A company running the Tailor’s Hall Tavern out of the 300-year-old building has transformed an outdoor area by adding seating, lighting and more.
Author Archives: Laoise Neylon
Laoise Neylon is a reporter for Dublin Inquirer. You can reach her at lneylon@dublininquirer.com.
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Council and Gardaí to launch another forum to tackle anti-social behaviour, crime and drugs in the inner-city
“This is a model of good practice that has worked really well in the past,” says Social Democrats Councillor Tara Deacy.
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Council backs crowdfunding platform to allow people to chip in for small local projects in the city
Spacehive is already operating in the UK, where projects on the platform include renovating a boxing club, and converting a bus into a mobile community centre.
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Why did so many of Dublin’s trees topple during Storm Betty?
Dublin City Council is now assessing 4,000 trees and will cut down any that pose a danger, says Fergus O’Carroll, a parks superintendent.
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Director of DRHE apologises to homeless woman who was assaulted by a staff member in a hostel
The woman, who was punched, said Friday she is sleeping on the streets now, and hasn’t been consulted about any investigation into the incident.
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Families fear becoming homeless again as government fails to pay its part of their rent
“If I lose this place there is nowhere else to go,” says Patrycja Pawlak. “It’s so worrying.”
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Council shopping for vacant commercial buildings in the city, to turn into social homes
It has funding and plans in place for an old bank on North Circular Road and a former antiques showroom on Capel Street.
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A staff member in a hostel hit a homeless woman and called her a “piece of junk”
“I’m telling you in the past five years the staff in these hostels have totally changed,” says Mairead, the woman who was assaulted.
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Council Briefs: Pushing back against the closure of the Grangegorman bring centre, seeking plans for city centre streets, and the Smithfield horse fair
All these were on the agenda of Dublin city councillors in the Central Area at a meeting on Tuesday.
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Toilets closed four days a week in Eamonn Ceannt Park in Crumlin, again raising questions about council’s grand strategy for public loos
“Why is it beyond the capability of Dublin City Council to put in public toilets?” says Deirdre Nichol, chairperson of the Clontarf Residents Association.