Central government is looking at whether councils should be allowed to borrow more, to build more
The current restrictions do need to change, said a spokesperson for the Department of Finance.
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Apartment-dwellers in Fingal should be able to get resident parking permits for their area, councillor argues
During a debate Monday over new parking bye-laws, which raise the cost of parking in the county from 1 February.
What’s happened with Manna’s plan to expand its drone delivery service across Dublin?
It still only has one base, in Dublin 15, with planning permission – and that’s due to expire this year.
To make way for more housing Fingal proposes rezoning 11 sites, nibbling into greenbelt
However, councillors disagree over whether rezoning more land will actually lead to more housing being built.
Even as Donabate’s population balloons, HSE cancels plan to build primary care centre
They’re going to build one in Swords, though, and Donabate residents can go there, a HSE executive suggested.
Long-time campaigners bristle at politicians' back-patting over new lift at Clongriffin Dart Station
“They were actually trying to take credit for the extremely hard work that we have put in."
In Mulhuddart, 43 council-owned homes sitting vacant
Homes in Parnell Estate have pyrite and fire-safety problems – and for years, auditors and councillors have been pushing the council to sort them.
Walkers should continue to have access through Howth Castle Estate, councillors say
The estate is very open and will remain so, says Eoin Quinlan, the general manager, but the owners also need to keep it safe.
In Donabate, a closed pub may soon be revived
Cairn Homes bought Smyth’s Bridge House, along with the housing development Corballis East, and has applied for permission to fix it up.
In Dublin 15, councillors want to name a park for a local cycling legend
They agreed a motion, recently, to ask Fingal’s naming committee to honour Bertie Donnelly. But are park renamings even possible these days?
Under orders from government, Fingal plans to rezone even more land for housing
Council managers are on the hunt now for sites.
Fingal increases levy on developers, and directs more income from it toward parks
On Monday, councillors agreed a new development contribution scheme for the county, for 2026–2030.
Piles of washed-up shellfish along Fingal’s coast prompt idea of mollusc paramedics
Karin Dubsky, an environmental scientist and director of Coastwatch Ireland, said it is likely that aggressive winds brought by Storm Claudia were to blame.