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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The Department of Justice downplayed its role in months of travel hassles for Bolivian passengers by airlines, documents suggest
When Bolivian officials, and officials from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, asked what was going on, the Department of Justice blamed the airlines.
It’s time to wind up the Docklands Strategic Development Zone, says oversight forum
But it is unlikely that councillors would back that, says one local representative.
At first meeting after riots, Dublin city councillors voiced support for migrants, ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ+ people
And council managers detailed their plans to help save the Christmas season for city-centre traders, by luring shoppers back in and making them feel safe.
Vacancy Watch: An 18th-century building building on Aungier Street that’s empty and rotting
“It’s frustrating to be beside another building that is taking the look off the street,” says Ronan Lynch from the Swan Bar.
Council Briefs: A new €4.25 billion capital plan, the Meath Street revamp, and more power for labour unions
These were some of the issues on the agenda for Dublin city councillors at their monthly meeting on Monday.
Government looks to cut off access to homeless hostels for some immigrants
The changes would “100 percent, unequivocally, lead to an increase in people sleeping outside”, says the CEO of a day centre for homeless people.
In the aftermath of a violent attack in the city, Algerian Dubliners worry about a cloud of stigma
Mohamed Tienti says that the morning after it happened, he felt ashamed showing his face at work.
Stallholders at a Glasnevin market are pushing to stay on past a January deadline to leave
But the Honest2Goodness traders may have been pushing at the wrong door, as the warehouse appears to have new owners.
Council outlines plans to prevent future flooding of Clontarf area damaged after August rains
Some residents of Castle Court still aren’t back in their homes. “It’s awful to think … overnight this can just happen,” says local resident Helen Rooney.
At meetings, Dublin City Council officials push to answer councillors’ questions away from public view
Some of the meetings to discuss the city’s housing delivery and services have moved to closed-door workshops too.
Even with an agreed top-up, it still looks as if there will be less money next year to refurbish council homes
Dublin city councillors at a budget meeting talked about funding to do up vacant social homes, and also for street cleaning.
After 17 years of bustle and hustle, a Ballymun supermarket closes its doors
“Today is the saddest day in Ballymun, when all the till dogs must go their merry way.”