New survey offers insights into levels of crime in Dublin city centre
The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
Among other topics, councillors at Monday’s monthly meeting voted to set up a working group to plot a route to bringing waste services back under the council’s control.
At their June monthly meeting, Dublin city councillors discussed plans for building new Traveller accommodation in the coming years, insulating council-owned homes, and more.
Councillors discussed the fate of allotment holders pushed out of Weaver Square, plans for developing Cherry Orchard, and results of a traffic-calming experiment.
What social housing will Dublin City Council get from big build-to-rent schemes that happen in the city? And other council matters from this month’s full meeting.
Dublin City Council has been doing general upkeep of the Kilmainham Mills site and set up a group to look at its future, councillors learnt recently.
“It’s shameful that a building of ours sits empty for four years,” a councillor said at a meeting of the council’s Central Area Committee on Tuesday.
At Monday’s monthly meeting, councillors voted down the idea of relaxing rules around homes in back gardens, and railed against recent building heights changes.
Last year, Dublin City Council issued four fines for dog fouling. “Of which only one was paid,” said Green Party Councillor Patrick Costello, at a recent meeting.
This week, councillors in the north-west of the city talked about plans for amenities in Fairview and who’ll get to work on a site building social housing.
Fitting cycle routes next to bus corridors and extending crossing times for pedestrians were among issues councillors discussed at a recent transport committee meeting.
At recent meetings, councillors discussed guaranteeing a loan to grow the Guinness Enterprise Centre, reviewing the design of the Discovery Centre planned for Bull Island, and more.
Opening a new social cafe in Ballyfermot, the controversial demolition of a house on O’Donovan Road, and the appropriateness of allowing more student housing in the Liberties were among the issues councillors discussed at a recent meeting.