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Why can’t a survivor of domestic violence stay in their social home, rather than the perpetrator?
The Department of Housing says it plans to issue new guidance. But a solicitor says that for progress, the law has to change.
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.
Would knocking Wood Quay for housing be complicated by the site’s Viking history?
Archaeologist Patrick Wallace, who led the 1970s excavation of the site, said he would love to see the area fully excavated – but he doesn’t support the demolition plans.
Council tenants ask why it can find money for a new HQ, but not to fix up their homes properly
“People are going ballistic,” says Gayle Cullen Doyle, on Tuesday on the phone. “It's really after rattling them.”
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.
Stark rise in number of children under 12 living in children’s homes
Nine of those are in unregistered facilities.
Despite fine words, some young people still face homelessness when leaving state care
“You’re building the next generation of long-term homeless,” says one charity official.
Residents with EVs told to remove their on-street electric car chargers, or else
The Department of Transport says it’s working on a home-charging solution for those who don’t have driveways.
What happened to two of the biggest moves put forward by the Dublin City Taskforce?
“The implementation has fallen at the first hurdle, which was government funding,” says Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon.
A senior officer at housing charity Clúid said it wants to sell some social homes privately
But a spokesperson for the charity said the position articulated by its deputy chief operations officer at a council meeting recently is not its current policy.
With no plan for Kilmainham Mill, council’s restoration of it is “in abeyance”
The council bought the mill in 2018, and spent €2 million on stabilisation works. Lately, locals have noticed the project seems to have stalled.
What’s the plan for the roll-out of Spencer Dock’s new Dart line and station?
Some residents in the north inner-city are worried about how the new line will impact them, as their homes are very close to the tracks.