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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A poor bus service is tipping some university students to get driving licences, they say
“You could say that I prefer to drive in for two reasons,” said Shiv Suresh, at UCD. “To save time, and because I don't have a good time with the bus.”
How loud have Dublin cinemas gotten – and is it safe?
During a cinema visit a few weeks back, Garry Mulhall noticed his son had his hands over his ears.
In Blanchardstown, an artist shares her world of shapes and warm colours
Maria Atanacković first makes sketches of loose images that appear from somewhere in her memory. “Then I have to figure out how I’m actually going to make it.”
Routes introduced under BusConnects among most often reported on no-show bus tracker
The NTA is working on revising schedules and updating technology to try to make sure buses in Dublin – and real-time information about them – are more reliable, a spokesperson said.
As plan to introduce “latte levy” languishes, some cafes don’t give or advertise keep-cup discounts
Meanwhile, people in Ireland are sending millions of disposable cups to landfill or incineration.
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.
Office of Public Works starts ball rolling on GPO redevelopment
It has issued a tender for a feasibility study. The documents include few details, but they do confirm the likely future uses for the historic building.
On Ireland’s Eye, a roll-out of measures to better protect the birds
The island off Howth is a haven for puffins, cormorants, and more. But human visitors have continued to stress them.
A senior citizens complex in Raheny is due to be knocked and rebuilt – but some tenants are hanging on
The doors of the two-storey blocks at St Anne's Court are now boarded over. All doors, that is, but three.
Northside councillors debate the mystery of the blue bin bag bandits
“Any blue bags that are there, we're not sure who's giving them out.”
Ayrfield United FC set to turn former Credit Union into long-awaited clubhouse
It’ll be used by more than the football team, said club committee member Keith O’Connell, but open to other local groups and a youth club too.
An effort to seed a revival of hedgerows in Dublin city
“We're going to develop different urban trial hedgerows,” says Sophie von Maltzan. “The edible hedgerow, and the not-so-fast-growing hedgerow, and the thorn-free hedge.”