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.
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Where Did Dublin’s Public Free Wifi Go?
Stop trying to log in to Dublin’s public free wifi. It’s not going to work.
Why Are Half Of Us Still Failing Our Driving Tests?
Despite the introduction of mandatory lessons through the Essential Driver Training course, driving-test pass rates haven’t perked up. Why?
Should Homeless Families Have to Use the Side Door?
Dublin City Council is desperate for hotel rooms for homeless families. Does that mean hotel owners can set any conditions they want?
The Complex: A New Arts Centre Puts Down Roots
Expect original theatre, visual arts, music, comedy, and dance from The Complex, an arts centre soon to open in Dublin’s north-west inner city. They plan to be around a while.
Circus Time: Can The Big Top Survive?
Can circuses survive in an age when we can stream thousands of hours of television drama, comedy and chat on our mobile phones, and in which it is no longer acceptable to many people for elephants and sea lions to perform in shows?
In a Derelict Inchicore Warehouse, an Experiment with Cinema
Open Night Cinema isn’t like Jurassic World at the Omniplex. There are 360-degree screens, actors and people playing projectors like DJs play turntables.
This Water Is Not Fit for Human Consumption
In Raheny, there’s lead in the water. Who should pay to get it fixed?
Between Dublin City Council and Bolt Hostel Activists, a Stand-Off
Dublin City Council doesn’t want housing activists to move homeless families into the abandoned hostel now, perhaps because of a plan from an organisation called Novas Initiatives to turn it into social housing later.
Wanted: A Moore Street Memorial, Stat!
Is the government going to have the Moore Street Commemorative Centre ready for the 1916 centenary? Some people aren’t too sure.
Can City Council Team Up with Radical Housing Activists?
In recent weeks, housing activists in Dublin squatted a council building to house homeless families. Could it be the start of an unlikely alliance?
Brushing Up: Paolo Uccello’s Virgin and Child
Behind Renaissance painter Paolo Uccello’s “Virgin and Child”, on display at the National Gallery, is a little-known history of deception.
At Lunch with… Councillor Janice Boylan
Janice Boylan discusses her lineage as a Moore Street trader, her opposition to the O’Devaney Gardens refurbishment and her aspirations to higher office.