Tusla inspectors found problems with the use of physical restraint in seven children’s homes
In two cases, inspectors found that staff were using restraint to try to manage children’s behaviour, and one of those children was restrained 78 times.
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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.
At Crooksling’s asylum shelter, harassment on the ground and drones in the sky
An Garda Síochána hasn’t responded to queries sent on 4 September asking about any plans to try to protect residents.
Path forward for renovating former Inchicore library and opening it up for community use
The council closed the building for renovations in 2020, and since then it’s just sat vacant, deteriorating.
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.