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Commuters and Councillors Want Staff Back at DART Stations
Unstaffed stations make people feel unsafe, force them to pre-plan when they shouldn’t have to, and lack “somebody to say hello to you in the mornings”.
Is Dublin City Council Ready to Enforce New Rules to Rein in Short-Term Lets?
With weeks to go until the rules are supposed to come into effect, no new staff have yet been hired, a spokesperson for Dublin City Council said.
Papi Chulo, Reviewed
John Butler “manages to balance the schmaltz and cheese inherent to this format with a heartwarming, and heartbreaking, truthfulness”.
How to Cook a Fourteenth-Century Pork Pie
Pastry goods in general were popular in the Middle Ages, and ranged from simple “chewets” to luxurious tall “Parma pies”. Here’s how to recreate a “flampoint”.
Around the Harmonstown DART Station, a Neighbourhood Struggles Against Illegal Parkers
Area residents say they’ve had enough of the parking congestion and related safety issues. They’re asking Dublin City Council to help them find a solution.
A vintage train carries passengers on day trips from Dublin
There is a man who went to Connolly Station at 4am on a recent Sunday to light a coal fire in a vintage steam locomotive.
After Seeing Developer’s New Plans for Coolock Site, Councillors Feel Duped
Councillors rezoned the site from industrial to residential based on a pitch for 350 homes. But a new plan would be much taller and denser than they expected.
Newly Elected Dublin City Councillors Discussing Agendas and Coalitions
Councillors are meeting in party groups to talk priorities for the coming term. After, they’ll sound each other out, seeing who’ll work with who, on what.
An Upcoming Conference Offers Cohousing – Not Coliving – as an Affordable Housing Solution
The CoHousing Here! event in mid-June combines policy talks with workshops, successful examples from elsewhere and lessons from Ireland so far.
Not to Be Taken at Bedtime, Reviewed
“Fans of contemporary weird fiction and new Gothic will find it a worthwhile read, if a rare and expensive one,” writes Dave Lordan.
A Programme Tries to Smooth the Path to Work and Education for People with Disabilities
“Our outcome isn’t just getting a job for somebody,” says Programme Coordinator Deirdre Moore. “We’re trying to point them in the right direction.”
Music at Marrowbone Books: Rachel Ní Chuinn
Thinking about sound as a physical medium has led Ní Chuinn down all kinds of paths. From music exploring the afterglow static of the Big Bang, to works inspired by the acoustics of neolithic caves.