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Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers”, says the Department of Justice.
Would Blanchardstown benefit from having a town council?
The current programme for government says it will “establish town councils in large towns to provide a focal-point for raising concerns of towns”.
Council nudges ahead with plans for playground in Portrane
Despite objections from some local residents, in an informal consultation, that it could attract anti-social behaviour.
Council moves on plan for 5,000 homes on lands between Inchicore and Ballyfermot
The changes will be gradual, said a council planner. “It’s not an overnight, you know, deployment of four or five thousand units in an area.”
Government to look at the idea of merging cost-rental and social housing in future
“That is really, I think, what Nirvana is for the future,” says Fiona O’Driscoll, of the Irish Council for Social Housing. “It's the dream.”
With council rents and private rents both rising, HAP tenants are squeezed from two directions
“I think in some cases it could be more than half their income. I don’t see how the sums will add up.”
After the council quietly closed its mediation service, a new report highlights a growing need for mediation in the community
Earlier this year, Dublin City Council closed its service to defuse low-level tensions between tenants in its housing.
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Dublin City Council moves towards deploying AI tools to “increase staff productivity”
If this will have any material impact on workers, or jobs, the council’s management will be held to account, says a representative for the union Fórsa.
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice?
“The public should not be used as guinea pigs, particularly vulnerable groups in a legal process which could be impacted by a chatbot giving an incorrect answer.”
A new game seeks to get Dubliners to think about who is tracking them online
Two free exhibitions, hosted at the Beta Festival over the coming weekend, also explore the future of data privacy.
In Swords, expected impact of MetroLink spotlights a shortage of pitches
Fingallians GAA club say they'll need somewhere to play temporarily while future works are underway.