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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Council should take over a recycling centre in North Strand, councillors say
It’s the councillors’ latest move in a years-long campaign to stop council managers from reducing services at the centre.
Brushing Up: A relic of neighbourly chats hangs in Blanchardstown Library
A colourful quilt of 38 patches, each presenting a different work of art, it reads “Welcome to Blanch” in big vibrant letters.
Plans for all-weather pitch in Ashtown stalled due to concerns about brent geese
The geese have moved inland more in recent years, grazing on parks and grass pitches. How then, to balance their needs with calls for more all-weather pitches?
In Temple Bar, a new exhibition attempts to grapple with the present by putting it side by side with the past
In works like Claire Halpin and Rachel Fallon’s image of migrants adrift at sea, which echoes a 19th-century painting of French colonisers adrift at sea.
A man who witnessed the Parnell Square attack in November tries to move forward with his life
Although he struggled with post-traumatic stress, Eder Santos says he’s feeling a bit better now, more hopeful.
Council weighs up whether to press ahead with district heating scheme in Blanchardstown
It’d take waste heat from data centres, and send it through a network of pipes to warm up surrounding businesses – and later homes, according to the plan.
Council moves to force Dublin Airport operator to hand over more data on “forever chemicals”
“They had done testing but didn’t give us the results … We intend to use our statutory powers to request the submission of this information.”
In Clontarf, drivers visiting the West Wood Club block the fancy new cycleway and footpath
It’s “Not acceptable that major public infra[structure is] being consistently disrupted by a single private business and its clients,” a local councillor said Tuesday.
Council says it’s done waiting for developer to build a Dublin 8 sports pitch and has a new plan to get it done
It will jointly develop the pitch and changing rooms with the Land Development Agency at the St Teresa’s Gardens site, council officials said recently.
In East Wall, locals want a longtime derelict site, Cody’s Yard, turned into a park with a sensory garden
It’s “been sitting here for as long as I can remember”, says local resident Deirdre Murray. “It’s had lots of anti-social behaviour, bonfires, illegal dumping.”
In Ringsend, Fondita Mestiza offers guests hot sauce and art
The idea, the couple behind the project say, is a community that exhibits art in a small flat, serving Mexican-Irish brunches, and dinners on the weekends.
Vacancy Watch: the old Merrion train station
The council is weighing up its future use, looking for funding to refurbish it as an artist’s studio, a council official has said.