in-Ireland hot sauces
Why? “I just love hot sauce,” says Mark Cronin, the proprietor at Bismarck.