Council Briefs 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. Laoise Neylon Oct 10, 2025
city centre As government moves to scatter city centre homeless services, is it a good idea? “Focus Ireland would prefer energies went into ending homelessness rather than moving around its victims,” says Mike Allen, director of advocacy. Laoise Neylon Oct 10, 2025
Council Briefs 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. Laoise Neylon Oct 10, 2025
Opinion Frank: For Pedestrians’ Sake, Tear Down Those Guardrails Transfixed like a rabbit in headlamps by the fear of being sued for damages, engineers are still applying old thinking – as exemplified by new guardrails near St Stephen’s Green, writes Frank McDonald. Frank McDonald Sep 9, 2015
