Dozens of people from Gaza seeking visas to study in Ireland are denied entry
It was Haneen Eshraim's only “realistic opportunity at this stage to leave Gaza safely and continue my education”, she said.
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In Crumlin, Residents Brainstorm Community Responses to Climate Change
The neighbourhood has been granted more than €200,000 to fund ideas, as part of a pilot that could be rolled out further.
Dozens of Migrant Children Have Gone Missing While in the State’s Care in Recent Years
But not all of them have been included in an online database of missing children that the Gardaí at first said shows “all missing children in Ireland”.
To Keep Storms from Overwhelming City’s Sewerage System, Pilot Project Asks Dubliners to Install “Rain Gardens”
“Each individual person can just build one, create a solution to this problem and also create a really nice environment for themselves at home.”
On Some Streets Drivers Obey Speed Limits, but on Others Most Ignore them. Why the Difference?
Speed surveys earlier this year found that 82% of drivers on Hampton Wood Drive broke the limit, while on Brighton Park none did.
In Dublin, a neighbourhood boundary is sometimes more a feeling than a line
“We vote in Ranelagh, but we feel Rathmines,” says Trowdy Ferguson, rocking the pram back and forth on the garden path, on Belgrave Square.
Councillors to Consider Proposal to Use the Council’s Spending Power to Help Residents and Small Businesses More
At a recent meeting they heard about how cities in the US and UK have used “community wealth building” strategies, with a view to emulating that here.
Council Briefs: Adding Flood Defences in Sandymount, Transforming Trees in the Dublin Mountains, and More
These were some of the issues Dublin City Councillors discussed at recent meetings of their South East Area committee and arts and leisure committee.
In the Liberties, a remnant of a motorway that never was
If Bridgefoot Street seems strangely wide for such a short city-centre road, that’s because it was once destined to be part of something much larger.
We’re Looking for People in the Rotunda and North City Areas to Tell Us What You Want from Your Local Media
We hope you’ll tell us, through focus groups and surveys in the coming weeks. And then we’ll try to work together with you to do it.
The System for Providing Free Legal Aid to People Seeking Asylum Is Broken, Some Say
Asylum seekers say some solicitors they are assigned seem uninterested in fighting their cases. Solicitors say the fees the state pays them are inadequate.
In Drumcondra, a shop holds a trove of old-school cash registers
Members of the Bolger family have been running Botanic Office Equipment since 1970. “It’s what you know,” says Padraic Bolger.
Council Briefs: More Bike Parking and Deliveries, and Increasing the Cost of Car Parking and Tolls
These were some of the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their transport committee.