Tusla says it's an offence to run an unregistered children’s home, but it places children in them anyways
So how does it square the circle?
Last Thursday, in John’s Lane Church, singer-songwriter Imelda May led the room through an impromptu, slow rendition of “Molly Malone”.
The committee’s chairperson, Fianna Fáil Councillor Deirdre Heney, says she wants to run more private workshops and organise site visits, instead.
Pockets of the park have become meeting points for drug users and dealers, says junior parkrun organiser Stephen Keeler.
“This is the first place I come to when I need to buy clothes,” says customer Ana Cristina da Silva.
“Five years is a long time to be looking at a stump,” says Phibsboro resident Jonathan Healy. The council says it’s working on updating its tree strategy.
To solve the problem, a petition is asking the government to bring in a “residency confirmation letter in an electronic format for non-EU minors”.
Why? “I just love hot sauce,” says Mark Cronin, the proprietor at Bismarck.
“It’s effectively sitting on residentially zoned land, it just isn’t right.” A spokesperson for the college says it’s considering its options for this parcel.
The planned new homes are to be spread across seven blocks to the front and rear of the Clonsilla Inn.
The previous government’s programme pledged to end direct provision. This one’s takes a decidedly different tone towards some people seeking asylum.