Tusla says it's an offence to run an unregistered children’s home, but it places children in them anyways
So how does it square the circle?
Tusla says it's an offence to run an unregistered children’s home, but it places children in them anyways
So how does it square the circle?
An Israeli fund backs one of Ireland’s biggest landlords, but who else?
As the government courts more international money for Ireland’s rental sector, tenants say they want more transparency around who they are renting from.
Council still paying for upkeep of Coolock Swimming Pool it has closed and likely never intends to use again
The council closed the pool after its roof was damaged in Storm Darragh in December 2024. In January, it put out a tender to fix the roof.
As more foxes prowl the city, one councillor wants to know who is policing them
But while the numbers of foxes in cities has been steadily creeping upwards, is it a problem or, if humans respond right, a boon?
Amid secrecy, Dublin City Council CEO advances €600m+ plan to build new council HQ
Richard Shakespeare recently held a closed-doors briefing for councillors, giving them a presentation that was watermarked so they could be caught if they shared it.
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One in four staff posts in Dublin City Council’s local area offices aren’t filled
It isn’t creating any problems, said a council spokesperson. Some councillors aren’t too sure.
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Grand vision for Pigeon House on Poolbeg Peninsula is shrunk way down – for now
Council officials want to keep renting it for about the next five years to the wastewater plant operators.
Delays in residence permit renewals put lives of non-EU immigrants on hold – again
After a while, they can’t work and can’t travel abroad and return.
Council set to brush off plan for new tearoom in Bushy Park, chief executive says
First floated as an idea more than a decade ago, it stalled without funding.
Developers must build promised creche spaces – and find operators to run them, Fingal motion says
“It shall be a condition of planning that the developer must ensure the facility is fully delivered and operational,” Labour Councillor Mark Boland's motion says.
In Skerries, a new space for lovers of board and card games
The walls are stacked with games. Familiar ones like Catan, and Dungeons and Dragons, and less familiar ones such as Calico, Sushi Go, and Cascadia.
The tip of Bull Island has been slowly disappearing
“We’re losing a lot of [it],” said Mary Tubridy, an established Dublin ecologist, “and the chances are, we'll be losing more of it.”
Publish taskforce’s report on special education needs in Dublin 15, local councillors tell department
It submitted its report and recommendations in June.
Tusla inspectors found problems with the use of physical restraint in seven children’s homes
In two cases, inspectors found that staff were using restraint to try to manage children’s behaviour, and one of those children was restrained 78 times.
RTB still can’t compel landlords to lower rent if investigators spot illegal hikes
Changes to make it possible were to be included in a new law, when first announced. But they were dropped.
Are council officials trying to steer Coolock’s community gain fund towards what they want?
About €7 million went into a pot for projects for the surrounding area, when the Oscar Traynor Woods deal was struck.
Councillors look to amp up the attention they give to social inclusion
Dublin city councillors added a focus on social inclusion to the work of their housing committee in September 2024. But it hasn't really featured yet.
Dublin City Council pulls offers of social homes in Finglas development
Why it has retreated from a deal to lease the homes is a point of dispute.
Will new rent rules increase supply and reduce rents – or will developers drip-feed to avoid that?
Investors work on modelling, says Joseph Kilroy. “Its not necessarily in their shareholders' interests to be driving down the cost of rent.”
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Waited for a bus in Dublin and it never showed up? Please tell us.
We’ve built a No-Show Bus Tracker to help document the scale and details of the problems of ghost buses and cancelled buses.
Here it is: our new cycle collision tracker
We hope you’ll use it to report hazards, near collisions, and collisions. Hopefully, over the long-term, this will help make cycling safer – and get more people out of cars and onto bikes.
Will You Draw Your Dublin Neighbourhood for Us?
This online tool lets you map your area’s boundaries, save your version, and see what others have drawn for the same area.
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Brushing up: a misunderstood spiderweb sculpture
It’s nothing to do with Marvel’s Spider-Man, says artist Kathleen O’Brien. Its meaning is rooted in the history of its north inner-city neighbourhood.
With sea levels set to rise, should the council allow new homes and offices along the coast?
Dublin City Council is in the midst of writing its new development plan, for 2022–2028, which will include what kind of building should be allowed where.
In Rialto, a romance writer pens her 50th book
Romance writer Daisy Cummins works from her home office in Rialto, where she’s just completed her 50th book for the Mills & Boon publishing franchise.
In Deansgrange Cemetery, a historian excavates the stories of Irishmen who served the Raj
Shabnam Vasisht has sought out and researched the graves and stories of Irishmen buried in a corner of Dublin, who served in the British Army and administration while it governed India.