Does Irish Water even know how much water data centres are using?
Much of the debate around data centres has focused on electricity, but the gap in figures for their water use has started to draw more attention – and breed mistrust.
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In west Dublin, residents are still asking for a deck-less bridge to be fixed up and reopened
Fingal County Council launched a feasibility study in 2017. But the project still requires further study, a spokesperson said this week.
Native trees may not always be the best choice for Dublin as the climate changes, says city tree officer
“Not all native species will survive what’s coming,” he told Dublin city councillors on the climate committee.
Hundreds in queue for allotments across Dublin city, show figures
The current development plan sets an aim of doubling allotments, caveated, with “if feasibly possible”.
Cyclists in Clontarf say they seem, again, barely an afterthought in diversions for works
When there’s construction and a challenge with road space, the answer always seems to be to block the cycle lane, says Ciaran Cannon, of Cycling Ireland.
Time to kick off consultation on spending €7m fund for residents around Oscar Traynor Woods in Coolock, councillor says
Local residents, not council officials, should decide how the community gain fund is spent, says independent Councillor John Lyons.
Someday, BusConnects is supposed to bring safer cycle paths to Malahide Road – but what happens until then?
“We want people cycling today. We want people to feel safe today," says Social Democrats Councillor Paddy Monahan.
NTA awards contract to consultants to advise on improving the punctuality of trains in the Dublin area
"Can we stop, please, with commissioning more reports and actually just fix what we already know is broken?" says Mark Gleeson, of Rail Users Ireland.
What makes a good playground?
Designers have new philosophies these days: more nature, natural colours, and trolls.
A new safety strategy for Rialto, Inchicore and Bluebell seeks to upend old approaches to violence
Among the proposals? A new community team with outreach workers, violence interrupters, and health professionals.
Default speed limits in urban areas were set to be reduced to 30km/h nationally – but that’s now changed
“It was subsequently recognised that this would be difficult to achieve … ,” says a Department of Transport spokesperson.
Locals worry the Meath Street grotto is about to lose what makes it so special
Two major hotel developments are planned to rise beside St Catherine’s Church on Meath Street, high over this place of peace and prayer.
A group seeks to push the case for abolishing prisons in Ireland
Along with a new understanding of what a just society looks like, say members of the Irish Penal Abolition Network.