Too many people are kept in their cells between 19 and 24 hours a day, says chief prison inspector
"It really is an absolutely critical issue," says Mark Kelly.
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Council gives no timeline to reopen seven bays it has blocked at a Traveller accommodation site in Ballymun
“I think this is a bit drastic and a bit disproportionate,” says Martin Collins of Pavee Point, who called on the council to reallocate the homes to other families.
Gardaí press charges against a man for a poster on the gates of Iranian embassy
Morteza Najafi wedged the anti-Khamenei poster by the railings during a peaceful protest in Blackrock, late last month.
In its case for leaving Wood Quay for new HQ, council is ignoring retrofit grant, says councillor
The Department of Environment has said it will fund up to 50 percent of the costs of retrofitting projects for public buildings.
Council plans changes at Sandymount Green
Including making the street at the north-eastern side of the green one-way, widening the footpaths, and improving bike parking.
For the first time in decades, Dublin City Council looks set to change clampers
Dublin Street Parking Services has had contracts to clamp or tow illegally parked cars for the council since 2004.
Why can’t a survivor of domestic violence stay in their social home, rather than the perpetrator?
The Department of Housing says it plans to issue new guidance. But a solicitor says that for progress, the law has to change.
Department’s counter-proposal for Oliver Bond flats has major flaws, residents and councillors say
The Department of Housing recently batted back the council’s plan, devised alongside residents, for how to bring part of the aged complex up to modern standards.
Developer argues for building five apartments on derelict Grotto House site in Inchicore, without planning permission
But even if its appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála is successful, one of its owners has other, bigger problems: Cathal O’Connor has been sentenced to prison.
In Belmayne, challenges with parking complicate efforts to take in charge an estate
Residents have assigned parking at the moment – but Dublin City Council may look to end that.
Residents leave council “consultation” on fire-damaged community centre wondering what just happened
Several said they were very unhappy with the quality and comprehensiveness of information provided at the meeting about the Donore Avenue centre.
Community fund opens for Inchicore and Kilmainham groups
A pot of €185,000 is available, with €15,000 already allocated.
Would knocking Wood Quay for housing be complicated by the site’s Viking history?
Archaeologist Patrick Wallace, who led the 1970s excavation of the site, said he would love to see the area fully excavated – but he doesn’t support the demolition plans.