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What happened to the plan for a toilet in Sean Moore Park?
More than two years ago, Dublin City Council started work on bringing a container cafe and toilet to the park. Maybe by mid-2024, it’s now saying.
In Finglas, a soccer club wants its clubhouse meeting room back from the council
“We came in one day and the locks had been changed,” says Rivermount Boys FC chairman Rory Maher. “We went looking for it back and we were told no.”
Three Dublin railway bridges are among those most often hit by drivers, says Irish Rail
What more can be done to keep drivers from trying to squeeze their trucks and coaches under too-low railway bridges, causing safety risks, damage and delays?
On Emmet Road in Inchicore, St Patrick’s Athletic FC plans to expand its stadium
“Now is the time to do it,” says Labour Councillor Darragh Moriarty. “Attendance at games is skyrocketing.”
A new system to speed up citizenship applications is working, but that means newer applicants are effectively jumping the queue
Ashfaq Afridi applied in 2021 and is still waiting. Meanwhile, he’s watching people who applied much more recently, under the new system, get decisions.
In Finglas, a GAA club is still hoping for an all-weather pitch the council promised years ago
“Ladies football and camogie is going gangbusters,” says Erin’s Isle chairperson Paul Campbell. “You have to find space for them and we struggle.”
Dublin City Council plans to expand its animal welfare unit and equip it, maybe, with drones
A focus right now is aggressive dogs, said a council official.
EU law could help Dublin City Council reroute drivers around city centre rather than through it
It goes further than current laws in obligating companies like Google to take into account local authorities’ traffic plans.
In Donaghmede, a community makes its pitch for a new playground
The nearest one is in Father Collins Park, a 26-minute walk with a busy road in between, says Ciara Niamh Browne, a member of the residents’ association.
A DCU student fights eviction from a direct-provision centre, hoping to keep the life she’s built
She hasn’t been able to find a place to rent in Dublin, near her work and college – and if she moves to the place on offer in Clare, she’ll have to give them up.
Oireachtas committee chair pushes for change to allow front-garden bike storage without need for planning permission
It’s a change Dublin City Council’s planning committee has advocated for, passing a motion in April and writing to the minister in support of the change.
Council Briefs: Objections to naming Ballyfermot housing complex after De La Salle brothers, and fighting flooding in Drimnagh
These were two of the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their South Central Area Committee.