Minister plans to make it much tougher for Ukrainian refugees to become Irish citizens
Andrii Stepanov says some people don’t want to return to what was once their home, and is now Russian territory. “Why are they pushing us to Russia?”
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In Cabra, a brand-new footpath was dug up just weeks after being built
Neither Dublin City Council nor ESB have replied to queries about this apparent lack of coordination, and how much extra cost it added.
Non-EU partners of EU citizens can legally travel without visas, even on their own, but border guards and airline staff don’t always let them
When Arpita Chakraborty arrived at Amsterdam’s airport without her Spanish-citizen husband, “They’re like, ‘Okay, sorry, Madam, where is your husband?’”
Councillors vote to close laneway off Glasnevin Avenue due to anti-social behaviour
“Closure of laneways in the city are only considered as a last resort,” says a council spokesperson, although the council has closed at least five routes recently.
In Ringsend, community activists carry on Orla Murphy’s work in her memory
Like the Ringsend and Irishtown community memorial wall she had envisioned. “It was Orla’s baby,” Susan Gregg Farrell says.
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.