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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At council meeting, amendment highlights messy politics around planning exemptions for asylum shelters
“It was a little bit ill-informed, but they were in a rush to, you know, counterbalance Mr Pepper,” says independent Councillor Mannix Flynn.
To “add to the noise”, a designer creates new, welcoming flags
As the council considers whether to take down the tricolours proliferating across the city, Dan Eames is aiming to add to them.
Major changes promised to homeless services funding model
The government has committed to fully fund charity-run homeless services, rather than have them rely on fundraising.
Council finds ways around parts of minister's new lower apartment standards
In some neighbourhoods, the mix of apartments and the requirement for community and arts space will still be governed by the city’s development plan, said the acting deputy city planner.
A Desi group asked BuyMeACoffee not to let influencers make money from anti-Indian hate – and got ignored
Researchers say the role of crowdfunding platforms in the spread of harmful ideologies is largely overlooked.
Somebody will get back to you, council officials repeatedly assured councillors with questions at climate action meeting
“How this has been managed is an absolute joke,” said a frustrated Lord Mayor Ray McAdam.
Empty threat? Pick up after your dog or face a €150 fine, says the council’s new campaign
But so far this year, Dublin City Council has only issued two fines for dog fouling, according to a council spokesperson.
Dublin City Council outlines first locations for public EV charging hubs
But why are so many of them in the south-east area of Pembroke? asked one councillor.
As profitable energy companies raise customers’ prices, TD says it’s time to bring back price regulation
“We are approaching the point (if we’re not already there) where we can justifiably claim that competition has failed,” says Labour energy spokesperson Ciarán Ahern.
A reader asked: Given Israel’s blockade on Gaza, what happens with donations to aid agencies?
Four aid agencies explained how they are still helping people in Gaza, despite the obstacles.
Seized proceeds of crime should go back into areas scarred by crime, councillors and TD say
“I think it should absolutely be targeted at the communities that are most at the front line of combatting crime."
In Belmayne, another summer has passed with no playground
But it’s on the way, says Fergus O’Carroll, the council’s senior executive parks superintendent for the area.