Across the city, parents snatch their kids out of the way of red-light-breaking drivers
Despite years of talk, a promised national strategy on red-light cameras is yet to be published – let alone implemented.
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Across the city, parents snatch their kids out of the way of red-light-breaking drivers
Despite years of talk, a promised national strategy on red-light cameras is yet to be published – let alone implemented.
Draft Kylemore masterplan disrespects the city’s oldest Traveller site, say reps
For a start, it shouldn’t allow for up to 15 storeys over the road from the bungalows of Labre Park, says the coordinator of Ballyfermot Travellers Action Project.
What’s the plan for the roll-out of Spencer Dock’s new Dart line and station?
Some residents in the north inner-city are worried about how the new line will impact them, as their homes are very close to the tracks.
For people who miss a letter and lose their place on the social housing list, there may be an appeals process at last
In 2024, 29 percent of housing applications to councils across the country – for 5,626 households – were closed due to the applicant’s failure to communicate.
As tensions grow over parking around new apartment blocks, some councillors look for change
But while the concerns have piled up, the way forward is less clear.
When the council’s Markievicz leisure centre moves to Irishtown, it’ll leave a pool-sized hole in town
In a council survey, only 62 percent of centre members said they’d travel to its new location.
Trained teachers shut out of jobs because of where adverts are posted
Schools don’t advertise vacancies on platforms the Department of Employment requires for its work permit process for those from outside the EEA.
Looking ahead, Dublin City Council starts to map where the next decade’s housing should go
One outstanding question, though, is whether any of the sites it identifies will be earmarked for Traveller accommodation.
Works planned to upgrade Grand Canal Harbour, council report says
The area is in need of a lot of maintenance, says Michael Ingle of the Grand Canal Residents Association.
In Portobello, the Bollywood Bar offers karaoke and cricket
There’s DJ nights, comedy open-mic nights, musical performances. And plans for board games and movie nights.
As campaigns gear up in central Dublin, how sound is the voter register?
It isn’t hard to find people registered to the wrong addresses and zombie entries.
Council outlines plans to get moving again on 2,000 homes stalled by central government u-turn
The Department of Housing was reviewing whether it was good value to develop them under public private partnership. It isn’t, it decided.