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.”
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A new programme would help learner drivers get their practice in – legally and more safely – between lessons
At the moment, even though it’s illegal, even though they’re putting others at risk, many learners simply drive on their own.
Residents group pushes for more permanent pedestrianisation of part of Sandymount Green
For several summers, the road along the north-east side of the triangular park has been pedestrianised at the weekends.
In north Fingal, parents push for more school bus services to ease waiting lists
When choosing a school for her daughter, Ballyboughal mother Pamela Clarke says the deciding factor was which bus she could get a seat on. “It’s frustrating.”
Brushing up: A monument to “Demolition” Dave Conway, who helped clear the way for the Luas’s Red Line
Conway, a crane operator, died in a motorcycle crash in 2001, at age 38.
Local councillors push to close another route in the north inner-city due to anti-social behaviour
Former council planner Kieran Rose says the council has lost the plot. “It’s crazy,” he says. “If we do this we are giving up on the city.”
Councillors look for more consultation with disabled people on city-centre traffic plan
“If it’s stopping us from going into the city centre, it infringes our basic human rights,” says Robert Sinnott, of Voice of Vision Impairment.
Danger for people who cycle: a junction near Heuston Station
Several people have reported this as a dangerous spot, and have ideas on how the council could make it safer.
Councillors push for changes in the way parking-enforcement is done in the city
One of the more contentious issues is how to deal with footpath parking. Work to stamp it out entirely? Or formally allow it in certain areas?
While awaiting dramatic revamp of Newmarket Square approved in 2017, council plans smaller improvements
One part of the council hasn’t progressed the revamp, so another hopes to spruce up the swathe of old asphalt now that it’s ringed with fancy new developments.
After a crash, parents in Clontarf push for a safer crossing from school to afterschool
The incident has “mobilised us as parents, as this perceived risk for quite a while has now materialised”, says Carlos Bruen.
In Kilmainham, some residents worry BusConnects changes on the low road will push even more through traffic up onto the high road
Maybe it’s time to put in bollards or something part-way along Kilmainham Lane, to stop drivers cutting through, says Green Party Councillor Michael Pidgeon.
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #96
“The image for this month’s cover is inspired by the excellent Active Travel Collision Tracker. The Dubliner, with her child in tow, looks on at the colour-coded, hazardous incidents recorded by fellow cyclists around the city.”