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.
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Will you tell us what you want out of a revived Cycle Collision Tracker?
Should we expand it beyond cycle collisions, or keep it tightly focused? Should we try to collect images in addition to text, or are there pitfalls to doing that?
Years after suspending the north inner-city drug task force, the government is trying to reconstitute it and appoint a new chair
However, the remaining members of the original task force are still querying why it was ever shut down.
It’s time for community groups to start thinking about developing district-heating schemes, council official says
They could apply for operating licences, and grant funding, and help phase out fossil fuel boilers in homes in favour of a central, renewable-powered source of hot water.
For disabled immigrants, a choice between disability income or spending more time with loved ones overseas
Leaving Ireland for more than a couple weeks a year can lead to a loss of already meagre income.
Fingal County Council’s planning to roll out community grit boxes for winter, but Dublin City Council isn’t
“We would very much welcome Community grit boxes being made available, in the absence of the Councils undertaking the work themselves,” says Jason Cullen, of the Dublin Commuter Coalition.
In Howth, a pipe band with no place to rehearse hopes to build a new community hall
“We’re really stuck for community facilities here. Not just in Howth, but in Sutton and Baldoyle.”
Near Blanchardstown, a housing estate has made a neighbourhood green into a playspace for kids – but want council help to make it safe
They want to fence off part of it, they say, to keep football-playing kids and their ball on the green, safely separated from the speeding cars and scramblers.
For decades, residents in Loughshinny have been asking for a footpath so they can walk home safely
The road between the coastal village of Loughshinny and Baldungan is a long and straight route that does not invite
Fingal County Council builds few homes itself – relying instead on buying most social homes from private developers
In the first half of this year, it built three social homes itself.
New artwork for Temple Bar Square, a call for an audit of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, and more
These were among the issues discussed by members of Dublin City Council’s South East Area Committee.
Tarrac, reviewed
This “briskly paced, Irish-language sports film focusing on naomhóg racing” is “an underdog story that breezes past a lot of the generic formula”.
In the Donore Avenue area, kids are left to their own devices among derelict council-owned buildings and vacant lots
The sports pitches are long gone. The playground too. The community centre burned in 2021 and the council has left it a charred husk. “It’s so disheartening.”