Across the city, parents snatch their kids out of the way of red-light-breaking drivers
Despite years of talk, a promised national strategy on red-light cameras is yet to be published – let alone implemented.
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Problems Persist for One Customer of Short-Term Letting Company HipHipStay
At the time of writing, there are no properties listed on the HipHipStay website anymore, and Amy Urban has still not got a refund.
Two Approved Housing Bodies Selected to Manage Cost-Rental Development at O’Devaney Gardens
Circle Voluntary Housing Association and Tuath Housing Association have been selected to manage the planned cost-rental development at O’Devaney Gardens.
A New Zine Explores Both the History and Theory behind the Met Éireann Building in Glasnevin
In his recently released zine Cosmoform, Cormac Murray examines the story of the iconic Met Éireann building as well as the underlying theory that may have influenced it.
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #53
“The cover this month was inspired by Dubliners adapting and struggling with the ‘new normal’ of living in quarantine.”
Some Say the Current Working Environment for Taxi Drivers May Not Be Safe Enough for Vulnerable Workers
Currently face masks aren’t mandatory for passengers in taxis in Dublin and some say that older drivers may be under greater pressure to return to work due to financial strain.
Broken Law, Reviewed
“The scope of the action feels like Slattery is manipulating clockwork miniatures in a grey diorama of Dublin, winding up a situation and letting it go off.”
A Kitchen Experiment Spreads from Dublin 8 across the City and Beyond
Now sold in over 100 shops countrywide, Harry’s Nut Butter was created from a kitchen experiment in the Fumbally Café.
As Construction on the Children’s Hospital Resumes, So Do Problems for Rialto Residents
A local residents’ group in Rialto are concerned about the influx of builders from all over the country since work on the new children’s hospital resumed on 13 July.
On Parnell Street, Former Debenhams Workers Continue a 24-Hour Picket Line
Ex-Debenhams staff on the picket want Debenhams UK, to agree to a collective agreement made in 2016 during a round of voluntary redundancies.
Could Mobility-as-a-Service Come to Dublin?
A report published by Smart Dublin last November believes so – but implementing a unified digital platform for transport comes with complications.
Teresa: Lack of Migrant Representatives in Irish Politics Amounts to a Democratic Deficit
As long as political parties are not willing to make room for migrants at the decision-making table, we can not talk about full democracy in Ireland.
Newest Proposal for St Teresa’s Gardens Involves Transferring Site to the Land Development Agency
Some councillors are excited about the potential for homes to be built quickly, but others worry that if they hand over the land to the LDA that some of it could be privatised.