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Toilets closed four days a week in Eamonn Ceannt Park in Crumlin, again raising questions about council’s grand strategy for public loos
“Why is it beyond the capability of Dublin City Council to put in public toilets?” says Deirdre Nichol, chairperson of the Clontarf Residents Association.
On a quiet South Dublin road, a plaque serves as a reminder of a long unsolved murder
Honour Bright was found dead in Ticknock, Co. Dublin, in June 1925.
Trans activists criticise National Gender Service’s approach and “centralisation”
Instead of believing people who are trans and need healthcare, the NGS demands long assessments, and throws up roadblocks to those who try to go around them, say members of the group Transgress the NGS.
Across County Dublin, around 400 homes have their own wind turbines, census data shows
Solar panels are way more popular, the figures also show. Why’s that?
Debate opens around who clampers should target over the next few years
Dublin City Council’s current parking-enforcement contract ends next year. Some councillors see that as an opportunity for change.
Why were there about 5,000 vacant rental homes in Dublin city at the last census?
One possibility is that short-term lets are behind a big slice of these.
Why hasn’t Owen Keegan’s replacement been chosen yet?
The Dublin City Council chief executive wraps up next month after 10 years, and an interim will step in. But in early August, recruitment for his permanent replacement still hadn’t started.
Behind an anonymous shop front on the Ballybough Road, an antiques restorer indulges his interests
Ten years ago Richard Adams took down his shopfront sign to retire. But, now 76, he has drifted back.
Six years on there’s still no timeline for the opening of the first supervised injecting facility in Dublin
And when it does happen, will it be matched with investment in detox beds? And should it now cater, also, to the growing number of crack cocaine users?
Letter and photos belonging to doctor who treated James Connolly before execution to be returned to Ireland
Dr Joseph Chamney Ridgway who served in the British Army – including as a medical officer in Uganda – was staying at the Shelbourne Hotel over Easter 1916
A step forward for council plans to revamp Meath Street, widening footpaths, adding trees, reducing parking
Dublin City Council has started a public consultation as part of the process of applying to itself for planning permission.
While reporting billions in profits, energy companies keep prices for Irish consumers high
One-parent families, people with disabilities, and renters have been particularly hard hit, according to a report from the Society of St Vincent de Paul.