community spaces Keep fences and gates around Liberties apartment complex for now, council tells owner The owner of Grand Canal Harbour shouldn't have installed the barriers, the council had said. But it decided they could have them for three years. Sam Tranum Jul 7, 2026
Housing Land Development Agency publishes plans for more than 560 homes in the abandoned heart of Ballymun Its running a public consultation on the scheme at the moment, with a drop-in event at Axis Ballymun on 15 July. Lois Kapila Jul 7, 2026
planning Why are car parks, with planning for 1,500 homes, exempt from tax meant to accelerate building? With their eyes on three sites, Fingal County Councillors agreed to write to the Minister for Housing to ask him to change the rules. Michael Lanigan Jul 7, 2026
City Desk Are Gardaí Clamping Down on People Who Beg in the City? The Garda Press Office said they aren’t running a specific operation right now. But some say Gardaí have been more active in moving people on, and charging them with begging-related offences. Laoise Neylon Feb 14, 2018
