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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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.
In East Wall, locals oppose council idea to close the only football pitch that is free to use
“We love football so it cannot be closed,” says Antoine Dunne, aged 11.
Council plans to add trees and remove some parking in part of the south inner-city
Councillors say they want to make sure local residents get enough of a chance to shape the council’s plans for this area between St Patrick’s Park and Aungier Street.
A family struggles to find help for a 16-year-old girl who seems determined to take her own life
Four psychiatrists have referred her to a centre in Cherry Orchard that, because of short staffing and the HSE recruitment freeze, has cut its inpatient beds.
As overcrowding puts some passengers off the Luas, NTA says plans are afoot to address the problem
But because the Luas shares city streets with other road users, there’s only so much that can be done to expand capacity, says Mark Gleeson, of Rail Users Ireland.
As more people seeking asylum are left to sleep rough, it makes it even harder for them to access mental-health care they may need
Studies have found that asylum seekers are more likely than the general population to have post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.