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Legal Aid Board called for “urgent action” to continue offering timely legal support to people seeking asylum, documents show
The letter to the Department of Justice highlights how the board has struggled to fulfil its role given its resources.
Vacancy Watch: The former school of wrestling in Phibsborough
At the end of last year, the warehouse on the banks of the Royal Canal was added to the derelict sites register.
Why are so many people choosing to fly between Kerry and Dublin?
The numbers hopping on the short-haul route have grown more than four-fold in three years.
Council Briefs: Council okays legal action against the HSE over funding ambulances, and more
Here are a few of the issues Dublin City Councillors discussed at their April monthly meeting on Monday.
A project seeks to capture the many hazards faced by Deliveroo riders
Researchers are drawing on interviews, sensors and crowd-sourced mapping to understand what gig workers on bikes encounter in the city.
Dublin City Council to restrict which care leavers can get prioritised for social housing
Tightening the criteria would help those most at risk of homelessness, council managers say.
Dublin City Council has hidden the names of donors to local election candidates
“It defeats the whole purpose of declaring large donors … so that it’s public and people can see who’s donating for whom and what influence is happening, if any.”
In the Liberties, a soccer pitch mostly funded by the council is closed to local sports clubs
The pitch on Long’s Place is owned by CBS James’s Street, which has not responded to queries about why, and how that could be changed.
In Inchicore, locals and newcomers celebrate each other’s company and culture through food
Kids were busy playing, while adults were eating and chatting with each other at Inchicore for All’s Spring Feast Saturday.
Dublin City Council is considering raising rents for its tenants
Debate so far has been around the current costs of maintenance, which tenants may be asked to pay more, and the fairness of rent rises for those in poor conditions.
Mourning her Iranian husband, an Irish woman seeks out a Dublin Nowruz
“Nowruz was very special to us. That’s why I’m here,” she says.
Central government promises, again, to give councillors more powers
It plans to set up a new Local Democracy Taskforce, a briefing document says.