Vacancy Watch: a big site near Fatima Luas stop
Even as the government casts around for new land to zone for homes, it is unclear when this plot will be built out.
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A grassroots movement to reimagine Clontarf pier is gaining momentum
“You stand on the pier and it’s different every day. The sky is changing, the water, the clouds. It’s the most wonderful facility. The whole prom is.”
Street Feast, Ireland’s biggest street party, is back on 24 and 25 May
The mission is to connect people, and “get people to realise that they have a lot more in common than they have differences”, says CEO Sam Bishop.
There are problems with scramblers in parks – but all legal motocross tracks are shut down
“These motocross bikes are going up and down the streets outside their houses because normally they'd have somewhere to go, now they've nowhere to go.”
There’s been a lot of funding for new cycle lanes – but not so much for maintaining them
"People aren't going to use cycle infrastructure and cycle unless they feel safe.”
In Priorswood, the council has finally begun clearing an industrial-scale illegal dump in a residential neighbourhood
“I was lying in my hospital bed and I just kept thinking, ‘God, please don’t let me die. I want to live to see the dump gone,’” says resident Annette Flanagan.
The year-long gap in community-safety work in Fingal
The county’s joint policing committee was stood down last June, but the new local community safety partnerships aren’t up and running yet to replace it.
Fingal residents need better access to pools and pitches, new sports facilities audit says
The 200-page document recommends what facilities should be put in what areas of the county.
An ecosystem in a matchbox serves as an ice-breaker for a new Dublin biodiversity network
It’s meant to be a forum for sharing ideas, and knowledge – and working together to push for change.
With Coolock Swimming Pool closed indefinitely, is putting a pop-up pool nearby feasible?
Dublin City Council says it’s not, but other councils have managed it elsewhere.
In Phibsborough Tower, artist Oisín Tozer prepares a fleeting exhibition
“The work isn't fully satisfying. There's a kind of contingent element, or an element that you know is only going to exist in a certain way at a certain time.”
Rules on installation of drone food-delivery bases in Dublin remain in dispute
The current skirmish is over a Manna base at Junction 6 in Blanchardstown.
New waste-to-energy incinerator possible to deal with the country’s growing river of waste
“I would have some concerns that the waste-to-energy incinerator plans really just lock us into kind of unsustainable systems.”