Council launches public consultation on how to develop George’s Dock
Whatever is decided, Dublin City Council doesn’t plan to cover the costs. Instead, it wants a private operator to come in and deliver a facility or activity.
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Fingal Briefs: Keeping tenants in-situ, affordable housing at St Ita’s, and battling coastal erosion
These were some of the issues councillors discussed at a recent meeting of the council’s Balbriggan/Rush-Lusk/Swords Area Committee.
The Harm Done: Community and Drugs in Dublin, reviewed
A Dublin social worker “reveals the challenges, failures, and conflict in the effort to build a community model to manage and address drug problems in under-resourced communities”.
Dean: Mandalus makes electronic music with Grand Theft Auto cool
The Dublin producer, also known as Des Foley, remixed a version of the Genesis song “That’s All” for the forthcoming GTA 6. Sort of.
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #98
“Like a much less sinister version of the classic film Rear Window, this is my daily view from my living room of this ever-diversifying city.”
Time for government to direct councils to make sure council tenants have access to amenities in private complexes, TDs say
Last year, tenants in Drimnagh and Cabra said they had been barred from communal facilities. Now, tenants in a new Liberties complex are finding the same.
Council chiefs should use emergency power to build homes for Travellers, says Department of Housing report
Those working at Traveller organisations say there is a worsening humanitarian crisis, as more Travellers face homelessness and overcrowding.
In Churchtown, a couple invite a former asylum seeker into their home
“We were like, we have a space at the moment in the house.”
Amount Dublin City Council has had to pay out to its tenants for mould and damp in their homes has doubled
Solicitor Peter Boyle said he thinks many more tenants have strong cases they could take against the council, based on the mould and damp they are living with
Council Briefs: A new park for Portobello Harbour, pedestrianising South William Street, and arsons at Sean Moore Park
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors on the South East Area Committee discussed on Monday.
In Skerries, flooding leaves much-needed GAA pitch unusable for much of the year
“And to watch a pitch like that lying idle is a travesty,” says Ronan Rasdale, an under-8s coach.
Council Briefs: The Taoiseach’s City Centre Taskforce, and dropping plans to make Mansion House more accessible
These were among the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their May monthly meeting on Monday.
“Basically there was a misunderstanding in France of what is a taco”
But this dish is very popular in France, and three places in Ireland are selling it now – including one in Dublin.