Across the city, parents snatch their kids out of the way of red-light-breaking drivers
Despite years of talk, a promised national strategy on red-light cameras is yet to be published – let alone implemented.
A van arrived and marked out an area, and some residents thought they’d finally get bike parking in Harold’s Cross. Then, nothing happened.
At a recent meeting, councillors discussed a €2 million plan to improve the library, and plans for a social-housing scheme in Chapelizod and a build-to-rent apartment scheme on the Naas Road.
At their June monthly meeting, Dublin city councillors discussed plans for building new Traveller accommodation in the coming years, insulating council-owned homes, and more.
The needs of disabled people who cycle haven’t always been on the agenda in infrastructure plans around the city, but some say they should be.
There’s a system for making Dublin neighbourhoods officially “age-friendly”, but nowhere in the city has earned that title for several years now.
From cutting waste to reducing air miles on products they sell, several businesses in Phibsboro have set themselves goals for being more environmentally friendly.
“No shops, no pubs, no entertainment for the kids, we’ve to go on the bus to the bingo,” says Dinagh Neeson. “There’s nowhere to socialise.”
A tradition began in East Wall of people dropping in, to share a photo to put on display – an analogue timeline in a butcher’s shop window.
At a recent meeting, councillors elected a new lord mayor, and said the new coalition leading the council plans to release its agenda for the five-year term on Monday.
Dublin Bus hasn’t responded to queries sent Friday morning about whether it thinks there are problems, and if so, what they are doing to address the concerns.
For the past few months, people who live and work near the Christ Church end of Thomas Street have noticed a high-pitched screech, sometimes late into the night.
A new law that took effect in March was meant to restrict zero-hour contracts, but some English-language teachers in Dublin say the schools where they teach are bending some of the rules.