Dublin City Council, again, bans poster to spare US president's feelings
Even a version which made no direct reference to Trump and removed his image, and simply read: “No welcome for warmongers” was turned down.
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Council hit with tax bill of millions, for failing to develop residentially zoned land
But councillors wonder whether the new-ish Residential Zoned Land Tax will prompt Dublin City Council to build more homes – or just push it into selling off its lands.
Should the council have to pay taxes on city properties it owns and leaves vacant or derelict?
The recently published report from the government's Local Democracy Taskforce recommended that if it does, it should get the money back.
Council should buy James Weir Home and pass it on to youth-services charity, councillors say
Consolidating operations into one main hub would be the dream, says Amy Carey, CEO of Solas Project, but they don't yet know what doing up the vacant building on Cork Street would cost.
As prominent site in Kilmainham sits vacant, council liable for tens of thousands in fines
A housing charity had planning permission to build 11 apartments there, but that project fizzled out in 2024. Why?
Vacancy Watch: Why isn't the site of the former Ormond Hotel on the derelict sites register?
The site "is in the direct eye line of the [Dublin City Council] chief executive’s office”, says Green Party Councillor Janet Horner.
Some Drimnagh residents want the council to buy the old, frequently arsoned, G4S site
It has planning permission for 113 apartments, and community facilities.
Developer argues for building five apartments on derelict Grotto House site in Inchicore, without planning permission
But even if its appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála is successful, one of its owners has other, bigger problems: Cathal O’Connor has been sentenced to prison.
Is a bad definition of "derelict" partly behind the bad dereliction in Dublin?
The Department of Finance, with Revenue and the Department of Housing, is looking at a new definition, said a spokesperson.
Vacancy Watch: The site where Clontarf’s tragic Victorian mansion, Redcourt, once stood
Its story reads like a cheap pastiche of Edgar Allan Poe, a century-long streak of tragedy and misfortune, ending in a fire in 2007.
Who will sit on the advisory board set to shape the future of Dublin city centre?
Seven areas of expertise should be represented, said a recent council report.
Vacancy Watch: While neighbours sounded the alarm, a 19th-century villa in Sandymount slid into dereliction
“I think it's so sad that a beautiful little house was destroyed,” says Rosita Sweetman. “It seems we are incredibly bad at managing our housing stock.”
Why is the council sitting on long-vacant and derelict buildings?
Is the issue paperwork? Attention and will? Money? The department?