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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Homeless Accommodation in Dublin Is Full or Almost Full Most Nights, Says Council
Louisa Santoro, CEO of the Mendicity Institution, says that recently the homelessness situation is as bad as she has ever seen it. “It’s a disaster.”
A Shortage of Childcare Spaces Is Holding Back Parents and Kids in the North-East Inner-City
There are only enough spaces at early learning and childcare centres for roughly one in four children, a report by the group Young People at Risk has found.
Dublin Bus Has Recorded Only 68 Conflicts Between Its Bus Drivers and People Cycling So Far This Year
Cycling advocates say this vastly understates the reality on the roads – and the need for better road designs to avoid such conflicts.
In Terenure, Council Presses Ahead with Plan for New Library
It would replace the one-storey, 300 sqm, 1950s-era building with a 1,000 sqm, two-storey version.
Frustrated, Immigrant Graduates Cast Around for Clarity on Immigration Rules
“Do you think we can get a clarification again for a yes or no?” says Prabeesh T. Prathapan.
Council Briefs: Setting the Local Property Tax, Tackling Dereliction and What to Do with O’Connell Street
Here’s what has come up for discussion at recent meetings at Dublin City Council.
In Killester, a Proposed Park Would Commemorate the Area’s Connection to the First World War
Recognising Ireland’s fraught relationship with the Great War, the design seeks to strike a neutral and inclusive tone, backers say.
After 50 Years of Dry Cleaning Duvets and Tumble Drying Trousers, a Dublin Washeteria’s Cycle Ends
“It’s an old establishment, it’s part of Inchicore,” says Peter Keegan. “Another story, another chapter.”
Council Floats Idea to Bring More Kayaking, Paddle-Boarding, Canoeing and Other Water Sports to the Grand Canal
The 5km stretch of the canal between Kylemore Road and Portobello could become a “community blueway”, according to a new council-commissioned report.
Face-to-Face Chats at Citizens Information Centres Are Becoming Rarer, as Services Shift to Phone and Internet
“The whole accessibility and easy access to [them] is diminishing,” says Labour Councillor Mary Freehill. “We have never needed it more than we do now.”
Kids’ Books in Languages Other than English and Irish Can Be Hard to Find in Dublin
But some 18 percent of people living in Dublin reported speaking a language other than English or Irish at home, in the 2016 Census.
73% of Homeless Households in Emergency Accommodation in Dublin Have Been There for More Than Six Months
Ten have been stuck there for a decade or more, and two for 15 years, according to statistics released by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive.