Central government is looking at whether councils should be allowed to borrow more, to build more
The current restrictions do need to change, said a spokesperson for the Department of Finance.
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Vacancy Watch: The many plans for the St Andrew’s Court flats
The council’s current target is to knock and build new social homes on the site in the heart of the south-inner city by early 2028.
Council Briefs: Spiffing up Capel Street even further, installing anti-illegal dumping CCTV, and protecting Drumcondra Library
These are some of the things discussed in a meeting of the Central Area Committee recently.
Rewriting Dublin’s nightlife – is Ray O’Donoghue the man to give us the night?
Last year, Dublin finally got a night mayor. What has he been working on?
Council wants to borrow hundreds of millions to fund flagship projects in the city – will central government let it?
The money would go to the planned new city library on Parnell Square, Dalymount Park regeneration, Fruit and Veg Market revival, and more.
In Fingal, council moves to step in and finish estates developers have left in limbo
It has issued a tender worth an estimated €2 million for engineering consultants to help get estates completed so they’re ready for the council to take them in charge.
At the award-winning Diamond Park in the north inner-city, work starts this month to fix fire damage
Vandalism to playgrounds is a problem across the city. Ideas to tackle it include providing alternative spaces for teens, designed and built with them.
Immigrant care-workers wait with guilt, for years, for word of whether their children can join them
Shylet Mazuru says her children back home ask her, “Why did you abandon us?” “I’m so depressed, I’m so so depressed,” Mazuru says.
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Landlord appeals council refusal to scrap Newmarket market space
If it can’t use the spot instead for a convenience shop, it’s just going to have to let it lie vacant, its appeal said.
In new exhibition, artist highlights gap between how co-living was advertised and how living there actually felt
Eva Richardson McCrea’s “The Decameron / Na Deich Lá” opens 13 February at Project Arts Centre.
It’s time to finally do something with George’s Dock – and fast, councillors say
There hasn’t been a plan since council managers’ proposal for a whitewater-rafting facility there bellyflopped.