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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Is Dublin Port on track to tamp down on pollution from idling ships?
It has until 2030 to roll out points for ships to plug into the electricity grid, if it is to meet an EU deadline.
Council still undecided on how to strengthen Sandymount flood defences
“We’d be very lucky to get it all completed in 2030.”
In justifying its plan to abandon its Wood Quay HQ, council refuses to show its homework
It's generally more environmentally friendly to renovate existing buildings than to abandon them to the wrecking ball, but other public organisations could follow suit.
Councillors finally get sight of plans to squash carbon emissions in Ballymun and Ringsend
But will funding follow to make possible these ambitions?
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.
Councillors squeamish at continued rise of illuminated and digital advertising signs in city
"Digital screens are impacting on our environment,” says independent Councillor Mannix Flynn. “It’s another erosion of the public domain.”
Restoration at the head of Liffey should reduce flood risk downstream for Dublin city
"The simple thing is, protect this, and you protect the city," says Marcus Collier, associate professor and head of botany at Trinity College Dublin.
Dublin District Heating scheme to connect to shiny North Docklands first, Ringsend much later
It’ll use waste heat from the Poolbeg incinerator, instead of fossil fuels, to warm buildings.
Somebody will get back to you, council officials repeatedly assured councillors with questions at climate action meeting
“How this has been managed is an absolute joke,” said a frustrated Lord Mayor Ray McAdam.
With start-ups, a Phibsboro climate co-op looks at ways to keep wealth within the neighbourhood
Imagine a network of local enterprises that plan for the future and are owned by the people, says Sean McCabe, the head of Climate Justice and Sustainability at Bohemians FC.
No plans to look at installing solar panels on Fingal car parks anytime soon, council official says
Even though France requires them, England builds them, and Wicklow County Council installed some years ago.