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.
Using a computer programme to predict a weather-related fall-off in cycling, they’d then launch a quick online competition to counteract it.
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a meeting of their South East Area Committee recently.
The Department of Social Protection sometimes pays for burials but not for cremations. For one Lithuanian family, that almost meant they were unable to get a loved-one’s remains home to rest.
More than a third of people who responded to a survey earlier this year said that community facilities were among the top future issues facing the city.
Christophe Coupé wants to talk to Dubliners “who were born in Ireland, raised in Ireland”, and migrant kids who went through the Irish education system.
These were some of the issues councillors voted on at Monday’s monthly meeting of Dublin City Council.
Over 20 percent of those living in Dublin Bay South said in the 2016 census that they weren’t Irish nationals.
Soccer and Gaelic football clubs across the city are questioning why pitches don’t have adequate toilet facilities, and are raising it with the council.
The cause of the fire is unknown, but there was already a shortage of spaces for community groups in the south inner-city before it hit.
With the help of the Irish Architecture Foundation, a network of Liberties organisations hopes to turn it into a much-needed community space.
The “people’s history” project is looking for stories of shopkeepers, craftspeople, tradesmen, and people who worked on the boats, or in the big houses.
The vision in its draft strategy is a good first step, say those advocating for a more playful city. But they’ll be keeping an eye on whether the resources are put in to back it up.