New film documents Dubliners’ resistance to subordination of social life to profit
“The market is a monster,” says filmmaker James Redmond. “It turns living spaces into dead space.”
Transport
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Waited for a bus in Dublin and it never showed up? Please tell us.
We’ve built a No-Show Bus Tracker to help document the scale and details of the problems of ghost buses and cancelled buses.
Near Portmarnock Dart Station, growth of footpath parking forces residents to walk on the road
Ciarán Ó Baoighealláin has tried to get Fingal County Council to intervene, he says. But to no effect.
New bus-tracking system to tackle “ghost buses” and “disappearing buses”
The National Transport Authority has awarded a contract to a UK-based company to roll out the new system – in 2025–2026, all going well.
In Fingal, cycling lessons get kids with disabilities pedalling
“I want this one,” says Seoidín Hyland, spotting a hot pink bike. “It’s my favourite colour.”
New Dublin-based, driver-owned taxi app aims to provide fairer deal to taxi drivers and customers
Hola Taxi’s founder says the new app will share profits with drivers who sign up as “co-founders” – and won’t add extra fees onto customers’ fares like other apps.
If you report a car parked illegally in the city, it’s unlikely to result in any enforcement action, records show
In about 70 percent of cases, the council’s parking-enforcement contractor didn’t go to the reported location at all – or didn’t get there before the vehicle left.
Two plans progressing to give Dubliners better bike storage at home
Dublin City Council is moving to provide public bike bunkers, and the government’s changing rules to make it easier to install private ones in front gardens.
Years since Rathborne rose up, there are still poles with no traffic lights
Is this what can be expected as the council relies on private developers to build new neighbourhoods in the city? asks former Labour Councillor Declan Meenagh.
The NTA has chosen a company to bring in contactless fare payments on buses, trains and trams
It has given the job of installing a “next generation” ticketing system to Spanish defence and technology company Indra.
Efforts continue to take the job of regulating Dublin Airport noise away from Fingal County Council
The council is too entangled with the airport to be independent, critics say. Labour TD Duncan Smith has introduced a bill to give the EPA the job instead.
Despite parents’ pleas, council has no plans to make walking and cycling across the Chapelizod Bypass to get to school safer
“Someone’s going to be seriously hurt on that road. What are they waiting for?” says parent Adrienne Lee.
Council plans campaign to urge cyclists to be more careful when sharing spaces with pedestrians
Both the Dublin Cycling Campaign and advocates for people with disabilities say they don’t think this is the right approach.