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.
The council’s climate action team is surveying city residents about their shopping, cooking, eating, and binning habits, until 14 February.
Since the mid-20th century, it has spread across India, changing to please regional tastes. Now it has reached Dublin, in at least two forms.
“It’s really helping people to grow. It was actually kind of nice to see, like, a Black-owned version of JustEat,” said Mercy Adelabu.
At Han Sung Korean Restaurant in the north inner-city, chef Kejia Zhang is experimenting with spicy cheesy rice, chicken mayo, and noodles bolognese.
But, while there are guidelines on what a food has to be, to be called “artisan” or “natural” – there aren’t any (yet) for “real”.
Antonio Román, the owner of Yellow Rice, is working up a new menu that, he says, will broaden the city’s scope of Spanish food.
In recent times, at least five small producers have stepped up to offer special blends, with inspiration via Korea, Senegal, Lebanon and Malawi.
Ella’s Heaven sells, among many other things, khachapuri adjaruli, a traditional Georgian dish of freshly baked dough filled with melted cheese, an egg and a knob of butter.
Hazel De Nortúin says she hopes Café Glic will be a base for people in the area who want to practice their Irish.
Grown off Clontarf, Malahide and Sutton, oysters were hugely popular with people of all classes in Dublin in the 1700s.
All the food is fresh, says Lina Lau. “No bun is more than one hour sitting here.”
Despite council pledges of “support” for the development of community gardens, there’s still far more demand for them than supply.