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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The rise and fall of nightclub meals
For most of the last century, nightclubs were supposed to stop the music, turn on the lights, and give clubbers a late-night dinner. That really confused Fatboy Slim.
Less of the Docklands is Public Space Than You Think
In the areas around the IFSC and Hanover Quay, what appears to be a public park or footpath is often actually private property.
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One way you can tell that it’s summer in Dublin is that you can’t find a free bench
Why Can’t They Have Cans?
When the sun comes out, it sometimes seems like half of Dublin is sitting along canals and in parks with a drink. Is it time to revisit the bylaws against drinking in public?
Flat Mosaics
On the Kevin Street flats and another complex over the river on North Strand Road, the outside walls are wrapped in a band of mosaic. But who decided to do that?
A Rebel Preservationist
He was called “A rabid republican cum architect cum town planner of definite convictions cum determined preservationist and exposer of shady planning applications.”
Cartoon of the Week: Section This
Illustrator Harry Burton on the case reported by the Child Care Law Project of the girl who went to her doctor for an abortion, and ended up detained under the Mental Health Act.
How to Kill a City, Reviewed
In this book, which offers lessons for Dublin, Peter Moskowitz looks at the growing inequality of American cities – and how planning and housing policies have pushed aside the poorest.
Council Briefs: Covanta, Affordable Housing, and Tea Rooms
Here is some of what Dublin city councillors discussed at their meetings this week.
Councillors Vote to Try to Find a Way to Commemorate Savita
While details of what might be named, or renamed, are yet to be decided, the majority of councillors voted in favour of the idea.
One Man’s Decade-Long Journey with Flann O’Brien
For years, the actor has performed his one-man show about Brian O’Nolan’s life and works at pubs and in theatres. He recently wrapped up a stint at the Smock Alley, and soon he’s heading for Salzburg.
As Flow of CE Scheme Workers Slows, Local Services Say They Are Suffering
Local services like after-school programmes and creches that rely on workers from the community-employment scheme say changes are putting their futures in jeopardy.