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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Some Lobbying Around Land Rezoning Slips Under the Radar
There’s an inflexibility to rezoning industrial land, wrote a Department of Housing official in an email in February. “Its been represented to me quite a few times.”
Council Moves a Step Closer to Demolishing the Ballymun Shopping Centre
Some councillors have raised concerns about the fate of the site post-demolition.
A Student Complex in the Liberties Gates Off Its Green Space
Local residents are keeping a watchful eye over possible losses of green space in the Liberties.
Street Artists and Council Officials Try to Find Common Ground
“We have to find a legal way of doing it,” said City Arts Officer Ray Yeates. But “the partnership process is full of potential”.
Questions Around the North Inner City Drugs Task Force
Councillors say they don’t want to take up seats on a drugs task force in the inner city until the co-ordinator comes to talk to them. The co-ordinator says he’s only been asked once.
Andy: Irexit? That Would Be Economic Self-Harm
Irexit would generate even worse economic outcomes than Brexit alone, research from two economists suggests.
Tribute to a Wandering Musician
Gavin Mee kept travelling and gigging and loving right up to the end, even as his heart was failing him.
The Dead Friends: Episode 4
In this episode you’ll hear about how a bully gave The Orange his nickname, and how he embraced it at university, when he was warrior-tall, with a ginger crown and a love of mushrooms. And you’ll learn how the music ended for him.
Ebun: On Irish Drinking Culture, Assimilation and “Passing”
A reader asked to what extent Irish drinking culture is something non-Irish need to adopt in order to integrate. Ebun offers some advice.
Under the Clock, Reviewed
This documentary shows couples and individuals recounting romantic rendezvous under the iconic Clery’s clock on O’Connell Street. It looks at things worth cherishing from that time, and things best left in the past.
No Exchequer Money for Affordable Housing, Department of Public Expenditure Said Last Year
In 2017, emails and memos from officials at the Department of Public Expenditure suggest they were unconvinced of the need for affordable-housing schemes.