"June is deeply associated with Áine, the Irish goddess of summer, fertility, love, and sovereignty, whose presence is especially felt around the midsummer season."
Councillors still looking to dename Herzog Park – and to rename Diamond Park after Terence Wheelock – say they’ve seen no progress from central government on regulations to make it an option.
Elsewhere, there are movements towards creating respite from noise pollution in urban centres. But there’s little research done in Dublin, says Sibéal Devilly.
At a meeting of the council’s housing committee, a council official gave a rundown of how the council is trying to up the number of homes it builds – and why it opts for other routes to get social homes too.
Rialto residents want more for their local green space, taken over by construction of the children’s hospital for years, than the council is now proposing.
Plans for the park show an open pergola for small community gatherings, a space for markets, and plans for an edible garden over the next two to three years.
Not everyone has a park nearby, but Caimin Gilmore says he’d encourage anyone who can play an instrument to consider performing a socially distant concert for their neighbours.
Some suburbs have only a vast open field of grass, but these days there’s more demand for smaller, better-maintained parks, trees, allotments, and playgrounds.
Locals have several ideas for people it could be named after – Oliver Bond, Richie Taplin, Anne Devlin, Jimmy Holmes – but none of them might be allowed under council rules.
