Off St Stephen’s Green, RCSI puts forward big vision for future of York Street
At a meeting on Monday, councillors were surprised, they said, that it was the first they had heard of the plan, part of which is being rolled out.
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Irish Soup Kitchen Centres refused charity status due to uncertainty over counting cash
“Absolutely everything was above board,” says Mark O’Neill, the founder of Irish Soup Kitchen Centres. But it has now closed, he said.
New Dublin-based, driver-owned taxi app aims to provide fairer deal to taxi drivers and customers
Hola Taxi’s founder says the new app will share profits with drivers who sign up as “co-founders” – and won’t add extra fees onto customers’ fares like other apps.
In Templeogue, customers mourn the closure of Norman’s hardware shop
After nearly 50 years, Norman Priestman is retiring and so the shop, formally called The Paint Pot, is closing.
Council Briefs: Cleaning up the city, installing gates at Robinson’s Court, and the North Irish Sea Array wind farm
These were among the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their September monthly meeting on Monday.
At this clothes swap, get a drink and a bite, dance a little, and pick out some new old clothes
“If you see a stylish person with a big bag of clothes, keep an eye on them, see what they’re putting out,” says co-organiser Orla O’Leary.
Council Briefs: Call for urgent meeting with Housing Minister gets no response, and delays in processing applications for HAP
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their September monthly meeting on Monday.
Sick of abuse, assault and homelessness in Dublin, a Palestinian man who’d sought asylum here wants to go home
But when he went to the International Organisation for Migration, they said they wouldn’t help him get there because his home is too dangerous.
More than 5 percent of Traveller households in Dublin are living in emergency homeless accommodation
“The private rental market is not a solution to the housing crisis, most particularly for Travellers. Councils are also failing to deliver.”
In Summerhill, residents call for Garda action against guys roaring around on dangerous scramblers
An Garda Síochána’s Dublin Metropolitan Region “emphasizes their commitment to arresting individuals using scramblers illegally”, a spokesperson says.
Council investigating deterioration of Baggot Street Hospital
The owner, the HSE, has a legal obligation to take care of this Victorian-era building of “exceptional architectural merit”.
In Dublin 8, a new group aims to represent the interests of local football clubs
The Liberties Football Alliance plans to push for existing pitches to be fixed up, and new ones to be built.
If you report a car parked illegally in the city, it’s unlikely to result in any enforcement action, records show
In about 70 percent of cases, the council’s parking-enforcement contractor didn’t go to the reported location at all – or didn’t get there before the vehicle left.