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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Now’s Not the Time to Sell Off Social Housing, Say Councillors
It’s unlikely they’ll get a reprieve, but there are a stack of arguments as to why now is a bad time to offer to sell homes to social housing tenants at massive discounts.
Should Thomas Street Be Brought Back to Its Market Days?
At one time, it seemed you could buy everything at the Liberties market stalls: fruit, veg, fish or ribbons. How can we get that magic back? Should we even try?
Should Phibsboro Be Low-Rise or High-Rise?
You know the old Phibsboro Shopping Centre? With the ugly brutalist concrete tower? When it’s torn down, should what replaces it be taller or shorter?
Zoë’s Dublin Diary: What to Do This Week
Our pick of the week’s events in Dublin. One per day. To help you make the most of your fun time.
Frank: So Far the Dublin House Initiative Is a Sad Tale
A project to let citizen developers build homes in the inner city sounded like such a good idea when it was first floated in the depths of the recession. Unfortunately, it has fallen at an early hurdle.
Andy: In Which the Legal Profession Stomps on the Little People
In Ireland, competitiveness is for little people. When it comes to the golden circle of privileged insiders – including the elite of the legal profession – cost control goes out the window, and transparency and proper regulation go with it.
Mick: Why Aren’t We Building More Housing in the Docklands?
We are witnessing another round of finance-driven urban development, a fact which speaks to the current poverty of imagination and ambition among those who hold the levers of power.
Can We Make Electric Cars Less Hassle?
A plan to charge for electricity for e-cars might put off some drivers, but there are still plenty of perks.
For Real Bread Ireland, a Mission to Improve Dublin’s Loaves
For a year now, Real Bread Ireland has been trying to increase standards by promoting a simpler approach.
Danger for Cyclists: Here’s a Place to Avoid
We’ve found an intersection in Dublin’s city centre that appears to be particularly dangerous for cyclists. And we have some ideas on how to improve it.
Purity by Jonathan Franzen, Reviewed
If there was a genetic difference between Europeans and Americans, we could certainly cry racist, as “Purity” contains all the signifiers of a master-race narrative.
Curios About: As Twilight Fades by Aaron Smyth
In the series to which this image belongs, contemporary artist Aaron Smyth explores questions around gender, intimacy, and relations. What you see is just a detail: click through to see the whole image.