More than 100 HAP tenants in Dublin lost their homes after poor conditions flagged
“An innocent tenant, through no fault of their own, ends up back homeless because a landlord doesn’t carry out the works,” says one councillor.
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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.
Fingal needs to speed up its process for deciding whether people should get social housing faster for medical reasons, councillors say
The council says it has already done so, but councillors say the process can still take up to two years.
In Mulhuddart, a councillor still wants a bridge taken out of storage
The old stone Mulhuddart Bridge was dismantled and put away more than a decade ago.
Fingal gets funding to keep anti-homelessness scheme moving
The Department of Housing has made available €6m to support second-hand home acquisitions, including under the tenant-in-situ scheme.
Despite efforts, Tyrrelstown school hasn’t got access to vacant council land next door for kids to play
The principal had hoped the school could use the site temporarily while its yard is off limits during construction of an extension of the school.
Despite “no-fly requests”, delivery drones still buzz over their homes, say residents in Dublin 15
A spokesperson for drone-delivery company Manna says that it accommodates the requests it gets from residents to stay away from the air over their property.
An artist draws inspiration from the tangled peace of a Donabate forest
Nicole Manning’s work is rooted in her experience of living with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Amid national shortage of childcare places, developer in Donabate asks to scrap planned crèche
Nearly 40,000 kids were on waiting lists for creches nationally, including more than 1,000 in Fingal, according to Pobal data.
In Blanchardstown, an artist shares her world of shapes and warm colours
Maria Atanacković first makes sketches of loose images that appear from somewhere in her memory. “Then I have to figure out how I’m actually going to make it.”
On Ireland’s Eye, a roll-out of measures to better protect the birds
The island off Howth is a haven for puffins, cormorants, and more. But human visitors have continued to stress them.