Grand vision for Pigeon House on Poolbeg Peninsula is shrunk way down – for now
Council officials want to keep renting it for about the next five years to the wastewater plant operators.
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Chatbots considered for providing legal counselling to people seeking asylum, documents suggest
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission doesn’t believe chatbots are suitable “in provision of legal counselling”, a spokesperson said.
In Swords, a network for autistic people and their parents grows
“I can't sit around crying about what I don't have ... looking for someone else to solve my problems,” Caroline St Leger says. “I need to be part of the solution.”
For 50 years, Meals on Wheels has been delivering in Balbriggan
And 100-year-old Eoghan Ó Ceallacháin has been there for the whole journey.
Dublin-based social club is For the Girlies
The inspiration? "I was like, Oh my God, what's happening with my life?” says founder Sarah Ó Tuama. “Like, is this what being an adult is? It's so boring.”
A new council sports forum looks to press schools and such to share their facilities
Amid a serious shortage of pitches in Dublin 8, the OPW only allows one soccer club to use its pitch at the War Memorial Gardens.
Council’s plans for Mountjoy Square contested by those who want more sports facilities added
In 2019, the council abandoned a previous planning permission application amid similar tensions between Georgian restoration, and sports uses.
Councillors and residents rail against gaps in a Kilbarrack playground fence
They don’t understand how the council can be taking so long to fix the fence, they say.
In Coolock, a long-awaited regeneration of social homes draws nearer
The remaining residents in Cromcastle Court have been living under the shadow of regeneration for years.
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Amid attacks from the right on “NGOs”, trust in Ireland’s charities has been declining
Scandals in some charities have also harmed the reputation of the sector as a whole, which is unfair, people working for other nonprofits say.
In Drumcondra, a man puts off needed surgery as he faces into homelessness
He fears not having a place to stay while he’s recovering, so he’s searching, hoping, and waiting.
The 238 bus in Tyrrelstown is “cancelled, cancelled, cancelled”, residents say
At a recent meeting, councillors backed a motion calling on the National Transport Authority to sort it out.