Why don't councillors talk as much about homelessness at meetings anymore?
For years, homelessness was a standing item on the agenda at most housing committee meetings. But, recently it hasn’t featured as often.
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How Influencers are Miseducating Newcomers to the City About the “K-Word”
Paul McKeon says online English language teachers are one vector spreading the word among Brazilian students, who have created a Portuguese version of the slur.
In Rialto, Residents Have Bigger Ambitions for Their Linear Park
Rialto residents want more for their local green space, taken over by construction of the children’s hospital for years, than the council is now proposing.
Why Do Some Roads Need “Refuge Islands” for Walkers?
These “refuge islands” are a symptom of wider issues around pedestrian infrastructure, walking tour guides say.
The Council Sketches Out Plans for New “Creative Campus” in the Liberties
Buildings on Merchants Quay and Bridgefoot Street would be transformed into artists’ studios, with community and rehearsal space – if it happens.
For-Sale Sign Stokes Fears for Future of Citizens’ Information Services on South Side
A local councillor says she believes cuts are coming. The service says it’s going “to conduct a full review of all of its offices this year”, but no closures are planned just now.
Report into Councils’ Discrimination Against Minorities Is “Damning”, says Minister
The report lays out serious problems with how councils handle claims from people without Irish citizenship, and Travellers, that stops them from accessing shelter even when they are entitled to it.
Civilised by Beasts, Reviewed
In this new book, animal exploitation is used as a lens to reflect the changing social, cultural and ideological fabric of the city of Dublin as it moved towards a new model of urban civilisation in the nineteenth century.
Boys from the County Hell, Reviewed
In this genre-savvy vampire film, a local tourist attraction becomes a death trap when an ancient evil awakens.
NCAD Students Exhibit a Mirage on Thomas Street
The jumping-off point for the exhibition is the way that living life on Zoom and other virtual platforms leaves people “with a false sense of community”, says Aoife Banks, one of the artists.
Council Briefs: A New Plan for Housing on Oscar Traynor Road, Fire Safety in Homeless Hostels, and More
Dublin city councillors held their monthly meeting on Monday night. Here’s some of what they discussed.
Little Uptake in Dublin of Scheme to Turn Struggling Homeowners into Social Renters
In almost eight years, just 229 households in the Dublin region have been able to strike a deal through the scheme to stay in their homes.
Dubliners Collect Their Own Data on Neighbourhood Traffic
A team at University College Dublin has given sensors to households to track how much traffic goes past and how fast. The next step will be using that data to ask for changes.