As government support for sheltering Ukrainian refugees dwindles, finding somewhere to live means taking more risks
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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.
Dublin City Council charts out where markets and street stalls could be allowed going forward
Draft bye-laws, due soon to go out to public consultation, suggest adding some new market areas and shrinking some oldies.
In Ballymun, a rare plant complicates a football club’s ambitions
Its discovery is holding up an expansion, the club’s secretary says. But there should be a way it can happen, while keeping the plant safe, an ecologist says.
Fingal County Council is looking at upping its fees for parking
At the moment, they are the lowest of the four Dublin local authorities.
Survivors excluded from planning of memorial centre on former Magdalene Laundry site, councillors warn
“I don't know how many times we have to ask to be included.”
Residents of Basin Street flats fear their long-promised redevelopment is now in limbo
Many of the social housing projects paused recently were on vacant sites but this one is different, says a local councillor.
Planning applications begin to file in for homes on industrial estate in Finglas
Two applications have gone in in recent months for plots on the edges of the big Jamestown Business Park.
Councils plan to clear paths through weirs on the Liffey to help revive fish
The barriers “block migratory fish species from accessing most of the river and degrade/impound the habitat they need to complete their life cycles”.
Two dads are on a mission to make it easier for Dubliners to open up city streets for their kids to play on
Over the years, the idea’s got support from councillors, TDs, the Minister for Transport – but there’s still no simple, official way to do it in Dublin city.
The decay of council housing becomes a photography exhibition
“Homes not Hazards” is set for Tailors’ Hall in the Liberties on 28 June.