Central government is looking at whether councils should be allowed to borrow more, to build more
The current restrictions do need to change, said a spokesperson for the Department of Finance.
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Completion of walking and cycle path connecting Malahide and Donabate delayed again
The Broadmeadow Greenway is designed to stretch across the estuary, connecting the two towns.
There are changes on the way for the Bushy Park market
The council is planning to put the job of operating it out to tender, and also move its location.
Airbnb has targeted council employees with online adverts. Does that count as lobbying?
“Just because it’s digital, and not over coffee, doesn’t mean it’s not,” says Niamh Kirk, an associate professor at the University of Limerick.
In East Wall, a long-vacant site is looking more likely to become a community garden
A delay in a railway project means Iarnród Éireann won’t need it for a couple more years. “That was the only stumbling block, that it would be required back very shortly.”
The names of some new developments are too boring, councillors say
Church Mews, Church View or Church Place? Not good enough, said independent Councillor Cieran Perry.
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Remembering Cathleen O'Neill, who beat down a path for other women
“A force bigger than life itself,” said a eulogy by O’Neill’s friend Carmel Jennings. “Working-class warrior,” said Rita Fagan, another friend of O’Neill’s.
Council cuts back efforts to turn vacant office and commercial buildings into social homes
Instead, it’s moving staff to focus on other housing projects that will deliver more homes, said Dublin City Council’s head of housing.
No clear road to lower insurance, or reopening, for Dublin’s motorcycle sports clubs
There’s a massive stigma around motocross and that it impacts insurance, and government support, says one councillor.
Companies should be required to get planning permission for drone bases, Fingal councillors say
“It’s important for residents to know, for the business, and for the credibility of the planning system, so we’re clear a loophole is not developing in terms of planning.”
In "Terratoma", director Liadán Roche explores artistic authenticity and obsession
The short film is an eerie, sometimes frantic psychological drama about Alice, an artist who is haunted by a toxic former relationship.