Start of construction at Guinness Quarter is near, says developer – as it seeks tweaks to planning permission
Proposed changes include dropping three-bedroom homes, in favour of more smaller ones in the block of future social housing.
“We're actually at a pivotal moment in Ireland with regard to our drug policy,” said one speaker, at the inaugural event of the Irish Coalition for Drug Reform.
Residents say that organising more events in the hard-won green space could also help it to thrive.
“It's basically impossible to buy a house and start a family.”
“It’s literally George Floyd on the streets of Dublin. I can’t believe that scene and that guy with his knee on his neck.”
Now councillors are considering a plan for the council to pay another €859,000 to break the leases on them, pay for “dilapidations”, and walk away.
The council has agreed to support a feasibility study to look at the centre's future, a spokesperson said.
With large losses last year, the Axis centre’s reserves will be gone by the middle of next year, says its voluntary chair Declan Dunne – unless something changes.
Officials point to money, government grant rules – and GDPR.
And the council shouldn’t wait for the long-promised flood defences before it happens, they say.
“I think this is a bit drastic and a bit disproportionate,” says Martin Collins of Pavee Point, who called on the council to reallocate the homes to other families.
Morteza Najafi wedged the anti-Khamenei poster by the railings during a peaceful protest in Blackrock, late last month.
The Department of Environment has said it will fund up to 50 percent of the costs of retrofitting projects for public buildings.