Against a backdrop of policy shifts, Ukrainian refugee children embrace their Irish lives
Ireland is the place they started school, joined sports clubs – yet their parents worry about how changes to citizenship eligibility may haunt their future.
Ringsend
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Once used for Jim Larkin's political rallies and now, maybe, to become homes
Also known as Dolphin House and Bottler’s Hall, Bottlemaker’s Hall was built as a recreational hall by the Irish Glass Bottle Company in 1915.
Projected cost of Dublin District Heating Project rises to more than €130 million
It would use extra heat from the Poolbeg rubbish incinerator to warm water and send it through pipes underground, into buildings in the city, to keep homes and offices cosy without burning additional fossil fuels.
Council to look at plugging community facilities in Ringsend into district heating system early in roll-out
The focus of talk to date has been of the need for the big private and public-sector anchor tenants in the Docklands, to support viability.
Waterways Ireland cools on plan for sauna at Grand Canal Basin graving docks, considers working dry docks instead
Opened in the 18th century, the graving docks are part of Ringsend’s Georgian maritime heritage, says Rachel Lopez of the Ringsend and District Historical Society.
Councillors finally get sight of plans to squash carbon emissions in Ballymun and Ringsend
But will funding follow to make possible these ambitions?
Council working to find home in Docklands for salvaged stern of the ship "Naomh Éanna"
Members of the local historical society restored it, and the council is looking at displaying it near the new Dodder Bridge.
In Ringsend, the historical society is building an archive of photos and more
First, they’re working on putting the materials online. But later, maybe a place where people can drop in to look at some of them.
In Ringsend, community activists carry on Orla Murphy’s work in her memory
Like the Ringsend and Irishtown community memorial wall she had envisioned. “It was Orla’s baby,” Susan Gregg Farrell says.
Council Prepares to Apply for Planning Permission to Remake the Ringsend Library and Its Surrounds
The draft plan as it stands includes extending the library, adding an open square, and some changes to make the area a bit less “vehicularly-focused”.
In Ringsend, a Winter Wonderland Goes Pro
In past years, kids kept for some reason thinking Santa was someone they knew, say organisers. (Parent advisory)
From Cromwell to Covid, a Walking Tour Journeys Through the History of Ringsend’s Pubs
In 1850 there were 12 pubs but only about 2,500 people in the area, says local historian Eddie Bohan, a former lounge boy, bartender and publican.
Council Briefs: Calmer Traffic on Pigeon House Road, a New Tearoom, and More
These were among the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their South East Area Committee.