Tusla inspectors found problems with the use of physical restraint in seven children’s homes
In two cases, inspectors found that staff were using restraint to try to manage children’s behaviour, and one of those children was restrained 78 times.
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Council Briefs: Prohibiting swimming at Sandymount, expanding street cleaning, banning single-use cups in parks
These were some of the issues discussed at the most recent meeting of the council’s environment committee.
Time to consult with groups led by disabled people on plans to make Mansion House more accessible, councillor says
“We are more than capable of speaking for ourselves,” says Leo Kavanagh, national secretary of Physical Impairment Ireland.
Planned flood defences would protect homes and businesses along the Camac in Bluebell, Inchicore, and Kilmainham
It could also help smooth the way for the redevelopment of St Patrick’s Athletic FC’s home ground Richmond Park, which is next to the river.
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Why aren’t Dublin councillors harder on council managers? a reader asked
After all, councillors are charged with “Scrutinising the performance of local authorities against priorities and targets set”, the Department of Local Government says.
In Milltown, council considers removing beloved wading rhino from the Dodder
The roll-out of a flood alleviation scheme along the river might require relocating Woody, said a Dublin City Council engineer.
Local councillors push to close another route in the north inner-city due to anti-social behaviour
Former council planner Kieran Rose says the council has lost the plot. “It’s crazy,” he says. “If we do this we are giving up on the city.”
Councillors look for more consultation with disabled people on city-centre traffic plan
“If it’s stopping us from going into the city centre, it infringes our basic human rights,” says Robert Sinnott, of Voice of Vision Impairment.
It can be a lose-lose scenario for some tenants who ask the council to push their landlords to fix up substandard apartments
It can anger the landlord, and alert the council that it shouldn’t be paying to subsidise rent for such a place – and risk leaving the tenant homeless.
For parents raising children in direct provision, the fear of the state taking them away is ever-present
Especially for lone parents, who can face having inadequately trained shelter staff call in Tusla if they leave their children alone even briefly.
Danger for people who cycle: a junction near Heuston Station
Several people have reported this as a dangerous spot, and have ideas on how the council could make it safer.
Council Briefs: Portobello Plaza, the Rathmines Post Office, and flood defences on the Dodder
These were some of the issues that councillors on the South East Area Committee discussed recently.