The plaza needs help, says Sean Mullan, owner of the Third Space cafe. “Someone with the imagination that we could make this a vibrant space that belongs to the city.”
The NTA is working on revising schedules and updating technology to try to make sure buses in Dublin – and real-time information about them – are more reliable, a spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, between March and June, work didn’t start on any new sites in Dublin city with planned developments of more than 10 homes, according to a council report.
The council says it is necessary to raise money to pay for community facilities for the hundreds of planned homes at St Michael’s Estate on Emmet Road.
Faced with the alternative of a tumble dryer, Luis Bruno decided to rebel and put a clothes horse out. “Global warming is a reality we can’t escape,” he says.
“At the moment you are just dealing with fake pharmacy windows and fake clothes shops,” says Labour Councillor Darragh Moriarty. “It’s hugely frustrating.
It can’t buy them because they are above the price cap set by the government, says Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin, but there are no equivalent constraints on leasing.
During marathon meetings last week about the next city development plan, councillors voted to keep in local policies in the draft that likely clash with national guidelines.
