Michael Kelly wants to build two padel courts, with a café, toilets and bike parking near the Black Horse Inn, but Waterways Ireland says it owns part of the site.
The pilot project to catch people who don’t pick up after their dogs seemed to go well. So now different council areas have money to roll it out all over the city.
Local residents say there’s been an uptick in strewn needles and antisocial behaviour around the homeless and drugs service centre. But there’s no easy solution to that.
What should go on this site? The area desperately lacks green space for children to play in, but the number of homeless families in hotels continues to rise.
When some local residents complained about dogs and noise in the mornings in Oscar Square Park, the council trimmed the opening hours. Was it too hasty?
Some Dublin City Councillors say they spend 30 or more hours a week on their political duties, but the pay is only part-time – so many also have other jobs.
