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Just 4% of private homes granted planning permission in Dublin city last year were three-beds – is that enough?
The figure – which amounts to 83 homes – jumped out at a councillor, he said at a recent meeting.
Residents moved out of new north Dublin housing estate to allow defects to be fixed
All 69 homes in Dublin 15 will be undergoing remedial work, according to Fingal County Council's chief executive, AnnMarie Farrelly.
In Donnybrook, developer lodges new plans for housing on site of former Magdalene Laundry
But how will the site’s history be handled? asks a councillor. “We need to be sensitive of this particular legacy.”
Fingal says it’ll avoid evictions with new Fortlawn redevelopment plan
An abruptly announced previous plan to demolish four homes as part of the council’s plans to build 21 new ones had shocked the people living in them.
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"Since moving to Dublin a year ago, my bag has filled with little pieces that reflect the rhythm of daily life here."
Dublin clampers towed away a car with a child in back – again
After two similar incidents in 2023, DSPS, the council parking enforcement contractor, put in place procedures to keep it from happening again.
Planning go-ahead for soccer pitches and much more at Alfie Byrne Road
“It started out as a football project and it's turned into a game changer for the area and surrounding areas,” says John Hayden, the chairman of Belvedere Football Club.
In Chapelizod, parents don high-vis and wait, hopefully, for council to approve a school warden
Requests for a school warden were previously turned down because it was considered too dangerous, said a councillor. In recent times, two other schools have been told the same.
Council moves on getting land for Portmarnock Sports Hub
Four clubs in the area would, if the project happens, be sharing the facilities.
A North Strand family plots to block development, and worries about tropical fish, in a new play at the Viking Theatre
“Most of my stuff is very serious,” says writer and director Michael J. Hartnett. A friend and collaborator challenged him to write a comedy.
Vacancy Watch: Dublin City Council plans to turn historic building at Parnell Square into apartments
The Georgian building was once a meeting place for revolutionary leaders and the Gaelic League, and has been in council ownership, at least on paper, since 1998.
Council chugs forward with bin-bag ban for some streets in city-centre
It’ll first come into effect on certain streets in the south inner-city, and hit the north inner-city next year, said a council official earlier this week.