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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Council Briefs: Revamping Portobello Harbour park, building affordable housing in Ballymun, and protecting Moore Street
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their October monthly meeting.
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #103
“This cover is an homage to my daily commute along the Luas’ red line.”
In Cabra, a brand-new footpath was dug up just weeks after being built
Neither Dublin City Council nor ESB have replied to queries about this apparent lack of coordination, and how much extra cost it added.
Artist John Carpenter captures Dublin city with strokes of his pen
With a pen, “you can’t mess around. You can’t rub it out. You have to go for it,” he says. “I love that bit of danger.”
In Ballymun, plans called for developers to build high-density private homes – but large swathes of land remain vacant
It’s time to shift strategies, some say, and ramp up lower-density affordable-purchase housing there instead.
In Dublin 8, an experimental theatre production explores the many desires of its performers
“Global Desires”, the latest from Outlandish Theatre, is scheduled to run at Dublin Theatre Festival this month.
Non-EU partners of EU citizens can legally travel without visas, even on their own, but border guards and airline staff don’t always let them
When Arpita Chakraborty arrived at Amsterdam’s airport without her Spanish-citizen husband, “They’re like, ‘Okay, sorry, Madam, where is your husband?’”
In Porterstown, a proposal to demolish a 19th-century cottage fuels worries about the erosion of the village’s character
Keane’s cottage isn’t listed, and a developer wants to knock it to build 100 new homes. But some residents say they’d mourn its loss.
Councillors vote to close laneway off Glasnevin Avenue due to anti-social behaviour
“Closure of laneways in the city are only considered as a last resort,” says a council spokesperson, although the council has closed at least five routes recently.
A Belfast-based Vietnamese restaurant empire expands to Dublin
The first of several Madame Pho locations planned for Dublin is due to open Friday, all going well.
Photo of the Month: September
“This photo was taken in Dublin City centre on the junction of Dame Street and South Great George’s Street. It’s one of the busiest parts of town.”
In Ringsend, community activists carry on Orla Murphy’s work in her memory
Like the Ringsend and Irishtown community memorial wall she had envisioned. “It was Orla’s baby,” Susan Gregg Farrell says.