Council forfeits €600,000 for Smithfield Square, as deadline for drawdown passes
The plaza needs help, says Sean Mullan, owner of the Third Space cafe. “Someone with the imagination that we could make this a vibrant space that belongs to the city.”
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After wave of opposition to Traveller housing, council drops plans for three sites in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
“They just blamed biodiversity,” says Geraldine Dunne, director of Southside Traveller Action Group. “They didn’t even try to challenge the discrimination and racism.”
Is it time for a referendum on a right to housing? the Oireachtas housing committee debated last week
An inter-departmental group is going to have a think about it, and make recommendations in the first half of 2025, a Department of Housing spokesperson said.
Council Briefs: 106 social homes in Whitehall, and district heating in Coolock
These were two of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their North Central Area Committee.
Is that a hotel entrance or a public park? ask councillors
On Monday, they saw new designs for a spot at the corner of Dame Street and South Great George’s Street.
In Ballymun, plans called for developers to build high-density private homes – but large swathes of land remain vacant
It’s time to shift strategies, some say, and ramp up lower-density affordable-purchase housing there instead.
Council officials present plans to retrofit flat complexes in south inner-city
At a recent meeting, they detailed plans to modernise Glovers Court, and part of Pearse House, without tearing them down.
Tenants in poor conditions across the city complain about the same property manager
They’ve pleaded for Martin Property Consultants to deal properly with leaking sewage, mould, cracked walls, and dripping ceilings.
Council Briefs: Pushing for faster housing in Dunsink, pop-up CCTV, and interrogating delivery drones
Here’s a sample of what came up at a recent council meeting for the Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Castleknock and Ongar areas.
More than 5 percent of Traveller households in Dublin are living in emergency homeless accommodation
“The private rental market is not a solution to the housing crisis, most particularly for Travellers. Councils are also failing to deliver.”
Dublin tech company appeals council’s refusal to let it install sleeping pods in its city-centre office building
Councillors say what’s needed in the city is more affordable housing, not sleeping pods in offices.
Coliving in Rathmines, pitched as part of solution to housing crisis, is being used for tourists
“A planning enforcement file will be opened and investigations will be carried out,” a council spokesperson says.
Did the CSO underestimate the number of illegally unregistered tenancies?
It suggested that a major chunk of unregistered tenancies are possibly ”informal” and don’t have to be registered. Does that bear out?