More than 100 HAP tenants in Dublin lost their homes after poor conditions flagged
“An innocent tenant, through no fault of their own, ends up back homeless because a landlord doesn’t carry out the works,” says one councillor.
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Council outlines plans to upgrade three sports and fitness centres
It has refurbishment projects in the works for facilities in Ballymun, Finglas, and Ballyfermot.
An Bord Pleanála, again, refuses permission to change use of Newmarket space from market to retail
Meanwhile, Dublin City Council is hoping to organise events on Newmarket Square over the summer, an official says.
Councils are unlawfully refusing people access to homeless accommodation, say lawyers
“You shouldn’t need a solicitor to access homeless services,” says Adam Boyle, of the Mercy Law Resource Centre.
In Clongriffin, a private developer removed much-needed speed bumps – and nobody will put them back
“Private interests are still in control of vast tracts of what should be publicly controlled land, publicly run in the interest of the people.”
Community testing in Dublin finds almost half of homes with some level of lead in tap water
Also, 20 percent of the 95 samples had levels higher than 5μg/l, the threshold in the latest EU Drinking Water Directive.
To offer legal support in a much faster asylum system next year, Legal Aid Board fights for more funding, documents show
It’s a year until the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact comes into force, and with it, big changes with implications for legal support.
Every weekday in Dublin, there’s a walk to bear witness for Gaza
“Most people I know, they don’t know what to do.”
Surya: A beginner’s guide to the trope of the “odorous” Indian
An essay for the two women on the Dublin Bus.
Time to crack down on illegal parking in disabled spots, councillors say
Increase fines for the offence, and boost parking enforcement so people begin to fear getting caught, they say.
To get an Irish passport for a baby girl born here, they thought they had done everything right
But the passport office wouldn’t budge.
There are changes on the way for the Bushy Park market
The council is planning to put the job of operating it out to tender, and also move its location.
Airbnb has targeted council employees with online adverts. Does that count as lobbying?
“Just because it’s digital, and not over coffee, doesn’t mean it’s not,” says Niamh Kirk, an associate professor at the University of Limerick.