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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.
Under the council’s management, the building that recently housed Inchicore’s library has been left vacant and been badly damaged
“It reminds me of the Iveagh Markets,” says Sinn Féin Councillor Máire Devine. “It’s neglect.”
Why is ESB building giant batteries in the city?
One of them, between Inchicore and Ballyfermot, is in the final stages of testing now. And there are more to come, in Poolbeg and South Wall.
A Garda superintendent hopes to build more trust between ethnic-minority communities and the Gardaí
Since February, Superintendent Seán Fallon has been supervisor of the Garda National Diversity and Integration Unit.
A new plan would turn the neglected Scully’s Field in south Dublin into a woodland park
Local resident Tom Phillips recently presented to councillors his proposal for revitalising Milltown, which he says has been reduced to a thoroughfare.
Fewer people are driving their cars into the city, and the council is working on plans to cut numbers further
That will help the buses run more smoothly, and open up space for nicer walking and cycling routes, said Dublin City Council transport head Brendan O’Brien.