Who will sit on the advisory board set to shape the future of Dublin city centre?
Seven areas of expertise should be represented, said a recent council report.
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Now that the council has stopped taking horse manure, it's piling up in the Liberties
“So the council is allowing horses in Dublin City,” says horse owner David Mulraney. “But they’re not allowing them to put their horse manure anywhere.”
Seeking a few more months to steady their immigration status, some university graduates fall undocumented and lose jobs
Since June, there’s been a shift in how the Department of Justice has ruled on these applications – more rejections, says immigration solicitor Imran Khurshid.
It’s time for more scrutiny of swapping grass pitches for astroturfs, some councillors and academics say
The change may mean the pitches can withstand more use, but it also means they won’t absorb as much rain, or sustain as many creatures, they say.
In justifying its plan to abandon its Wood Quay HQ, council refuses to show its homework
It's generally more environmentally friendly to renovate existing buildings than to abandon them to the wrecking ball, but other public organisations could follow suit.
Councillors finally get sight of plans to squash carbon emissions in Ballymun and Ringsend
But will funding follow to make possible these ambitions?
Who gets paid €270m to home children in Tusla’s care – and how do they perform?
Three quarters of the children placed in residential care in Ireland live in commercial accommodation. Investors have entered this growing industry, where inspections of the largest owners’ children’s homes show a mixed record.
Lack of speed-limit data from Dublin City Council hampering “lifesaving” technology in cars
The council is now over 18 months late in meeting a legal deadline to publish a digital map of speed limits on city streets.
Required to be open, pedestrian route via Cork Street co-living complex is frequently closed
Councillors say the council has opened a planning enforcement investigation.
Why are 200 homes in Crumlin and Inchicore taking so long to build?
They’re the kinds of sites that recent government measures have been intended to accelerate.
Chatbots considered for providing legal counselling to people seeking asylum, documents suggest
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission doesn’t believe chatbots are suitable “in provision of legal counselling”, a spokesperson said.
Councillors and residents rail against gaps in a Kilbarrack playground fence
They don’t understand how the council can be taking so long to fix the fence, they say.