As the government blocks funding for major social-housing projects, FF and FG councillors point fingers at ministers
As many as 1,325 social homes in Dublin city are at an advanced stage, with planning granted – but now with no clear funding.
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In Dublin 15, the council is pushing ahead to develop a new business park at Cherryhound
But at a recent meeting, Fine Gael Councillor Kieran Dennison said he was concerned the council was moving too slowly.
There are problems with scramblers in parks – but all legal motocross tracks are shut down
“These motocross bikes are going up and down the streets outside their houses because normally they'd have somewhere to go, now they've nowhere to go.”
The year-long gap in community-safety work in Fingal
The county’s joint policing committee was stood down last June, but the new local community safety partnerships aren’t up and running yet to replace it.
Fingal residents need better access to pools and pitches, new sports facilities audit says
The 200-page document recommends what facilities should be put in what areas of the county.
With their funding halved, Fingal councillors join chorus begging for more money for tenant-in-situ scheme
“I just cannot get over that they didn’t maintain the same level of funding at a minimum, because it’s a bloody great scheme,” says Fine Gael Councillor Tom O’Leary, of the homelessness-prevention scheme.
No plans to look at installing solar panels on Fingal car parks anytime soon, council official says
Even though France requires them, England builds them, and Wicklow County Council installed some years ago.
Rules on installation of drone food-delivery bases in Dublin remain in dispute
The current skirmish is over a Manna base at Junction 6 in Blanchardstown.
Council pushes forward with transformation of Balleally Landfill into Rogerstown Park
The years-long process has included harnessing gases coming out of the waste to generate electricity – and the council’s looking at adding a solar farm too.
Councillors push for public swimming pool and sports hub for Swords
The council has just finished an audit of the sports needs of the county, which will inform any decision on new facilities for Swords, council officials said.
Donabate locals withdraw their High Court case against An Bord Pleanála
DP Crossroads had sought a judicial review of a planning permission granted for housing at Ballymastone.
To artists’ ire, a council poster shows the hands of AI
It’s a good moment for a conversation about local and national policies to ensure state bodies don’t switch out artists for AI, says illustrator Eva Kelly.
Council Briefs: Defibrillators in Dublin 15, a missing school building, and more
Here’s some of what Fingal councillors talked about at their recent area committee meeting.