Council official apologises after local residents left out of loop on RCSI’s plans for York Street
Councillor calls for traffic improvements for whole area – not just for RCSI staff and students at the east end of York Street.
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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.
To ease loneliness, Fingal considers piloting “chatty” benches for making connections
“If we could put the phone away and have a chat with the person who happens to be sitting next to us on the bench, I think it would bring a sense of community.”
In Kinsealy, the long wait for safe walking and cycling routes continues
“If my kids want to go to a friend’s in Portmarnock or get the train, we have to drive.”
Can the council make Howth’s viral “Tiny Hidden Beach” safer?
"You have the real extreme version, you close it off. But again, locals have been going to the beach for decades … they’re not the ones that get into the accidents there. It's mainly tourists."
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.
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.
New bridge for cyclists and pedestrians “critical” to route linking Blanchardstown and Phoenix Park
The council has set the wheels in motion on building it, in Castleknock, next to the Granard Bridge.
How wild should allotments be?
The rules vary, with some sites allowing plot-holders a lot of leeway, and others making it hard to bring in certain measures that would support biodiversity.
Should five-year-olds need a special Leap Card to travel on public transport for free?
Kids under five can travel free without one.
In Portmarnock, a housing estate looks set to finally get a direct route to the DART station
“This has been a long time coming so it's great to see light at the end of the tunnel.”
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.