Dublin councillors were looking at Limerick as a model for regeneration. But there’s disquiet there now, with concerns about transparency, oversight, and control over development.
We’ve been working away for a while now on plans to launch a print edition, and one of the questions we grappled with is how to distribute.
We’re going to start with smallish print runs, and it would be hard to get distributors interested in that.
So, we thought we would go old school, find some second-hand coin-operated newspaper boxes, and distribute ourselves. (There was actually a middle step of trying to fashion our own using old toaster ovens, but we’ll gloss over that.)
Next step is to get out the spray paint and stencils.
We’re always asking you all to subscribe, and many of you do, so here’s a look at the latest on where the money goes – and other details of how we run the paper.
On 28–29 June, we’re running five two-hour sessions aiming to offer skills and knowledge useful to journalists, and others trying to make the city a better place.