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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Is This How to Build “Affordable” Homes in Dublin?
A “cost-rental” pilot project may deliver two-beds at a cost far below what’s on the market, says Housing Agency CEO John O’Connor.
What’s Going on in Crumlin Shopping Centre?
The owners have been doing some corporate restructuring, and inside the centre there’s construction going on. Is it headed for a revival?
Brushing Up: The Traders of the World
Looking down from the walls of Iveagh Markets, which is vacant and crumbling on Francis Street in Dublin 8, are eight mysterious faces.
Priced Out of Docklands Developments, Council Looks for Its Social Housing Elsewhere
The council says it wants mixed neighbourhoods so it tries to gets its slice of “Part V” social housing on-site in new developments. Costs mean it’s looking to relax that.
As Government Ponders, More and More Renters Asked for Big Deposits
Six months ago, Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy announced plans for a cap on the deposit a landlord can ask for from a renter. It’s not in place yet.
Pushing for Jobs at the IFSC for North-East Inner-City Locals
A government-backed effort to regenerate the area has been asking big firms at the International Financial Services Centre to hire locally. So far, it’s had limited success.
A Wikipedia Workshop Fills in the Gaps on Women Artists
Fewer than 18 percent of biographies on the English-language version of Wikipedia are of women.
Michael Inside, Reviewed
Frank Berry’s “heartbreaking” drama follows the downward spiral of a naive teenager who, sent to prison, finds the opposite of redemption, writes Luke Maxwell.
Odran: On Tackling Dublin’s Water-Supply Problems
Water is key to development, to industry, to house building, and to food production. So here are some suggestions for how to solve our supply problems, writes DIT lecturer Odran Reid.
Would Money for Empty Bottles Help Ease Littering?
Independent Councillor Vincent Jackson says he has been pushing for a refundable deposit scheme since 1995, but that the response from government to him has been that it “doesn’t suit”.
Andy: Why Do We Put Up with the State Subsidising the Wealthy?
It makes no sense to give hundreds of thousands of euro in sports grants to wealthy colleges, and golf and yacht clubs, writes UCD political economy lecturer Andy Storey.