Nobody caught illegally dumping yet by new north inner-city CCTV
But the scheme is a success, said a council official's report, as that shows the cameras are a deterrent.
It also includes plans for broadening out who gets to decide what public art the council will commission and install around the city.
The council should target funding at deprived areas to redress imbalances – but it’s not, some councillors say.
“The commitment to art and culture just isn’t there. They’re going to be left quoting Yeats for a long time if they don’t let us make art,” says actor Matthew Malone.
Dublin councillors rejected a proposal from chief executive Owen Keegan to sell bundles of lands. But the plot sales will likely come again before the council, one by one.
The rent’s up and Ranelagh Arts can’t pay, so it’s out 8 October and hasn’t found a new home yet. This is one more change in a changing neighbourhood, and one more lost arts space in the city.
The museum has announced a €60,000 fund this year for bursaries, exhibitions, and acquisitions. It hopes to more than quadruple that by 2018.