Years after promise of a new integration strategy, Dublin City Council still doesn’t have one
There’s a desperate need for a roadmap to improve efforts to help people navigate immigrant life, and connect, say councillors and community workers.
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At Crooksling’s asylum shelter, harassment on the ground and drones in the sky
An Garda Síochána hasn’t responded to queries sent on 4 September asking about any plans to try to protect residents.
Path forward for renovating former Inchicore library and opening it up for community use
The council closed the building for renovations in 2020, and since then it’s just sat vacant, deteriorating.
Council Briefs: Pushing for faster housing in Dunsink, pop-up CCTV, and interrogating delivery drones
Here’s a sample of what came up at a recent council meeting for the Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Castleknock and Ongar areas.
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #102
This image “captured what I love about cities, the grit and glamour, the dirt and dapper”.
In Donabate, council okays more homes despite concerns about lack of accompanying services and amenities
“They just seem to be very much housing at all costs, and everything else later.”
Irish Soup Kitchen Centres refused charity status due to uncertainty over counting cash
“Absolutely everything was above board,” says Mark O’Neill, the founder of Irish Soup Kitchen Centres. But it has now closed, he said.
On Grand Canal Street, a new food truck offers Polish street-food classics
The menu includes zapiekanka – an open toasted baguette, topped with sauteed mushrooms, fried onions and melted cheese – and a Polish “hot dog”.
New Dublin-based, driver-owned taxi app aims to provide fairer deal to taxi drivers and customers
Hola Taxi’s founder says the new app will share profits with drivers who sign up as “co-founders” – and won’t add extra fees onto customers’ fares like other apps.
In Templeogue, customers mourn the closure of Norman’s hardware shop
After nearly 50 years, Norman Priestman is retiring and so the shop, formally called The Paint Pot, is closing.
Council Briefs: Cleaning up the city, installing gates at Robinson’s Court, and the North Irish Sea Array wind farm
These were among the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their September monthly meeting on Monday.
At this clothes swap, get a drink and a bite, dance a little, and pick out some new old clothes
“If you see a stylish person with a big bag of clothes, keep an eye on them, see what they’re putting out,” says co-organiser Orla O’Leary.
Council Briefs: Call for urgent meeting with Housing Minister gets no response, and delays in processing applications for HAP
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their September monthly meeting on Monday.