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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Time for measures to get drivers to slow down on the Porterstown Road, council says
The council is now looking to lower the speed limit and – eventually, maybe, install speed ramps.
The S6 is bus route most often reported to no-show bus tracker for ghosting passengers
Of 740 reports of ghost buses since the tracker was launched on 16 November, 48 were about the S6.
An effort to keep open a small shop in an asylum shelter, which makes residents’ lives that bit easier
The centre’s managers want, instead, to give residents vouchers for outside shops – but the nearest one’s a 30-minute walk.
Annual Sculpture In Context exhibition in the Botanic Gardens on hold until organisers can find funding
“We couldn’t continue. It’s become a full-time unpaid job,” says chairperson Jackie Ball.
Council Briefs: Council considers legal action against HSE over funding for ambulance services, a motion to tackle youth homelessness, and more
These were a few of the issues Dublin City Councillors discussed at their December monthly meeting on Monday.
Dean: Rapper Kendino leads a triumphant night of Asian-Irish ingenuity
The three artists on the ticket “are forward-thinking superfly radicals that indulge in what you might call a romantic urban sound”.
In Crumlin, a new take on the spice bag
Debbie Akinbami began to adapt local dishes with Nigerian ingredients while she was in school. Now, her menu is full of them.
Tech companies in Dublin offer workers chance to donate to support Israeli soldiers
Charities supporting soldiers and veterans in Israel are on a list of causes to which employees can gift, and their employers will match the amount.
What have the city’s “community safety wardens” been up to?
Schemes to post wardens around O’Connell Street and Wolfe Tone Square are part of a pilot aimed at improving feelings of safety in the north inner-city.
An easy-going Nepalese restaurant opens on Moore Street
Momo, pani puri and chow mein all feature on the menu of this homely addition to the underground mall.
Who’s behind a website and social media accounts ratcheting up support for anti-immigration candidates standing in Ireland?
Set up in response to events in “the fall of 2022”, they’ve been seeking “digital canvassers” to back candidates listed on the website.
In Portrane, residents of HSE-owned cottages fear for their future
The HSE isn’t maintaining them well, or doing necessary upgrades – maybe it’s time it hands them over to the council, tenants and local councillors say.