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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Capel Street Loses Its Public Piano
Massimo Scaramella was trying to enliven his end of Capel Street with a piano outside for passers-by, but there’s no way to get a permit for that.
How Will Apps for Sharing Parking Spaces Affect the City?
They could mean more convenience for drivers and more efficient use of space, but also loss of revenue for the council and more cars in the city.
At Project Arts Centre, Orthodox Icons Inspire an Exhibition of Ideas
Five artists took the story of how twenty-four icons came to Ireland as their springboard, creating works that reflect on displacement, conflict, and more.
Roe: On What Chokers Aren’t Asking for, and Allying with Trans Men
A reader asks when chokers became an invite for dick pics, and another questions the invisibility of trans men.
Andy: What’s the Government Got Against Public Ownership?
The plan to hand over the new national maternity hospital to the Sisters of Charity is just one more symptom of an ideological opposition to the state provision of services.
Cartoon of the Week: Nice for Some
Harry Burton on “the hypocrisy of commemorating the Easter Rising, which demanded equality, but not giving equality to people who want to become citizens”.
Handsome Devil, Reviewed
This feature-length sitcom from the director of “The Stag” takes a semi-autobiographical look at adolescent male friendship, boarding school and family.
A New Japanese Cafe Lets You Design Your Own Sushi
Takara is Johny Xin and Jimmy Pei’s second restaurant in the city.
On Nassau Street, an Ironmonger Weathers the Years
Guidebook writers started using the term “institution” in the last few years, but Des Cooney isn’t interested in that. “It makes you feel old,” he says.
From Faux to Real: the Story of a Dublin Hip-Hop Label
From meeting in the Gaeltacht to hundreds and thousands of fans, the young duo behind Dublin’s Soft Boy Records have come a long way.
Two Years on, a Resident Waits for Double Yellow Lines
Councillors are frustrated with the time it takes Dublin City Council to deal with requests for changes to street markings and traffic patterns. Thousands are pending.
There’s a reason the Luas trams won’t switch between lines
When the new Luas map was published last week, showing the Cross City line, some wondered why trams won’t carry passengers from one line to another.