In Ringsend, 176 new social homes sit empty due to funding paperwork delays
There are over 1,000 households on the council’s social housing lists for the area.
Big enough for small children to play pirates in, but filled instead with flowers, they sit in the front gardens of a terrace of brick houses. Here’s their story.
Peter Byrne was refused an adjournment he asked for on medical grounds. His landlord, after saying it hadn’t had time to review the case, was granted one.
Sumayyah Maghoo grew up in Ireland, finished school here, and then watched friends go on to university – but was unable to go with them.
The council has not responded to queries about whether there are plans to put gates across the footpaths too, and further down towards the other end of the road.
Also on the agenda of a recent arts committee meeting was a timeline for new arts studios planned on Merchants Quay.
Works that can be put on walls are on display at Draíocht in Blanchardstown now. Performances are coming to various locations in March.
“We’re just trying to get people through one more night on the streets,” says Kiera Gill, a founder of A Lending Hand, a voluntary on-street homeless service.
“This is Roger Casement captured in a spotlight from the new Dún Laoghaire Baths during one of my runs in the January storms.”
“Ultimately, for us the most important thing is that this survives and stays in the community as a service,” says Emma Kennedy, managing director of the Echo.
Dublin City Council plans to renovate the old building where the D-Light Studios has lived for 15 years. But the artists don’t want to move out without a hard agreement they can return.
Lands at Flemington Lane are earmarked for hundreds of homes. Locals stress the need for community amenities and services.
The phases for processing claims mean that they are less likely to get the right to work, even if it can take months for appeals to be ruled on.