A new plan envisions Dublin City Council helping to fill creche spaces with actual creches
And possibly setting up a council-owned, not-for-profit childcare delivery company.
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Largest Share of Funding from Developers for Council Projects Spent in Wealthy South East Area of the City
Meanwhile, the council’s North West Area is set to get just 4.4 percent of these development levies.
Communities Organising to Counter Anti-Immigrant Protests Strategise About Best Methods
These defenders are out on the street loudly counter-protesting, and also working behind the scenes to have quiet conversations with friends and neighbours.
For some Chinese immigrants, Mandarin nicknames for Dublin streets still bring comfort and familiarity
These include Widow Street, Mao Street, Meat Street and Something Stupid Street.
What can Viking dog bones from under the Aungier Street Lidl tell us about medieval society?
Learning about Viking dogs is a way to connect with those who lived thousands of years ago, says Ruth Carden. “They seem so far removed.” But they also had pets.
Brushing up: a misunderstood spiderweb sculpture
It’s nothing to do with Marvel’s Spider-Man, says artist Kathleen O’Brien. Its meaning is rooted in the history of its north inner-city neighbourhood.
A life model learns, then vibes, comfort in his own skin
Francis Ducie has been modelling for artists across Dublin since 2007. “He’s kind of famous in his own way,” says Alan Clarke, an artist who teaches at NCAD
Twenty years on, locals still wonder why Corporation Street was renamed James Joyce Street
Dublin City Council held a plebiscite on the proposed name change, although there were only two qualified voters on the street.
For 175 Years, keeping the trains running has been a family business at the Inchicore railway works
Today, some workers there are treading the same floors as their fathers, grandfathers, and even great-grandfathers.
A new anthology album celebrates the legacy of underground experimenters the Wormholes
The trio from Ringsend nearly made it huge in the 1990s, signing to a major label in London – but then that fell apart.
With sea levels set to rise, should the council allow new homes and offices along the coast?
Dublin City Council is in the midst of writing its new development plan, for 2022–2028, which will include what kind of building should be allowed where.
In Dublin, a neighbourhood boundary is sometimes more a feeling than a line
“We vote in Ranelagh, but we feel Rathmines,” says Trowdy Ferguson, rocking the pram back and forth on the garden path, on Belgrave Square.
In the Liberties, a remnant of a motorway that never was
If Bridgefoot Street seems strangely wide for such a short city-centre road, that’s because it was once destined to be part of something much larger.