What’s the best way to tell area residents about plans for a new asylum shelter nearby?
The government should tell communities directly about plans for new asylum shelters, some activists and politicians say.
What’s the best way to tell area residents about plans for a new asylum shelter nearby?
The government should tell communities directly about plans for new asylum shelters, some activists and politicians say.
Rules on installation of drone food-delivery bases in Dublin remain in dispute
The current skirmish is over a Manna base at Junction 6 in Blanchardstown.
Council plans to turn St Werburgh’s church into 250-seat venue
The idea is for this spot next to Dublin Castle to host choirs, chamber music, trad music, poetry performances, and more.
New waste-to-energy incinerator possible to deal with the country’s growing river of waste
“I would have some concerns that the waste-to-energy incinerator plans really just lock us into kind of unsustainable systems.”
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In Irishtown, plans for a new sports centre with two swimming pools are taking shape
“The plan is that the new centre in Irishtown will be fully completed before the Markievicz centre closes” in Townsend Street, a council official said.
Dublin buses are less reliable than the usual official figures suggest
And more complete figures highlight another major cause of skipped bus stops.
If councils rezone more land, will it really speed up house-building?
There is debate over whether there is a shortage of residentially zoned land and what’s holding homes up.
In Clontarf, a gathering to celebrate a traditional Thai new year festival
“When you see Songkran in Thailand, it’s like a big water fight,” Chanthima Ostijn says. Not so much here in Ireland, though. “It’s just too cold.”
Councils will get targets for specific types of homes this year. Should they use zoning to meet them?
Some say that the different types of tenure should be laid out in master plans or zoning to meet the housing needs in an area.
In Kilmore West, residents want Beaumont Hospital to do something about its staff parking everywhere
“We’re held to ransom Monday to Friday, from early morning to night,” says Dolores Kinsella. “I tell people all the time, I live in a car park.”
The closure of Coolock swimming pool has had a wide-reaching impact on the community
Storm Darragh damaged the roof in December. The council has said the “closure will be lengthy” – and pointed to plans for a new pool nearby.
By banding together for a monthly shop, a group of Dubliners pays less for healthy food
“More people, definitely. We need more people,” says Barry Bryan, who thought up and started Symbi.
Transport
Dublin buses are less reliable than the usual official figures suggest
And more complete figures highlight another major cause of skipped bus stops.
To get traffic out of the city centre, it’s time to abolish tolls on the M50, councillor says
But Transport Infrastructure Ireland, which runs the M50, says the toll revenue is needed to pay for to operate and maintain it.
Why are so many people choosing to fly between Kerry and Dublin?
The numbers hopping on the short-haul route have grown more than four-fold in three years.
A project seeks to capture the many hazards faced by Deliveroo riders
Researchers are drawing on interviews, sensors and crowd-sourced mapping to understand what gig workers on bikes encounter in the city.