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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In Clonsilla, residents petition a developer to save the chimney stack of an old lodge
It was built for Captain Steeds, who lived nearby in Clonsilla House, and whose horses were the victims in the Clonsilla Poisoning of 1887.
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“The illustration is based on a vision for a new Ireland that is diverse and fruitful … A place of kindness, gladness and solidarity.”
At the Egyptian embassy in Dublin, Sudanese immigrants plead for a chance to visit their loved ones in Egypt
Arwa Ahmed, a paediatric registrar at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, says she just wants to go visit her mum, who has heart disease.
The RTB found against a corporate landlord that added parking charges to sitting tenant’s rent
What’s the government doing to stop landlords from using extra charges to circumvent rent-pressure zone laws? Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan has asked.
Brushing Up: A sculpture of a woman awakening in Sandymount
When the sculptor asked Sorcha Duggan to pose for the work, she went home and told her boyfriend, who said “No you’re not” – cementing her resolve to do it, she says.
Dublin should set up swap centres all over the city, councillors say
It’s been done in Copenhagen, where city officials have built a whole network of re-use points for neighbourhoods.
Two months after an alleged assault on an asylum seeker, IPAS has left the accuser and accused to share shelter
“I saw him today at the canteen, at breakfast time.”
Council plans campaign to urge cyclists to be more careful when sharing spaces with pedestrians
Both the Dublin Cycling Campaign and advocates for people with disabilities say they don’t think this is the right approach.
In the north inner-city, two local election candidates tempt voters with food to come listen to their pitches
What are local election candidates allowed to give voters, while trying to win their votes – and are the rules clear enough?
Vacancy Watch: A row of six buildings lying derelict on Main Street in Rush
A director of the company that owns them says he’s been trying for years to build homes and an Aldi there.
Hundreds of affordable homes held up because of funding woes, says not-for-profit developer
If Ó Cualann got the same deal with the state as commercial developer Batra did recently, it could crack on with building, says its CEO.