tourism Talk of "ring-fencing" income from possible Dublin tourist levy leads to question: for what and where? Should the money be set aside for, say, more maintenance for council housing citywide? Or for tourist-y things in tourist-y areas? Or something else? Lois Kapila Oct 30, 2026
Community Safety How to decriminalise drugs, and how not to: former US police chief shares lessons learned with Irish seminar The Joint Committee on Drugs Use in June 2026 called for Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act to be repealed – which it said would decriminalise simple possession of drugs for personal use. Eoin Glackin Oct 30, 2026
short-term lets Will proposed penalties change cost-benefit balance of illegal short-term letting in Dublin? The government published the details of its new Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill last Friday. Lois Kapila Oct 30, 2026
City Desk A Programme Tries to Smooth the Path to Work and Education for People with Disabilities “Our outcome isn’t just getting a job for somebody,” says Programme Coordinator Deirdre Moore. “We’re trying to point them in the right direction.” Aura McMenamin May 29, 2019
City Desk What’s Going on in Crumlin Shopping Centre? The owners have been doing some corporate restructuring, and inside the centre there’s construction going on. Is it headed for a revival? Zuzia Whelan Apr 5, 2018
