Council moves on plan for 5,000 homes on lands between Inchicore and Ballyfermot
The changes will be gradual, said a council planner. “It’s not an overnight, you know, deployment of four or five thousand units in an area.”
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For asylum seekers from “safe countries”, a greater chance of being left to live in poverty
The phases for processing claims mean that they are less likely to get the right to work, even if it can take months for appeals to be ruled on.
New guidance expands eligibility for this winter’s three €150 electricity credits
Customers had missed out because they’d been using too little electricity – a rule meant to avoid credits going to vacant homes.
Smithfield is next but Dublin City Council sees challenges ahead in drive to keep greening the city centre
“We are running out of quick wins,” said landscape architect Peter Leonard, at a recent meeting. “It’s becoming increasingly complex.”
Councillors positive about plan to grant a 250-year lease for Tolka Park stadium, but ask to meet lease-getters first
Local councillors backed Shelbourne FC’s plans to renovate its home stadium, but some have questions.
In Dartry, councillors ponder new uses for a toilet under a waterfall
“Buildings like this deserve a second chance at being useful to people,” said one local councillor.
Council Briefs: Councillors push to reopen the city centre laneway they closed last month, and more
“That is the start of a journey and hopefully the manager, the elected members and all the main players can come together and reopen the lane.”
Council plans to push more city residents to switch from bags to bins for rubbish
It’s part of an effort to keep streets cleaner, by reducing the number of bags available for seagulls, foxes and other creatures to tear open, a council official says.
The council is considering proposals from two private companies to provide public toilets in the city centre
A spokesperson said Dublin City Council is weighing up the best places for them, whether security is needed, and if it should charge for use.
Unable to keep her son safe in their home, a mother asked the council for a safer one – and it said no
Erika Dunne’s six-year-old son Ben has autism, a learning disability, and is nonverbal, and she needed a home she could adapt to keep him from hurting himself.
How is the council spending €32,000 a month on public toilets at St Stephen’s Green?
One reason why public toilets aren’t everywhere, council managers have said, is that they are so expensive.
At the Botanic Gardens, an invitation to take an hour to notice the onset of spring
A daily tour pauses on the delicate purple crocuses pushing up through the ground, and snowdrops dangling white blossoms.
More dumping and rubbish being burned at illegal dump on council land in Darndale
“The fires are constantly being lit,” says local resident Annette Flanagan, who forwarded a photo taken at night showing smoke and flames.