The government announced new plans for rent controls, but where are the plans to enforce them?
In a letter earlier this year, the director of the Residential Tenancies Board flagged issues with its current ability to enforce the law.
“It was subsequently recognised that this would be difficult to achieve … ,” says a Department of Transport spokesperson.
Last year, the council left €500,000 in National Transport Authority funding for bus stop improvements on the table.
Operated by Go Ahead, it connects the peninsula to Swords.
“Thousands of people come every week to shop,” says Noel Fleming, owner of Noel’s Deli on Meath Street.
At the moment, they are the lowest of the four Dublin local authorities.
Limited, infrequent service to and from this rural Fingal village stifles their school, work, and socialising opportunities, they say.
“The IAA [Irish Aviation Authority] can tell drones not to go over ‘quiet areas’,” says Social Democrats Councillor Cat O’Driscoll.
The Land Development Agency bought the 125-acre site on the eastern side of the Dart station from developer Richmond Homes back in March
Analysis found that issues clustered in the city centre, around tram tracks, roundabouts, blocked cycle lanes, close passes, left-turns, and heavy vehicles.
Fingal's Harbour Road and Red Island loop scheme has faced significant local opposition.
They recite schemes that were promised, or piloted, but seem to have gone nowhere. A council spokesperson said similar initiatives still exist.
But they appear to lack the necessary power, and are likely moving too late. Manna hopes to start delivering toasties and tacos in the city “by late this summer”.