Is a bad definition of "derelict" partly behind the bad dereliction in Dublin?
The Department of Finance, with Revenue and the Department of Housing, is looking at a new definition, said a spokesperson.
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Councillors agree to rezone big industrial estate in Glasnevin
A masterplan for the area foresees up to 8,500 homes being built on the lands, as well as schools and sports and community facilities, and more.
Many questions, few answers about council's plan to leave Wood Quay and build new HQ
When a councillor tried to raise the project at the monthly meeting Monday, he was given 10 seconds.
Council plans to apply in coming weeks for permission to build 153 homes at Gulistan Depot in Rathmines
The HSE has already put in a planning application to build a primary care centre on the site.
Could an alternative to methadone give people in recovery more control over their present – and future?
Nicknamed “liquid handcuffs”, methadone can require daily doses at a pharmacy or clinic, making education, employment, or even a holiday hard to grasp.
Why is the council sitting on long-vacant and derelict buildings?
Is the issue paperwork? Attention and will? Money? The department?
There’s been a surge in ethics complaints about Dublin city councillors
The numbers spiked after a new cohort of councillors was elected in June 2024, and have eased somewhat since then – while remaining higher than before.
What would become of the Civic Offices on Wood Quay if the council relocates?
After The Currency reported the idea of the council moving its HQ, councillors were talking about and thinking through the pros and cons and implications.
Despite repeated complaints, a stretch of James’s Street remains hazardous for cyclists
They are shunted into a bumpy sliver of gutter between the kerb and the Luas tracks.
DFA argued that releasing feedback on plan to label Algeria as “safe” would hurt diplomatic relations
“It’s probably fair to assume that if the DFA said anything positive about Algeria’s human rights record, they wouldn’t be so determined to withhold it.”
Nobody caught illegally dumping yet by new north inner-city CCTV
But the scheme is a success, said a council official's report, as that shows the cameras are a deterrent.
Invitations to gamble shouldn’t be projected on city footpaths, say councillors
New gambling advertising rules are set to come into effect very soon, and are likely to curb on-street advertising.
Confusion over whether survivors of mother and baby homes face hiked rents after redress payouts
Survivors have started to say that they wish they'd never applied for their redress, says Social Democrats Councillor Noelle Brown. “Which is appalling.”