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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Cartoon of the Week: Dublympics 2016
What sports would be in the Dublin Olympics? This week’s cartoon by Harry Burton. Click through to see the final panels.
In “The Box”, a Reflection on How to Live Together
In this short film set in Dublin, Jijo S. Palatty offers a critique of segregation and its drivers, and an exploration of what he sees as the conflict between pluralism and liberalism.
Curios About: Debt Liberation by Eamonn Farrell
In this photo from a series, fine artist Eamonn Farrell aims to explore our relationship with the natural world and the man-made institutions around us.
Modular Housing: Have We Learnt the Lessons?
The council is looking at putting up multi-storey buildings in the city centre made of stackable prefab homes. But there’s still a lot we don’t know about its first batch of rapid-build homes.
Fried Plaintains Collective Puts Black Women Centre Stage
Yemi Azamosa set up the Fried Plantains Collective to make sure there are events in Dublin put on by Black women, and LGBTQ Black women, to talk about things that affect Black people’s lives.
In The Tenters, Many Dogs and Little Green Space
When some local residents complained about dogs and noise in the mornings in Oscar Square Park, the council trimmed the opening hours. Was it too hasty?
Who Picks Up the Bill These Days?
A guy and a girl finish their meal, and the server automatically brings the bill to the guy. Is this sexist? Does it matter?
Should Being a Councillor Become a Full-Time Job?
Some Dublin City Councillors say they spend 30 or more hours a week on their political duties, but the pay is only part-time – so many also have other jobs.
Cartoon of the Week: Dublin Problems
This week’s cartoon by Harry Burton. Click through to see the final panel.
Curios About: Glass Ceiling by Adebayo Flynn
With this work, the artist wants to make the reader to feel uncomfortable. “Hopefully the audience will fill in the reasons why I made it so raw and brash,” he says.
Roe: When Is a Blow Job a Blow Job? And Period Fear
One reader questions her boyfriend’s definition of a blow job, and another reader wonders if she should apologise for getting her period. Roe has answers.
Viva, Reviewed
Selected as the Irish entry for the 88th Academy Awards, Paddy Breathnach’s film explores familial relationships, sexuality and machismo in Havana, Cuba.