Against a backdrop of policy shifts, Ukrainian refugee children embrace their Irish lives
Ireland is the place they started school, joined sports clubs – yet their parents worry about how changes to citizenship eligibility may haunt their future.
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Inmates still earn just 50 cents for a day’s work in Irish prisons
While costs of basic items have risen, including snacks bought from the prison shop to fill long gaps between meals.
Eight-year-old Cabra resident calls on council to provide a pump track in his local park
“Pump tracks are very fun,” says Oran Wood, who discovered the hilly tracks while visiting his cousins. Pump tracks can be traversed on bikes, skateboards, skates and scooters.
Cabra Intreo centre was closed with little planning, or evaluation of how it would impact its users
But there’s still no sign it’s going to reopen – and now the nearest one’s 3km away, on Parnell Street.
Council continues to push hotel bed tax for Dublin
A €2 per bed per night tax could raise more than €17.5 million a year, according to a council analysis.
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In Ringsend, 176 new social homes sit empty due to funding paperwork delays
There are over 1,000 households on the council’s social housing lists for the area.
Gardaí likely knew Kurdish woman, whose body was returned to Turkey, wished to be buried in Ireland
Gardaí referred queries to the Department of Justice, which hasn’t addressed questions about details of the case.
In Howth, council plans to charge for parking on Harbour Road
Drivers would also be limited to leaving their cars in spots on the road for a maximum of three hours.
Council looks to trial moves to make Balrothery friendlier for cyclists and pedestrians
The new active travel plan for the village, which sits about 2.5km south of Balbriggan's town centre, includes a one-way system, among other measures.
Growing Women’s Sheds in Swords and Balbriggan are looking for permanent homes
There’s lots of demand for facilities but council doesn’t have any buildings or sites available right now, said a council official at a recent meeting.
Tusla says it's an offence to run an unregistered children’s home, but it places children in them anyways
So how does it square the circle?
An Israeli fund backs one of Ireland’s biggest landlords, but who else?
As the government courts more international money for Ireland’s rental sector, tenants say they want more transparency around who they are renting from.