Some children in state care struggle to get Tusla sign off for their education courses of choice
The underlying problem, it seems, is a lack of residential places near to their proposed classes.
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The mystery of the man, the black stuff, and the chimney stack
"To be honest I have not encountered a case like this in seventeen years."
Irish Water scaled back tests on Balbriggan drinking water. Does it matter?
It still tests the water that comes out of the treatment plant and flows to taps, but not the "raw water" in the ground that feeds it.
At Labre Park, residents wait for word on what they need, and will get, to protect from landfill gases
This Traveller halting site, like others, was built on a historic landfill. “It seems to be a pattern across the state to build sites on dumps.”
Council talks of more contractors for social housing maintenance – but should it hire more staff?
As the rent increase kicks in, councillors were briefed at recent meetings on plans for some maintenance in flats across Dublin city. Some asked who’s doing the works.
Two councillors call on council to consider reintroducing the controversial weedkiller glyphosate
Dublin City Council stopped using it in 2018, due to concerns that it was carcinogenic.
Invitations to gamble shouldn’t be projected on city footpaths, say councillors
New gambling advertising rules are set to come into effect very soon, and are likely to curb on-street advertising.
More than 100 HAP tenants in Dublin lost their homes after poor conditions flagged
“An innocent tenant, through no fault of their own, ends up back homeless because a landlord doesn’t carry out the works,” says one councillor.
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.
Community testing in Dublin finds almost half of homes with some level of lead in tap water
Also, 20 percent of the 95 samples had levels higher than 5μg/l, the threshold in the latest EU Drinking Water Directive.
In Darndale, a Community Group Supporting Parents of Children Suffering from Addiction Faces an Uncertain Future
The HSE has cut the group’s funding and is also looking to use the rooms in the building they’ve been operating from.
Should Pedestrian Crossing Buttons be Automated to Dampen the Spread of Covid-19?
Some cities worldwide – from Los Angeles to Sydney – have switched pedestrian crossing buttons to automatic timers, so people don’t have to touch them to activate.
Traveller Groups Question Council’s Refusal to Put in Spare Mobile Homes
At Labre Park in Ballyfermot, some are calling for more caravans for those who may need them to self-isolate. But Dublin City Council said that overcrowding meant they planned instead to move people off-site.