Dublin clampers towed away a car with a child in back – again
After two similar incidents in 2023, DSPS, the council parking enforcement contractor, put in place procedures to keep it from happening again.
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In Harold’s Cross, Residents and the Climate-Concerned Wonder If Knocking Homes to Rebuild More Densely Is the Best Plan
Adroit Company Ltd has applied for planning permission to demolish 53 homes to build 194 apartments in their place.
New Plans for Housing on South Circular Road Propose Smaller Towers, but Residents’ Groups Still Sceptical
“We still feel there is an awful lot wrong with this one,” says Joe Clarke of Player’s Please and Dublin 8 Residents Association.
Vacancy Watch: A Dozen Years on from the Regeneration of Fatima, Many of the Shops Still Sit Empty
“At the moment you are just dealing with fake pharmacy windows and fake clothes shops,” says Labour Councillor Darragh Moriarty. “It’s hugely frustrating.
On Francis Street, Waiting for a Ruling on the Demolition of Two “Dutch Billys”
Owner Richard Smyth wants permission to replace the buildings dating back to the 18th century with a seven-storey complex including 24 apartments.
Instead of Buying Social Homes in Big Private Developments, the Council Is Shifting to Mostly Leasing Them Now
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.
As Inflation Bites, Number of Affordable Homes Planned for Crumlin Scheme Looks to Be Cut in Half
While an earlier version of the scheme at St Agnes Road had 76 cost-rental homes, that estimate has now been dropped to 38.
Councillors Dig in with Effort to Curb Build-to-Rent Housing, Despite Warning from Planning Regulator
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.
93% of Social Homes the Council Said Would Be Built by the First Half of 2022 Aren’t Done Yet
A Dublin City Council spokesperson said it is “confident” it can meet the government’s targets over the lifetime of the Housing for All plan.
Vacancy Watch: On Smithfield Square, Two State-Owned Victorian Buildings Have Been Empty For 27 Years
The Courts Service, their owner, says it is renovating the buildings. Says Green Party MEP Ciarán Cuffe: “Heads should roll over these things.”
Fifty Years On, a Tenants Union Is Putting Together a History of the 1972 Rent Strike
Faced with the prospect of rent rises, council tenants banded together to resist. CATU wants to hear from anyone who was involved back then.
Developers of Housing at O’Devaney Gardens and Oscar Traynor Road Could Renegotiate Prices with Council in 2024
“It’s kind of unsettling,” said Fine Gael Councillor Naoise Ó Muirí. “What is going to happen?”
After Her Father Died, the Council’s Cut to Woman’s Housing Subsidy Is Forcing Her From Their Home
April Mooney says the subsidy the council’s offering her on her own isn’t enough to stay, or to get another place, so the council advised her to go into homeless accommodation.