In the north inner-city, tenants of 15 years evicted so council can buy their home
Dublin City Council is buying 40 homes in the Northbank apartments. It is not clear how many tenants have been evicted for the deal to proceed.
So instead of being kept cosy with waste heat from the Poolbeg incinerator, the apartments are using heat pumps, the council project manager said Monday.
The full council is set to vote in June on the plan to rejuvenate the square in line with its Georgian heritage, following 196 submissions to a public consultation.
Archaeologist Patrick Wallace, who led the 1970s excavation of the site, said he would love to see the area fully excavated – but he doesn’t support the demolition plans.
“We know there are issues,” said Dublin City Council Assistant Chief Executive Mick Mulhern, at a recent housing committee meeting.
A €2 per bed per night tax could raise more than €17.5 million a year, according to a council analysis.
Richard Shakespeare recently held a closed-doors briefing for councillors, giving them a presentation that was watermarked so they could be caught if they shared it.
Dublin city councillors added a focus on social inclusion to the work of their housing committee in September 2024. But it hasn't really featured yet.
They also, separately, backed a motion opposing the government’s plans to abolish the Triple Lock.
Seven areas of expertise should be represented, said a recent council report.
Although it’s unclear exactly what the council could do on this front.
It's generally more environmentally friendly to renovate existing buildings than to abandon them to the wrecking ball, but other public organisations could follow suit.
When a councillor tried to raise the project at the monthly meeting Monday, he was given 10 seconds.