Why has some of the greenery in city planters been left to wither?
The council hasn’t been able to find a contractor willing to take on the job of looking after these plants, a council official says.
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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.
In Ballymun, a sunny new cafe took off so fast they had to expand the kitchen after a week
“It worked out from day one,” says Udo Wittmann, owner of the Grían cafe. “We opened the door, and we were full.”
From Egyptian street foods to a Yemeni salad, a Citywest food start-up offers vegetarian Middle Eastern specialties
“The traditional-style handmade work we do translates into products that you cannot easily find,” says Abdulaziz Almoayyad.
On Aungier Street, a Japanese restaurant specialises in okonomiyaki
A savoury pancake made in all kinds of ways, one version has cabbage, bacon, udon noodles and eggs.
The North Inner-City now boasts an Uyghur restaurant
Skewers with a spicy bean jelly. Salty milk tea. The range is part of the draw, says Afanti co-owner Eleanor Halmurat.
Councillors call for tables and umbrellas on the city’s streets to be free from alcohol branding
It can look cheap and tacky, make life harder for people trying not to drink, and advertise drinking to children, critics say.
The allure of wobbly Japanese cheesecake
From their shop Traditional Asian Cake in the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, Stephen and Vivian Goh sell their own special version of the treat.
Have your say on Dublin City Council’s draft food strategy
It aims to tackle inequalities in access to healthy and affordable food, while also addressing impacts of climate change on the city’s food systems, it says.