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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Andy: Bin Charges Shift Is Part of a Mosaic of Troubling Trends
How can we know if the bin-charge price freezes will lead to the losses the waste companies claim they will, when company accounts are so opaque?
Curios About: The Garden of Earthly Delights by Aoife Ward
“It’s important that artworks come from an honest place, and this installation is my insides turned out,” writes Aoife Ward. The latest in our Curios About series on works by Dublin.
Should Dublin’s Chinatown Get a Friendship Arch?
Just 48 people have signed a petition for an arch to mark Dublin’s Chinatown on Parnell Street. What do you think of the idea?
Vacancy Watch: A Long Stretch of South Great George’s Street
What’s happening with what should be a tasty piece of land? The answer is a slightly complicated.
What Will Become of George Bernard Shaw’s Birthplace?
Keeping the Nobel Prize winner’s former home as a museum hasn’t really worked out. So Dublin City Council is looking into giving it a new life, with a new purpose.
Phibsboro Residents Exhibit New Vision for the Area
At the Darc Space gallery on North Great George’s Street until 9 July, an exhibition plays “what if” with the Phibsboro neighbourhood.
50% of Social Housing Won’t Be Reserved for Homeless Anymore
In an April letter to minister Alan Kelly, Dublin City Council chief Owen Keegan suggested that the rule encouraged people “to enter the ‘homeless’ system”.
Dublin’s New Lord Mayor Sets Out His Priorities
Brendan Carr suggests that the city introduce plaques for businesses that pay the living wage, and says he’ll push for a hotel bed tax in the city.
Council Briefs: Housing Progress, Housing Delays
Progress on Cherry Orchard rapid-builds, Dominick St and Charlemont St. Delays with the lands initiative and at St Teresa’s Gardens. Danger at O’Devaney.
Roe: A Lack of Affection, and Topless Women
One reader asks whether to stay in a relationship that lacks physical intimacy, and another asks why it’s okay for guys to go topless but not women.
The Battle Over Busking Ends in Compromise, For Now
They tried to come for the amplifiers but they’ve settled for the backing tracks.
Urban Walk: The Wildlife of the Royal Canal
Wildlife expert Tim Clabon reveals the flora and fauna along the banks of the north Dublin waterway, and within it.