Dublin clampers towed away a car with a child in back – again
After two similar incidents in 2023, DSPS, the council parking enforcement contractor, put in place procedures to keep it from happening again.
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Gardaí are investigating criminal damage to a Rathmines tree
“Dublin’s streets are crying out for more trees but in parts of the city, the ones we have are being hacked to bits,” says Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan.
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.
In Rathmines, plans progress for primary-care centre and housing
The HSE has filed a planning application for a new health-care centre at the Gulistan bring centre site.
RTB tribunal finds Tramco renters are licencees not tenants, overturning a previous decision
The landlord argued that the renters in the Rathmines building were hotel guests and that they didn’t have exclusive occupation.
In Rathmines, the remaining residents of the Defence Forces’ married quarters live in mouldy limbo
Grosvenor Lodge is so rundown that the council is looking at adding part of it to its derelict sites register.
In Rathmines, some residents eye post office building as location for revived Citizens Information desk
It’s needed – some locals have been going to the local Garda station to get help filling out forms, says former Labour councillor Mary Freehill.
RTB rules eviction notices sent to tenants in Rathmines’ Tramco building were invalid
The landlord, who’s trying to turn the building into homeless accommodation, says he plans to appeal the decision.
Vacancy Watch: Married Quarters at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines
“It’s usually disappointing for essentially a state organisation to be sitting on derelict properties. It’s a very bad look.”
Five months on, council yet to rule on legality of short-term lets in Rathmines co-living
Meanwhile, rooms in the complex are available to rent for the St Patrick’s Day weekend at €369 a night.
Plans for a new primary-care centre on Gulistan site in Rathmines face years of delay
Under terms agreed when the council transferred the land to the HSE, the HSE was supposed to submit a planning application by October 2022.
To Re-open Rathmines Concert Hall, Councillors Propose a Round of “Musical Buildings”
Rathmines College could get classroom space at the former TU Dublin conservatory across the street, freeing up the concert hall for use again, they say.
Rathmines Group Invites Neighbourhood to Dream of New Public Squares and Car-Free Streets
The Rathmines Initiative is pitching ideas for Mountpleasant Avenue, Wynnefield Road, the firehouse area, and Leinster Cricket Club.