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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Across the city, big billboards hang from vacant and derelict buildings
One landowner says that he doesn’t make that much from it, and is eager to develop the building.
Government will have to shell out much more on rent subsidies after changes to rent controls, says housing advice charity
Otherwise, there could be near-catastrophic levels of homelessness, says Gareth Redmond, of Threshold.
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Despite “no-fly requests”, delivery drones still buzz over their homes, say residents in Dublin 15
A spokesperson for drone-delivery company Manna says that it accommodates the requests it gets from residents to stay away from the air over their property.
Don’t push ahead with relaxing rules for beds in sheds, says Irish Planning Institute to government
The move would have “significant unintended consequences” and so the body “opposes this proposal”, it has said in its submission to a recent consultation.
As anti-immigrant Dubliners hang more and more Irish flags, immigrant Dubliners exhibit objects that embody their Irishness
Harikrishnan Sasikumar’s exhibition of photos of these objects, At Home in Ireland, is on display now at The Hive at DCU’s U building.
An artist draws inspiration from the tangled peace of a Donabate forest
Nicole Manning’s work is rooted in her experience of living with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dublin City Council considering cheaper parking for EVs, price rise for residential permit parking
For those in a central yellow zone, annual permit fees could go up from €50 a year to €225, a council briefing suggests.
East Wall Road is supposed to be cleaned each day, so why does dumped waste linger?
Rather than repeatedly announcing new plans and initiatives to clean up the streets in the inner-city, “it’d be nice if the current plans worked”, a local says.
Luke: Irish documentary looks at life at a Soviet-era health retreat in Ukraine, against a backdrop of war
Gar O’Rourke’s “Sanatorium” is Ireland’s entry for best international feature film for the next Academy Awards.
A Dublin group forsakes food, in a small act of solidarity with people in Gaza
“It doesn't address the full scale of what's happened to the Palestinians,” says Phil Kearney. But “we're acting in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza who are starving”.
Councillors call on Dublin City Council to adopt ethical procurement policy
The move is part of a long-running effort to stop the council from buying products with connections to Israel.