Central government is looking at whether councils should be allowed to borrow more, to build more
The current restrictions do need to change, said a spokesperson for the Department of Finance.
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On O’Connell Street, the Liberator’s Head Is Coated in Bird Poo, and Erin’s Hand Is Bandaged Up
Dublin City Council hasn’t answered a series of questions about cleaning and maintenance of the statues on O’Connell Street, and elsewhere.
For International Students Working in Private Nursing Homes, After-Graduation Work Permits and Higher-Paid Jobs Remain Elusive
The nursing homes can pay them less while they are on student visas, than if they had to sponsor them to get work permits.
Council Briefs: Getting Legal Advice on the O’Devaney Deal, Backing Away from the Artane Band, and a Firefighter Shortage
Those were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their September monthly meeting on Monday.
Cross-national Couples Looking to Wed in Ireland Can’t Get the HSE’s Go-Ahead at the Moment
They have to submit to an interview to check if they’re planning a marriage of convenience, but the HSE is so behind it’s not even taking names for a waiting list.
Cycle-to-Work Scheme Should Be Expanded and Reshaped, Some Say
The government scheme to help people buy bikes should be available to others beyond just PAYE employees, some cycling advocates and would-be cyclists say.
In Crumlin, Residents Brainstorm Community Responses to Climate Change
The neighbourhood has been granted more than €200,000 to fund ideas, as part of a pilot that could be rolled out further.
Dozens of Migrant Children Have Gone Missing While in the State’s Care in Recent Years
But not all of them have been included in an online database of missing children that the Gardaí at first said shows “all missing children in Ireland”.
To Keep Storms from Overwhelming City’s Sewerage System, Pilot Project Asks Dubliners to Install “Rain Gardens”
“Each individual person can just build one, create a solution to this problem and also create a really nice environment for themselves at home.”
On Some Streets Drivers Obey Speed Limits, but on Others Most Ignore them. Why the Difference?
Speed surveys earlier this year found that 82% of drivers on Hampton Wood Drive broke the limit, while on Brighton Park none did.
In Dublin, a neighbourhood boundary is sometimes more a feeling than a line
“We vote in Ranelagh, but we feel Rathmines,” says Trowdy Ferguson, rocking the pram back and forth on the garden path, on Belgrave Square.
Councillors to Consider Proposal to Use the Council’s Spending Power to Help Residents and Small Businesses More
At a recent meeting they heard about how cities in the US and UK have used “community wealth building” strategies, with a view to emulating that here.
Council Briefs: Adding Flood Defences in Sandymount, Transforming Trees in the Dublin Mountains, and More
These were some of the issues Dublin City Councillors discussed at recent meetings of their South East Area committee and arts and leisure committee.