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Council official apologises after local residents left out of loop on RCSI’s plans for York Street
Councillor calls for traffic improvements for whole area – not just for RCSI staff and students at the east end of York Street.
Goodbye sandbags? Clontarf gets first look at new temporary flood defence measures
“We’ve kind of a repurposed Berlin Wall here,” said Pat Walsh, secretary of the Clontarf Business Association, about the recommended measure.
Dublin District Heating scheme to connect to shiny North Docklands first, Ringsend much later
It’ll use waste heat from the Poolbeg incinerator, instead of fossil fuels, to warm buildings.
“Voluntary” return schemes might be good for state – but not for asylum seekers, activists and academics say
They’re pressure campaigns and can lead people to make bad decisions, they say. But a Department of Justice spokesperson says they’re purely voluntary.
Council working to find home in Docklands for salvaged stern of the ship "Naomh Éanna"
Members of the local historical society restored it, and the council is looking at displaying it near the new Dodder Bridge.
Fingal councillors backed changes to how groups can spend community grants
They can no longer spend the entirety of the up-to €3,000 grants on a bus, or on a speaker – and spending on insurance, and electronics will be limited too.
Most of Fingal’s €1.43bn new capital programme to go to housing
There’s also money allocated to progress a district heating scheme in D15, and a swimming pool near Balbriggan.
Why has some of the greenery in city planters been left to wither?
The council hasn’t been able to find a contractor willing to take on the job of looking after these plants, a council official says.
As government moves to scatter city centre homeless services, is it a good idea?
“Focus Ireland would prefer energies went into ending homelessness rather than moving around its victims,” says Mike Allen, director of advocacy.
Stalled Martin Savage Park astroturf proposal can proceed, council chief says
There were concerns about the impact on brent geese of the conversion of grassy areas to astroturf.
Council says it has started legal action over fences around apartment complex in the Liberties
Meanwhile, the developer of Grand Canal Harbour is preparing a planning application to try to get permission to retain the fences, a council official says.