Tusla says it's an offence to run an unregistered children’s home, but it places children in them anyways
So how does it square the circle?
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Council still paying for upkeep of Coolock Swimming Pool it has closed and likely never intends to use again
The council closed the pool after its roof was damaged in Storm Darragh in December 2024. In January, it put out a tender to fix the roof.
One in four staff posts in Dublin City Council’s local area offices aren’t filled
It isn’t creating any problems, said a council spokesperson. Some councillors aren’t too sure.
In Skerries, a new space for lovers of board and card games
The walls are stacked with games. Familiar ones like Catan, and Dungeons and Dragons, and less familiar ones such as Calico, Sushi Go, and Cascadia.
The tip of Bull Island has been slowly disappearing
“We’re losing a lot of [it],” said Mary Tubridy, an established Dublin ecologist, “and the chances are, we'll be losing more of it.”
Publish taskforce’s report on special education needs in Dublin 15, local councillors tell department
It submitted its report and recommendations in June.
Are council officials trying to steer Coolock’s community gain fund towards what they want?
About €7 million went into a pot for projects for the surrounding area, when the Oscar Traynor Woods deal was struck.
Dublin city councillors back motion condeming US/Israel attack on Iran, despite chief executive's "legal" concerns
They also, separately, backed a motion opposing the government’s plans to abolish the Triple Lock.
Councillors ask for a working group to, finally, sort safer access to a lonely bit of Swords
A muddy path is the only pedestrian link from Swords to Knocksedan – aside from walking on roads with cars whizzing by.
New disabled persons’ organisation starts up in Dublin
The Dublin DPO aims to bring together voices from across coalitions – groups for the blind, the mobility impaired, the autistic, and more.
Sixty years on, a Star Trek writer is still creating strange new worlds
Diane Duane’s early days writing fan fiction have led to a remarkable career as a novelist, comic writer and screen writer.
After years of talk, councillors push for a refocus on traffic in East Wall
It’s been six years since the area was listed as a priority for improved traffic management.
The usual market and events at Farmleigh House are cancelled for 2026, OPW says
With Ireland leading the presidency of the Council of the European Union this year, the house and estate in Phoenix Park are needed, a spokesperson said.