More than 900 people are on waitlists for addiction supports in Ireland’s prisons
The longest queue is in Dublin’s Mountjoy, where more than 240 people languish on the waitlist for counselling for substance addiction.
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The Whitehall College building has been sitting empty for a decade, as a legal battle drags on
Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe says that those living in the area really want answers about how this could happen.
A local history project in Drumcondra unearths an original record and imagines the first owner’s housewarming party
“It’s Chris Hall, ‘One Night in June’ and it’s from 1929,” says Chris Moran. “Someone is probably having a house party when they got their keys.”
After a string of thefts, students in a Docklands housing block say they’re struggling to get help from guards or management
Over six months last year, at least one PlayStation, three Nintendo Switches, a smoothie-maker, and about €500 cash went missing, by one resident’s accounting.
Council should take back Tailors’ Hall from heritage group An Taisce and put it to community use, council committee says
An Taisce has sub-leased part of the historic Liberties building to a publican. Some local councillors said there are more pressing needs in the area than a pub.
Department doubtful about council’s plan for a new interpretive centre on Bull Island
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has questioned “the viability of providing the proposed Discovery Centre”.
Despite Palestinians’ calls, councillors’ vote, and genocide, Dublin City Council continues to buy HP computers
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee has for years been calling for a boycott of HP-branded companies. Can’t do, says council.
For immigrants travelling from Ireland to Spain, hidden and unexpected visa-related fees can add up quickly
Like the embassies of some other European countries, the Spanish embassy outsources its visa-processing services to a private company.
Council Briefs: Electric barbecues in parks, cuts to active travel funding, and more
Dublin City Council has installed one electric barbecue at an undisclosed location, in a park. “Trial due to go live early 2024,” says a council report.
Council Briefs: Free parking at Portobello Plaza, opening up playing pitches in Terenure to more clubs, and more
These were some of the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their South East Area Committee.
Number of community gardaí in north inner-city has fallen by 80% in a decade
“On-the-ground management decisions and staff allocations do not reflect a commitment to community policing,” says Labour Senator Marie Sherlock.
As the years pass, the sea rises and nothing is built, some begin to doubt the council can defend Clontarf and Sandymount from the tides
“The current state structures cannot deliver,” said Labour Councillor Dermot Lacey. A council manager disagreed: “We can deliver and we will deliver,” he said.
Some students whose immigration status depends on their class attendance rate wrestle with a biometric clock-in system
But the director of NED College says scanning fingerprints and keeping records in an app is more accurate than having students sign in on paper.