More than 100 HAP tenants in Dublin lost their homes after poor conditions flagged
“An innocent tenant, through no fault of their own, ends up back homeless because a landlord doesn’t carry out the works,” says one councillor.
For some students, it’s a way to maintain and strengthen connections with family members overseas who may not speak English.
Some local residents want to see the old St Donagh’s holy well in Donaghmede memorialised in some way. Damien Dempsey is one of them.
“Most high-quality studies exploring mentoring in criminal justice suggest that it reduces crime,” says Ian Marder, at Maynooth University.
Concerns have been raised about data protection, but an expert says the council can collate this data if it shows that it is necessary and proportionate.
These were among the issues councillors discussed at recent meetings of their North West Area and North Central Area committee meetings.
The letter to the Department of Justice highlights how the board has struggled to fulfil its role given its resources.
At the end of last year, the warehouse on the banks of the Royal Canal was added to the derelict sites register.
The numbers hopping on the short-haul route have grown more than four-fold in three years.
Here are a few of the issues Dublin City Councillors discussed at their April monthly meeting on Monday.
Researchers are drawing on interviews, sensors and crowd-sourced mapping to understand what gig workers on bikes encounter in the city.
Tightening the criteria would help those most at risk of homelessness, council managers say.
“It defeats the whole purpose of declaring large donors … so that it’s public and people can see who’s donating for whom and what influence is happening, if any.”