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In the Donore Avenue area, kids are left to their own devices among derelict council-owned buildings and vacant lots
The sports pitches are long gone. The playground too. The community centre burned in 2021 and the council has left it a charred husk. “It’s so disheartening.”
Dublin City Council rejects a proposal to try to open up restaurant toilets to the wider public throughout the city
With the council’s Stephen’s Green toilet costing €390,000 a year to manage, a Fine Gael councillor says his alternative deserves more of a hearing.
Council Briefs: A reprieve for the Grangegorman bring centre, pushing back against the planning bill, and planning a meeting as Gaeilge
Those were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their October monthly meeting on Monday.
As Fingal drivers shift to electric vehicles, some say it’s hard to find places to charge them
Dublin’s charging strategy relies heavily on drivers in Fingal being able to park and charge their cars in driveways. But that’s not an option for everyone.
Council issues planning enforcement notice for Tailor’s Hall, a protected structure and An Taisce’s headquarters
A company running the Tailor’s Hall Tavern out of the 300-year-old building has transformed an outdoor area by adding seating, lighting and more.
Council and Gardaí to launch another forum to tackle anti-social behaviour, crime and drugs in the inner-city
“This is a model of good practice that has worked really well in the past,” says Social Democrats Councillor Tara Deacy.
Council backs crowdfunding platform to allow people to chip in for small local projects in the city
Spacehive is already operating in the UK, where projects on the platform include renovating a boxing club, and converting a bus into a mobile community centre.
In the Docklands, the site where the council plans to build Chocolate Park is still just a fenced-off vacant lot
“If you put up a goal post kids could use it. Or just open it and people would sit there at lunch,” says Phil Bustard, who works in the area.
Secret rules and informal agreements raise questions of fairness and hamper effectiveness of parking enforcement in the city
With Dublin City Council’s current parking-enforcement contract with DSPS due to end before long, some councillors have called for a new approach.
Why did so many of Dublin’s trees topple during Storm Betty?
Dublin City Council is now assessing 4,000 trees and will cut down any that pose a danger, says Fergus O’Carroll, a parks superintendent.
Director of DRHE apologises to homeless woman who was assaulted by a staff member in a hostel
The woman, who was punched, said Friday she is sleeping on the streets now, and hasn’t been consulted about any investigation into the incident.
Families fear becoming homeless again as government fails to pay its part of their rent
“If I lose this place there is nowhere else to go,” says Patrycja Pawlak. “It’s so worrying.”