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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As council offers more services online, some say it’s getting harder to access them offline
“I’d rather talk to someone face-to-face, a real person, it’s easier,” says Mags Keena.
Dublin city councillors have more residents to represent than councillors in any other part of the country
This impacts the quality of representation they can provide, and could create barriers to young people entering politics, some say.
The anti-immigrant movement is getting more disruptive and dangerous, councillors tell Gardaí
“Temperatures seem to be heating up by the week,” said Social Democrats Councillor Tara Deacy at Monday’s meeting of the Dublin City Joint Policing Committee.
Photo of the Month: March 2024
“Seeing this runner doing his thing as the country ran for cover had me thinking to ‘Keep going until something stops you’.”
Shuttled out of the city ahead of St Patrick’s Day, some homeless men seeking asylum reclaim their lives on Mount Street
On Saturday evening, a group of guys put together a modest meal to break their Ramadan fast: yogurts, fruit and bottled water on a Tesco bag on the ground.
In an East Wall asylum shelter, allegations of misconduct highlight wider questions around appropriate staff hiring
In April 2023, a community group in East Wall flagged concerns at the local asylum shelter.
In Kilmainham, some residents worry BusConnects changes on the low road will push even more through traffic up onto the high road
Maybe it’s time to put in bollards or something part-way along Kilmainham Lane, to stop drivers cutting through, says Green Party Councillor Michael Pidgeon.
Many people with disabilities can’t get their bottles and cans to a deposit-return machine – and would struggle to use it even if they could
“We recognise that some individuals might encounter challenges at present and are working on providing solutions,” said a spokesperson for Re-turn, the deposit-return system operator.
In Littlepace, debate around how to better shelter residents from the noise of cars rushing by on the N3
Since some trees along the road were cut down in January, residents have been complaining about the noise more, a local councillor says.
Rapper Blue Niall’s new project reimagines his life merged with the Irish myth of Oisín and Niamh
While they went to Tír na nÓg for 300 years and returned, his own journey was to London – for a considerably shorter time – and back.
A historian traces changes in the lives of women working in Henry Street shops
Female retail workers on the street have made history, but employment conditions there are in decline, says council historian-in-residence Mary Muldowney.
The council is mapping which of its lands are good for public housing. Councillors want to see it, too.
The “Data set is owned and operated by LGMA – discussions to make this publicly accessible are required,” a recent presentation to councillors said.