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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Dublin City Council circulates position paper on use of drones in city
Drone delivery company Manna looks poised to start flying from a base in Glasnevin – and the paper suggests the council has no plans to stop it.
A new city motto for Dublin? You voted and the results are in
We narrowly missed a Boaty McBoatface situation.
In Donabate, the 33b bus lets people down again and again
Operated by Go Ahead, it connects the peninsula to Swords.
Months on, council still investigating ethics complaints against independent councillor
Two councillors have lodged complaints with the council against independent Councillor Gavin Pepper. But there’s been no conclusion yet to those processes.
Dublin City Council charts out where markets and street stalls could be allowed going forward
Draft bye-laws, due soon to go out to public consultation, suggest adding some new market areas and shrinking some oldies.
Dublin City Council releases plans for new development at heart of Cherry Orchard
The scheme could provide long overdue retail and community space in the neighbourhood.
Apprenticeship system is backlogged and underfunded, say unions
“In the midst of a housing crisis, it is unacceptable that the apprenticeships … are being under-resourced,” says Unite regional officer James McCabe.
Things to Do: Embrace silence, hear a few ghost stories and see the world from the perspective of an insect
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In Ballymun, a rare plant complicates a football club’s ambitions
Its discovery is holding up an expansion, the club’s secretary says. But there should be a way it can happen, while keeping the plant safe, an ecologist says.
Some immigrant kids disappear from care to join family abroad, Tusla says – is there a safer way?
There’s a system for Tusla to help reunite kids with family in other EU member states, but not in the UK.
With “Memento Vivre”, a musician conjures a storm to tell her story
When Murky Anyango started to record what would eventually become her debut album, she wanted it to be a solo endeavour in every respect.
Major continental haircuts planned for some of the city’s trees
The council plans to pilot “pollarding” 250 hornbeams across the city, said the city tree officer at a recent meeting.