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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New bus-tracking system to tackle “ghost buses” and “disappearing buses”
The National Transport Authority has awarded a contract to a UK-based company to roll out the new system – in 2025–2026, all going well.
Background checks for some citizenship-seekers seem to take years
Even when applicants have never had run-ins with the law in Ireland or elsewhere, and have submitted piles of paperwork.
With whitewater rafting out, groups push for lido or soccer pitch at George’s Dock
Councillors say it’ll probably be used for something water-related – and that they haven’t ruled out a lido yet, despite what a council spokesperson said.
In the Liberties, councillors vote to close laneway off Thomas Street
It is just the latest route that Dublin councillors have proposed closing, following a similar arc of discussion.
Massive new “reversible rusting” batteries could help Ireland’s electricity grid shift away from fossil fuels
Their maker says they can sop up power when the wind is blowing and sun is shining and store it for up to 100 hours, feeding it back into the grid when needed.
Council unveils plans for new library to serve Drimnagh and Crumlin
The 841sqm complex would sit between Crumlin Road and Rafters Lane, and include the old two-storey Ardscoil Éanna building – and a new building as well.
Maze of fences to stay months longer near Mount Street Lower
They were installed to keep people from camping there, while waiting for better shelter – or decisions on their asylum cases.
Artists cancel exhibition at the Central Bank over its approval of prospectus for Israeli bonds
It says it was required to do so under EU law. But genocide is just wrong, says artist Steven Doody.
Is it fair to have a fast-track and a slow-track for processing asylum claims?
Fast-trackers are rushed through in a bit less than three months, while other people are left in suspense for 18 months.
If Cork city can have community wardens with the power to enforce parking and littering laws, why can’t Dublin city?
“They’re extremely effective,” Fine Gael Councillor Shane O’Callaghan said of Cork city’s community wardens.
It’s time for a new strategy for how the council deals with trees, councillors say
Roots breaking footpaths create dangers, and leaves overshadowing roofs prevent solar panels installations, among other issues, they said at a recent meeting.
Councillors cool to idea of CCTV as solution to illegal dumping in city centre
They’ve waited for a code on how they can be used and, at a meeting on Tuesday, got the details – and didn’t like what they learned.