“We have waited too long; we desperately need the department to fund this,” says Shay L’Estrange, coordinator with Ballyfermot Traveller Action Project.
Residents are raising funds for an interactive garden for all kinds of people, including wheelchair users, people with sight issues, and with special needs.
Some councillors want to put the sale of a small plot of council land back on the agenda. They talked about that, and more, at Monday’s south-east area meeting.
Councillors in the Central Area met on Tuesday and talked, among other things, about plans to ask those in Stoneybatter where they’d like more plants and greenery.
The Rediscovery Centre in Ballymun houses four social enterprises with reuse and repair at their hearts. The team wants to help others pursue the same goals.
The council abandoned plans to buy a space in Belmayne as officials couldn’t carry out a proper evaluation to ensure there weren’t defects, emails show.
Among other topics, councillors at Monday’s monthly meeting voted to set up a working group to plot a route to bringing waste services back under the council’s control.
Restrictions on jobs asylum seekers can hold, and a need to renew their permission to work every six months, mean it’s hard to get a permanent, high-skilled job, some job seekers say.
The recently released “Dublin Agreement” sets out a lengthy list of aspirations for the city, but how will it be implemented? And how will it be paid for?
It’s time the state invested in the infrastructure necessary for Traveller culture to continue to exist, says Patrick Nevin. It’s about mental health too, he says.
