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In Drimnagh, Bosco youth centre looks for ways to expand to meet growing needs
The council has agreed to support a feasibility study to look at the centre's future, a spokesperson said.
Are council officials trying to steer Coolock’s community gain fund towards what they want?
About €7 million went into a pot for projects for the surrounding area, when the Oscar Traynor Woods deal was struck.
Council outlines plans to upgrade three sports and fitness centres
It has refurbishment projects in the works for facilities in Ballymun, Finglas, and Ballyfermot.
In Portmarnock, a call for the council to buy and open up an underused community hall
The Portmarnock Adventure Club Hall on the Strand Road is only used by the local boxing club, three days a week.
In the Liberties, St James Parochial Hall remains closed despite locals’ offers to help reopen it
It’s the third community centre the area has lost in recent years, after Carman’s Hall and the Donore Avenue Youth and Community Centre.
In Crumlin, a Developer Floats the Idea of Using Glebe House as a Community Centre
But they would want, they said, to add a set-back storey on top of one of the proposed apartment blocks on the site, which locals have already said are too tall.
Council Briefs: Improving the Streets in “Grafton Quarter”, Making Fishamble Street One-Way, and Opinions on a Tourist Hostel in Crumlin
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a meeting of their South East Area Committee on Monday.
Across the City, Residents Battle Plans to Demolish Their Community and Recreational Spaces
While the plans often are to develop urgently needed new housing, residents say existing community and recreational spaces are also needed.
A Year After the Donore Community Centre Burned, Locals Gather to Demand Council Move Faster to Reopen It
“It’s our only community facility in the area,” said Joan Hughes, “and it provides so many services to the community, not just for the children, but for the elderly.”
In Crumlin, Community Groups Are Seeking Spaces and 146 Sundrive Road Might Offer a Solution
Since 1934, the council has leased the property out for £20 a year, or the equivalent in euro, on the condition that it be put to “community use”.
The Old Fire Station in Dorset Street, Where Model Railways Are Made – for Now
The Model Railway Society of Ireland is looking for a new headquarters, as it is set to be displaced by a council plan to build 163 new homes.
A Treasure Hunt Seeks to Tempt Ranelaghans Down Neighbourhood Lanes
“People don’t know how unusual our laneways are, to have them still and how different they are from the public areas,” says Emer O’Siochru.