“We have waited too long; we desperately need the department to fund this,” says Shay L’Estrange, coordinator with Ballyfermot Traveller Action Project.
At the moment, it’s using software from the company Siren to monitor and manage its IT systems, said a spokesperson. But it’s considering whether to use it for more.
We’ve gotten used to the idea of data visualisations on a screen, says Mark Linnane. But that’s “kind of a limited way of thinking about space or a terrain”.
“If we can put so much money into lighting up the city centre for Christmas then we can put money into lighting my way home so that I and many others feel safe,” says Social Democrats Councillor Cat O’Driscoll.
The state wasn’t allocating enough resources to get back to queries about immigration services, says Sanchi Tayal – so she decided to do something about that.
“It is now time to bring Violet Gibson into the public’s eye and give her rightful place in the history of Irish women,” said independent Councillor Mannix Flynn’s motion to the South East Area Committee on Monday.
The director of Dublin Region Homeless Executive, Eileen Gleeson, is set to retire on Christmas Eve, councillors heard at their most recent monthly meeting.
