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: Is Our “Economic Recovery” Based on a Silicon Bubble?
It looks like the government is going to use what may well be temporary, one-off tax revenues to fund a giveaway budget designed to buy an election, writes UCD political economy lecturer Andy Storey.
Council Examines Plans to Transform College Green
On Monday, Dublin City Council saw proposals to remake College Green. If all goes to plan, the design will be up for public consultation by next month.
The Dublin City Council Budget and the Magical Million
A group of councillors led by Sinn Fein passed a status quo €803 million budget Monday. The drama was in the sudden appearance of €1 million from “down the back of the couch”.
Here’s How to Avoid Another Longboat Quay
Why is it that when you pull the skin off so many of these shiny boom-time apartment buildings, they turn out to have rotten cores?
Will the Mews Go to the Money or the Museum?
Should Dublin City Council sell the last surviving Georgian coach houses on Stephen’s Green to the highest bidder? Or to the Little Museum of Dublin?
Will Dublin Get Ride-Sharing App UberPop?
The app lets anyone with a driver’s licence and a car give lifts to passengers for money. Right now, ride-sharing for money is illegal in Ireland.
Has Raising Housing Standards Made People Homeless?
Regulations that came into effect in 2013 effectively banned bedsits. Is enforcement of these rules pushing people into homelessness?
Councillors Push Back Plans to Sell Off Temple Bar Properties
At Monday’s meeting, councillors said they wanted to reflect before going ahead with the sale of commercial properties in Temple Bar.
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.
Curios About: Abbey Street, Dublin, 2015 by Talia Moscovitz
When she moved to the Northside, Moscovitz was “inspired to photograph the clash of diverse of cultures and socioeconomic classes . . . along Abbey Street.” This is a detail of her work. Click through to see the full photograph.
The Story of a Shocking Experiment, on Screen
The story of Stanley Milgram, the man behind one of the most famous psychological studies of the twentieth century, comes to the Irish screen.
For Some Long-Term Unemployed, Could Gaming Work?
State-funded education and training courses for the unemployed have a reputation as time-wasting paths to nowhere. Maybe this one is different though.