Against a backdrop of policy shifts, Ukrainian refugee children embrace their Irish life
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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Buying homes to turn them into social housing, the council displaced eight tenants in recent years
“I don’t think we do have a policy on displacement,” says Labour Councillor Darragh Moriarty. “But there probably should be something in light of the private rental market being so volatile and so precarious.”
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Public transport drivers tease out how to respond to a future of automated trains and buses
"There are no current plans or active discussions taking place for automation ... of Luas, heavy rail, DART or buses in Dublin," according to a Department of Transport spokesperson. But these kinds of changes are creeping across the world.
On an inner-city walking tour, an artist scatters fragments of history
“I wanted to note these important places and this idea of what comes up when things rupture," says Nina FitzGerald Graham.
Brushing Up: The geometric petlife stuck up around the city
In these times, it's something to give people a “nice little pep” as they set out to overcome a new day, said Magnus Mudrack.
What's the plan for squeezing more library into Howth? asks a councillor
About €700,000 has been allocated by the council for improvements, but there's no concrete proposal for how to spend it.
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"I saw this beautiful, almost prehistoric looking heron, staged in the perfect symmetry of the lamp post with the painted road line and the balance of the window and door."
Council hit with tax bill of millions, for failing to develop residentially zoned land
But councillors wonder whether the new-ish Residential Zoned Land Tax will prompt Dublin City Council to build more homes – or just push it into selling off its lands.
Councillors vote down motion to prune back plan to develop housing in Dunsink
Opposing the motion, Fine Gael Councillor Ted Leddy said he'd urge people to keep in the front of their thoughts people who are in danger of homelessness, who are homeless, or who are living at home with their parents in their 30s.
Amidst housing crisis, employers push unusual ways to house their staff
In Kilmainham and Santry, planning applications show a couple of the different approaches being taken by employers navigating the affordable-housing crunch in the city, and its impact on staffing.
In new city-centre apartment complexes, thieves target "secure" bike storage within car parks
Montpelier in Dublin 7 was hit this week. Grand Canal Harbour in Dublin 8 was hit recently too.
In third attempt to revamp Mountjoy Square, council adds "play zone" and second half-basketball court
The new plan is currently out to public consultation.