At the Irish Football Programme Club fair, people hunt for the rare and the strange
“It seemed like a good idea at the time,” says Gareth Jones, standing over his own extensive collection, sprawled out over several tables.
Council Briefs
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Fingal councillors backed changes to how groups can spend community grants
They can no longer spend the entirety of the up-to €3,000 grants on a bus, or on a speaker – and spending on insurance, and electronics will be limited too.
Most of Fingal’s €1.43bn new capital programme to go to housing
There’s also money allocated to progress a district heating scheme in D15, and a swimming pool near Balbriggan.
Why has some of the greenery in city planters been left to wither?
The council hasn’t been able to find a contractor willing to take on the job of looking after these plants, a council official says.
Stalled Martin Savage Park astroturf proposal can proceed, council chief says
There were concerns about the impact on brent geese of the conversion of grassy areas to astroturf.
The council has taken over Smock Alley Theatre
It’ll keep on running, as it has been, for now. But with financial support, and oversight, from Dublin City Council.
Fingal County Council is revising its by-laws to facilitate the growing popularity of saunas
A summer pilot proved there is demand for mobile saunas, said a council official at a recent meeting.
Time to rename Herzog Park, and name a park after Terence Wheelock, councillors decide
It’s unclear still what the park in Rathgar might be renamed to. Or when Diamond Park would be renamed for Wheelock.
Councillors push for better maintenance of Fingal’s footpaths
One suggestion, to start with an audit, was shot down fast by a council official. There aren’t resources for that, she said.
In six years, Fingal has issued 68 warning letters to people operating short-term lets without planning permission
That seems very low in the context of the numbers of advertised short-term lets”, said Solidarity Councillor John Burtchaell.
Fingal needs to speed up its process for deciding whether people should get social housing faster for medical reasons, councillors say
The council says it has already done so, but councillors say the process can still take up to two years.
In Mulhuddart, a councillor still wants a bridge taken out of storage
The old stone Mulhuddart Bridge was dismantled and put away more than a decade ago.
Fingal gets funding to keep anti-homelessness scheme moving
The Department of Housing has made available €6m to support second-hand home acquisitions, including under the tenant-in-situ scheme.