Council moves on plan for 5,000 homes on lands between Inchicore and Ballyfermot
The changes will be gradual, said a council planner. “It’s not an overnight, you know, deployment of four or five thousand units in an area.”
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Dublin City Council to restrict which care leavers can get prioritised for social housing
Tightening the criteria would help those most at risk of homelessness, council managers say.
Dublin City Council has hidden the names of donors to local election candidates
“It defeats the whole purpose of declaring large donors … so that it’s public and people can see who’s donating for whom and what influence is happening, if any.”
In the Liberties, a soccer pitch mostly funded by the council is closed to local sports clubs
The pitch on Long’s Place is owned by CBS James’s Street, which has not responded to queries about why, and how that could be changed.
In Inchicore, locals and newcomers celebrate each other’s company and culture through food
Kids were busy playing, while adults were eating and chatting with each other at Inchicore for All’s Spring Feast Saturday.
Dublin City Council is considering raising rents for its tenants
Debate so far has been around the current costs of maintenance, which tenants may be asked to pay more, and the fairness of rent rises for those in poor conditions.
Mourning her Iranian husband, an Irish woman seeks out a Dublin Nowruz
“Nowruz was very special to us. That’s why I’m here,” she says.
Central government promises, again, to give councillors more powers
It plans to set up a new Local Democracy Taskforce, a briefing document says.
Councillors hold off on vote to sell land to Conor McGregor’s firm
They had a few questions at a meeting of the South Central Area Committee recently.
In Bluebell and Inchicore, residents continue their months of protests against proposed bus route changes
The National Transport Authority plans to axe the 13, 68 and 69 late this year. Protesters say the planned replacements aren’t good enough.
For “urgent” questions, the Department of Justice directs asylum seekers to a chatbot. Is it trustworthy?
A disclaimer on it says, “no responsibility is accepted by, or on behalf of the Department of Justice for any errors, omissions or misleading statements”.
Should a new dog shelter count as a climate action project?
It would be a new-build and so meet nearly zero energy building (NZEB) standards, a council spokesperson says.
An Bord Pleanála concedes that conversion of hotel to homeless hostel doesn’t require planning permission, after all
The private hostel operator at the Paramount Hotel in Temple Bar argued that care is not provided at the homeless facility. But should it be?