Is a bad definition of "derelict" partly behind the bad dereliction in Dublin?
The Department of Finance, with Revenue and the Department of Housing, is looking at a new definition, said a spokesperson.
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In the heart of Rathmines, councillors eye up “underused” site for plaza, housing, Swan centre expansion
On Thursday, they backed a motion asking council managers to look at using a compulsory purchase order to buy it.
As more people face a shorter window to appeal asylum claims, hasty deportation orders cause undue stress
The number of deportation orders has shot up since 2022. But that doesn’t mean they’re all sound and will stand up to scrutiny.
After wave of opposition to Traveller housing, council drops plans for three sites in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
“They just blamed biodiversity,” says Geraldine Dunne, director of Southside Traveller Action Group. “They didn’t even try to challenge the discrimination and racism.”
Although council once pushed to “terminate” it, scheme letting clampers knock off early if they met quotas remained
Dublin Street Parking Services, the company the council pays to fine, clamp and tow illegally parked cars in the city,
Those with disabilities face fewer, but still some, hurdles to voting this election
Padhraic Dormer votes in every election. “If you don’t vote, you can’t give out,” he said on Friday,
Council Briefs: Long-awaited regeneration of Croke Villas, campaign to save number 11 bus, expansion of Drumcondra library
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a meeting of their Central Area Committee on Tuesday.
In Rathmines, renters face eviction from a building contracted as homeless accommodation
“I consider this place home,” says Abdul Rahman Ali, who signed a lease for an apartment in the complex in 2010. “I’ve been here for 14 years.”
Bus drivers veer towards dispute with bosses
At issue: controllers’ efforts to make drivers running ahead of schedule slow down, or wait for a bit at a stop.
A company wants to hire an electrician, but the state is trying to deport him
Joseph Sesay says he can’t go back to Sierra Leone to apply for a work permit from there. It doesn’t feel safe, he says.
Will proposed reforms make coroners more independent from the Gardaí?
The guards are deeply involved in inquests, even when garda conduct is at issue in the death being investigated.
In Rathgar, councillors press for council to make good on promise to make park public
It’s built and open. But, the oasis in the Marianella apartment complex hasn’t yet been taken under council control.
Council Briefs: Failure to build Traveller housing, closing another laneway, and scrapping the Bull Island discovery centre
These were among the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their November monthly meeting on Monday.