To pay for amenities, Dublin City Council proposes levy on development of affordable housing
The change would make it more costly to deliver cost-rental and affordable-purchase homes for middle-income earners in Dublin.
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At a clown rave in Glasnevin, performers strut their stuff
The event was part of a growing clown culture in Dublin, said performer Francis Breen.
Trips along the Howth Summit walk have almost quadrupled, data suggests
Meanwhile, councillors for Dublin 15 are looking for ways to maybe draw more visitors to their part of the county.
After long delay, new community safety forums for Fingal are up and running
Such “local community safety partnerships” are being rolled out nationwide, generating both hope – and criticism.
In Beaumont, students work to make a big impact on the environment through little changes
In order to ensure the continuation of life on this planet, everybody has to get involved, says Grace Collier, a member of the school’s Eco Committee.
As developer plans a new community with hundreds of drive-up homes, councillor suggests another vision
“It’s not that the people who live there don’t have cars,” he says. “It’s that the neighbourhood is not a car park, and the car parking is on the edge.”
It’s time for more scrutiny of swapping grass pitches for astroturfs, some councillors and academics say
The change may mean the pitches can withstand more use, but it also means they won’t absorb as much rain, or sustain as many creatures, they say.
Councillors differ on how to respond, right now, to anti-social behaviour by kids
Are there short-term responses that would help?
In Swords, a network for autistic people and their parents grows
“I can't sit around crying about what I don't have ... looking for someone else to solve my problems,” Caroline St Leger says. “I need to be part of the solution.”
For 50 years, Meals on Wheels has been delivering in Balbriggan
And 100-year-old Eoghan Ó Ceallacháin has been there for the whole journey.
Dublin-based social club is For the Girlies
The inspiration? "I was like, Oh my God, what's happening with my life?” says founder Sarah Ó Tuama. “Like, is this what being an adult is? It's so boring.”