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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For years, a developer has kept a stretch of road closed off, clogging up traffic
And there’s no prospect of Gannon Properties taking down the fences that block off a stretch of Glen Ellan Road anytime soon.
Ryanair announces plans to fly tourists into occupied country against government in exile’s wishes
The move supports Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara, and will help finance its “illegal occupation”, a Polisario Front representative says.
In Inchicore, a plan to build two padel courts and a cafe next to the Grand Canal
Former publican Michael Kelly previously tried to get permission to build 10 homes on the site behind the Black Horse Inn, but the council said no.
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Demands for better services are legit, but council can’t do it with current funding, says council CEO
The Department of Housing has told the council it has to divert €58 million from local property taxes next year to cover what used to be paid for by central government grants.
In the heart of Rathmines, councillors eye up “underused” site for plaza, housing, Swan centre expansion
On Thursday, they backed a motion asking council managers to look at using a compulsory purchase order to buy it.
As more people face a shorter window to appeal asylum claims, hasty deportation orders cause undue stress
The number of deportation orders has shot up since 2022. But that doesn’t mean they’re all sound and will stand up to scrutiny.
In Fingal, the council plans to hike fees at recycling centres
At a meeting Thursday, councillors worried the fee increase would lead to an increase in illegal dumping.
With a gig on the North Bull Wall, an experimental punk band reclaims the city
“A lot of avenues are restricted to us because someone else owns it,” says John Ryan of Vsevolod Plotkin. “But no one owns this. It’s public, we can use it.”
Improving access to Barnageeragh Bay Beach could cost €1.35 million and take years, a consultant told councillors
It’ll mean upgrading bus stops, footpaths and crossings on the R127 to make it safe to get to the path to the beach, before upgrading that too, he said.
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“In my reimagining of O’Connell Street, I’ve placed a late-autumn meadow right at its heart.”
After wave of opposition to Traveller housing, council drops plans for three sites in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
“They just blamed biodiversity,” says Geraldine Dunne, director of Southside Traveller Action Group. “They didn’t even try to challenge the discrimination and racism.”