Dublin City Council, again, bans poster to spare US president's feelings
Even a version which made no direct reference to Trump and removed his image, and simply read: “No welcome for warmongers” was turned down.
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As prominent site in Kilmainham sits vacant, council liable for tens of thousands in fines
A housing charity had planning permission to build 11 apartments there, but that project fizzled out in 2024. Why?
If Dublin City Council had more than 3% of its staff working in housing delivery, would more homes get built in the city?
The County and City Management Association is "preparing a business case for the Department of Housing for additional staff for Housing Delivery across all local authorities”, a council spokesperson said.
Keep fences and gates around Liberties apartment complex for now, council tells owner
The owner of Grand Canal Harbour shouldn't have installed the barriers, the council had said. But it decided they could have them for three years.
Land Development Agency publishes plans for more than 560 homes in the abandoned heart of Ballymun
It's running a public consultation on the scheme at the moment, with a drop-in event at Axis Ballymun on 15 July.
Why are car parks, with planning for 1,500 homes, exempt from tax meant to accelerate building?
With their eyes on three sites, Fingal County Councillors agreed to write to the Minister for Housing to ask him to change the rules.
Waterways Ireland is starting to plot what, exactly, should be built on its lands at Grand Canal Basin
It is in the process of procuring "preliminary property development advice" for City Block 19, said John Tolan, its marketing and development controller.
Pointing to process, council officials say they can't allocate bit of big masterplan lands for Traveller homes
"I think it's a slap in the face of inclusivity, of diversity of this city, if we can move to develop nearly 5,000 units and we can not even develop one new site of Traveller accommodation," said one councillor.
Council should do urgent repairs for its tenants within five days. Why do logs show jobs taking more than six months?
It is not clear if the records are accurate, or whether a new system for tracking maintenance requests will allow tracking of how long it takes the council to fix things.
At Labre Park, residents wait for word on what they need, and will get, to protect from landfill gases
This Traveller halting site, like others, was built on a historic landfill. “It seems to be a pattern across the state to build sites on dumps.”
Why don't councillors talk as much about homelessness at meetings anymore?
For years, homelessness was a standing item on the agenda at most housing committee meetings. But, recently it hasn’t featured as often.
Some Drimnagh residents want the council to buy the old, frequently arsoned, G4S site
It has planning permission for 113 apartments, and community facilities.
Corporate landlord dinged for breaching rent-setting laws in four properties
Vestry Limited Partnership owns more than 1,000 homes across Ireland.