Why don't councillors talk as much about homelessness at meetings anymore?
For years, homelessness was a standing item on the agenda at most housing committee meetings. But, recently it hasn’t featured as often.
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Supply & Demand – a Podcast about Dublin’s Housing Crisis: Episode 1
If you’re sick of the finger-pointing, and drowning in the minutiae, join us as we take a deep breath and a step back and look at how we got here, what’s gone wrong, and where we’re going.
The City Has Fewer Fatbergs These Days – But Can Still Improve
The largest Dublin fatberg council engineer Colin Fitzpatrick says he’s heard about was under South Great George’s Street about eight years ago.
Marrowbone Lane Site: Rezoned, but Sporting Liberties Still Pushing for Different Vision
They want 334 homes on the land, rather than 100 homes.
Not All Short-Term Lets to Be Covered By Proposed Regulations
The Corporate Housing Alliance has lobbied several TDs and Department of Housing officials in recent months in relation to short-term letting regulations.
A Theatre Company Interrogates Irish Prison History
Their play “The Examination” includes several stories covering prisoners’ current experiences, and ex-prisoners’ experiences, interwoven with the results of historical research.
Gaps in Oversight at City’s Drugs and Alcohol Task Forces
A 2012 review of drugs and alcohol task forces said they needed better oversight and governance structures. But, six years later, concerns about task forces are still popping up.
Joe: Irish Politicians Should Stop Valorising the American Approach to White-Collar Crime
Some in Ireland point to America as a country to emulate in its treatment of white-collar crime. That’s misguided, writes our white-collar crime columnist.
A Post-Punk Zine Offers a Glimpse of 1980s Dublin
Dave Clifford published Vox from his bedroom, between 1980 and 1983.
Apply: A Free Half-Day Workshop on Journalism Tools
We’re delighted to be helping to organise a half-day free workshop for community journalists, run by the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ).
Council Briefs: Growing the Guinness Enterprise Centre, and Designing the Bull Island Discovery Centre
At recent meetings, councillors discussed guaranteeing a loan to grow the Guinness Enterprise Centre, reviewing the design of the Discovery Centre planned for Bull Island, and more.
Lámh, Lámh Eile, Reviewed
This imaginative noir comedy novel follows a misanthropic PI around Ireland – and is built on in-jokes, literary allusions, and puns on Irish language place names and orthography, writes our reviewer.
Christine: When You’re Homeless, Malnutrition Often Follows
“It didn’t take long, no more than a week, before I stopped paying attention to what I ate,” writes Christine O’Donnell.