The redevelopment was supposed to add 26 new homes for Travellers on the site. Now, due to a flooding risk that some councillors contest, only half of the homes will be delivered.
The National Transport Authority has spent roughly €966,000 renting offices from WeWork at Charlemont Exchange since April 2019, says a spokesperson for the NTA.
Some international students say a university could have done more to release final grades sooner, allowing them to work full-time, while others blame the backlogged immigration system.
“These people are caught in a catch-22 situation and they are going to be on the streets the whole winter and for the whole of lockdown,” says Anthony Flynn, CEO of Inner City Helping Homeless.
A little more than €36.6 million is owed to Dublin City Council in social housing rent arrears, says a recent report to the council’s finance committee.
Some parents living communally in a direct-provision centre in the city say they’re especially worried about the possibility that Covid-19 will spread from schools to their accommodation.
Despite the success of Korean Kickboxing Cabra, the future of the club is in jeopardy. The converted warehouse where they’ve coached and trained for the last 10 years is mooted for demolition.
