As the government blocks funding for major social-housing projects, FF and FG councillors point fingers at ministers
As many as 1,325 social homes in Dublin city are at an advanced stage, with planning granted – but now with no clear funding.
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In Ringsend, Fondita Mestiza offers guests hot sauce and art
The idea, the couple behind the project say, is a community that exhibits art in a small flat, serving Mexican-Irish brunches, and dinners on the weekends.
“It’s very hard to compete with the supermarket flavours, that’s why the jams I make are a little bit different”
So at Hella’s Kitchen, it’s not just strawberry but strawberry with prosecco, not just raspberry but raspberry with pink gin.
A crunchy mouthful stuffed with potatoes and your chosen mix of chilli, spices, and sweetness
Restaurants around the city centre serve the South Asian snacks pani puri, dahi puri, sev puri and other variations on the theme.
In a west Dublin industrial estate, an Indian-Pakistani restaurant is full of regulars
“Due to a lot of people moving to Lucan and Blanchardstown … we decided to move with the flow” from Camden Street in the city, says owner Farhan Abbas.
In Inchicore, a new restaurant showcases authentic Mexican street food
Jose Guadalupe Zamudio says he grew up working in his family’s taco joints in Mexico. Now he has his own.
A Mexican couple re-designs the Dublin tortilleria of their dreams for a city where tortilla seekers are rarer
While unable to do daily deliveries, they’ve still a focus on freshness, they say.
Thump. Rattle. Scrape. Behind one fragment of the city’s soundscape
Nottingham-based Murphy & Son, which makes the cork bags widely used in keg deliveries in Dublin, says it sells more to Ireland than anywhere else in the world.
On Moore Street, a new restaurant offers Georgian delicacies
Khinkali dumplings, cheese-stuffed khachapuri bread, lobio bean stew and more from the Caucasus.
On Dorset Street, a new Somali restaurant aims to welcome a wider community
“Samosa is 90 percent similar to restaurants in Somalia,” says owner Hamza Tahir. The aim, he says, is to make a place where people can mix.
In Terenure this time of year, a woman carries apples wherever she goes
Last year, her knitting group had a code on WhatsApp, says Ailish Scanlon: a hand emoji if you’d be at the next meeting, and an apple if you needed apples.
Rosemary for the people: does Dublin need more public herb gardens?
“It could be as small as a herb garden on a lamppost, on the base of a tree, or on the corner of housing estates, so space wouldn’t be at a premium.”
In Phibsboro, a baker takes her time on the many layers of her honey cakes
The cake is brown, with cheese frosting between the layers, sweetened with honey. It’s also infamous for how long it takes to make.