Against a backdrop of policy shifts, Ukrainian refugee children embrace their Irish lives
Ireland is the place they started school, joined sports clubs – yet their parents worry about how changes to citizenship eligibility may haunt their future.
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Council puts out new plans for revamp of Mountjoy Square
There is €3.25 million set aside in the council’s capital budget to restore the park – and the new layout will also facilitate ongoing sports uses, say officials.
Councillors call for integration of social tenants living in apartment complexes – rather than segregation into one block
But Mick Mulhern, the council’s housing manager, says it just isn’t always possible or practical to do that.
At a recent conference, advocates highlighted another route to justice for victims seeking solace
Only a fraction of victims are referred to restorative justice at the moment – but the number is growing.
After government abandons plan to make city speed limit 30km/h by default, council returns to slog of doing it bit by bit
At a meeting of Dublin City Council’s transport committee on Wednesday, councillors and council managers expressed frustration with the long road ahead.
A sessions series continues to lure new audiences to modern harping
“I wanted to take the harp out of the drawing room, even out of the pub."
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As government support for sheltering Ukrainian refugees dwindles, finding somewhere to live means taking more risks
“I understand now how valuable it is to help each other. How important it is to have a roof over your head, to have community.”
Councillors complain, again, of hotel-spreading in Portobello
In mid-October, a new fence went up, connected to the NYX hotel, blocking off a stretch of gravel and grass by the Grand Canal.
Just 4% of private homes granted planning permission in Dublin city last year were three-beds – is that enough?
The figure – which amounts to 83 homes – jumped out at a councillor, he said at a recent meeting.
Residents moved out of new north Dublin housing estate to allow defects to be fixed
All 69 homes in Dublin 15 will be undergoing remedial work, according to Fingal County Council's chief executive, AnnMarie Farrelly.
In Donnybrook, developer lodges new plans for housing on site of former Magdalene Laundry
But how will the site’s history be handled? asks a councillor. “We need to be sensitive of this particular legacy.”
Fingal says it’ll avoid evictions with new Fortlawn redevelopment plan
An abruptly announced previous plan to demolish four homes as part of the council’s plans to build 21 new ones had shocked the people living in them.