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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To ease loneliness, Fingal considers piloting “chatty” benches for making connections
“If we could put the phone away and have a chat with the person who happens to be sitting next to us on the bench, I think it would bring a sense of community.”
In a new exhibition, an artist captures efforts to find personal space on public transport
Maria Ginnity’s show, In Transit, is set to open at Reds Gallery on Thursday.
A live storytelling show offers a chance to cringe, and laugh, together
Angst from the Archives features the worst of participants’ youthful musings. There’s still time to sign up to read at it.
In Kinsealy, the long wait for safe walking and cycling routes continues
“If my kids want to go to a friend’s in Portmarnock or get the train, we have to drive.”
The Love and Darkness of Seán “Doctor” Millar
The five-decade music career of the Liberties musician never quite reached the commercial heights that he, and others, had aimed for in his twenties. But is that important, really?
Major changes promised to homeless services funding model
The government has committed to fully fund charity-run homeless services, rather than have them rely on fundraising.
Council finds ways around parts of minister's new lower apartment standards
In some neighbourhoods, the mix of apartments and the requirement for community and arts space will still be governed by the city’s development plan, said the acting deputy city planner.
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Can the council make Howth’s viral “Tiny Hidden Beach” safer?
"You have the real extreme version, you close it off. But again, locals have been going to the beach for decades … they’re not the ones that get into the accidents there. It's mainly tourists."
A Desi group asked BuyMeACoffee not to let influencers make money from anti-Indian hate – and got ignored
Researchers say the role of crowdfunding platforms in the spread of harmful ideologies is largely overlooked.
Somebody will get back to you, council officials repeatedly assured councillors with questions at climate action meeting
“How this has been managed is an absolute joke,” said a frustrated Lord Mayor Ray McAdam.
Empty threat? Pick up after your dog or face a €150 fine, says the council’s new campaign
But so far this year, Dublin City Council has only issued two fines for dog fouling, according to a council spokesperson.