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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In Cherry Orchard, a vacant council home is being used for a stables
The council should provide stables for horses and fix up the house, says People Before Profit Councillor Hazel de Nortúin.
A gathering celebrates MASI’s 10 years of advocacy for asylum seekers, by asylum seekers
“Amandla,” hollered Lucky Khambule when he reached the stage. “Ngawethu,” shouted the audience in reply.
From Ballyfermot to Cannes, a Dublin novel gets a makeover as a French film
Neville Thompson’s 1997 book “Jackie Loves Johnser OK?” has been remade into the new €35.7 million Gilles Lellouche film “L’Amour Ouf”.
Evaluation of north inner-city community safety partnership finds respondents unsure if it made the area safer
Respondents mostly felt that the partnership provided a forum for inter-agency collaboration but that it needed more resources and better staffing to work.
In Balbriggan, a push to use the deposit-return scheme to fund a life-saving project
Aidan Whelan plans to put out orange bins, ask people to put in bottles and cans, return them, and use the money to buy defibrillators and train first responders.
Two big reports recommend Dublin City Council get back control of bin collection
In response, the Department of Environment is planning a study of the pros and cons of councils contracting out the bin service in their area to a single company.
Council Briefs: Goodbye to Cearnóg Christine Buckley, expanding Richmond Park, improving Benmadigan green, and more
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their South Central Area Committee.
Council Briefs: 106 social homes in Whitehall, and district heating in Coolock
These were two of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their North Central Area Committee.
Just a handful have been prosecuted in recent years for illegally revealing identities of people seeking asylum
Yet anti-immigrant protestors often film asylum seekers outside their accommodation, just going about their business.
“A Free Breakfast Table”, a short story by James Connolly
This story, set in Dublin, and published in 1895, is one of 18 lost works by Connolly rediscovered by Conor McCabe.
Waited for a bus in Dublin and it never showed up? Please tell us.
We’ve built a No-Show Bus Tracker to help document the scale and details of the problems of ghost buses and cancelled buses.
Twenty years ago, Dublin City Council CPO-ed a derelict building because it was derelict. It is still derelict.
“Chances are, in Dublin, if it has buddleia growing on it, it’s owned by the local authority,” says Ciarán Cuffe, the Green Party former MEP. “And that is not the way it should be.”