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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“Unlike many people on the continent, Dubliners love to go for a swim at any time of the year – no matter how cold it is.”
A short animated film tells the story of a Dublin child trafficked for criminal exploitation
Forced criminality has been happening in the north inner-city for years but, lately, it is happening more openly, says Belinda Nugent, of ICON.
What is the council looking to change about transport in Dublin city next year?
Dublin City Council transport committee chair Janet Horner and transport chief Brendan O’Brien listed their priorities, from reviewing speed limits again to emissions-based parking charges.
Seeking a louder voice, Crumlin residents look to start a new community forum
It’s one of three actions on a to-do list that emerged from the People’s Transition Crumlin project.
Council briefs: A new plan for Flemington, pushing for orchards, and more
Here’s some of what Fingal councillors have been proposing at recent council meetings.
Men living at Kilbride Army Camp while they seek asylum find the little privacy they have is being eroded
They now have to show their papers to enter – despite a judge ruling that a similar measure was overly intrusive a decade ago.
On Talbot Street, residents want a bus stop moved from outside their front door
The difficulties they face being heard are part of a wider problem, says one councillor.
More for housing, libraries, and events, in Fingal County Council’s budget for 2025
The new budget, approved by councillors at a meeting on 3 December, is up 7.5 percent from this year, to €389 million.
Council plans to green Dublin 8’s Golden Lane, to help it sop up rain better
Tree pits, rain gardens, and swales would help absorb rain, to reduce the flow into the sewers when it’s really tipping it down.
In Dublin, many new Indian eateries say they are “pure veg”
It’s an option that is welcome for some, but that drips with meaning for others.
On Capel Street, encounters at a barbershop birth an independent record label
“Everyone one that started The7 I met here,” said Tharick Benck recently, during a shift in the Vintage Studio.
Council manager says this time it’s really going to build more Traveller accommodation in the city, honest
“I’m on the Local Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee over 10 years and there has been zero delivery in that time,” says Sinn Féin Councillor Anthony Connaghan.