“We have waited too long; we desperately need the department to fund this,” says Shay L’Estrange, coordinator with Ballyfermot Traveller Action Project.
The council and the NTA are planning more changes to footpaths and roads across the city to help people to get where they are going while observing social distancing.
In Newmarket, a developer has sought permission for 413 build-to-rent apartments, councillors discuss a proposed cycling and walking bridge, and Merrion Strand fails another water test.
Drought is “the most overlooked weather phenomenon in Ireland”, but some researchers say they expect them to become more frequent in the future with climate change.
In Britain, the government has rushed through legislation to allow the use of e-scooters on the road. Some say it’s time to look at doing similar in Ireland in light of Covid-19.
“Equity budgeting”, which some other cities – such as Toronto – use, involves constantly asking during the budgeting process how proposed changes would affect existing inequalities.
“Value can’t be just measured by profitability,” says the CEO of one credit union. “We are looking to start a different type of conversation. We are asking what really are credit unions?”
