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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Council says it will facilitate community-safety forum meetings, following calls from councillors
“It’s important that we have a structure where people are held to account, can voice concerns and have questions answered.”
Council plans a new statue to honour revolutionary women, on O’Connell Street
Councillors emphasised that it should be really large. “We have to be big and bold,” says independent Councillor Vincent Jackson.
Council Briefs: Spiffing up Capel Street even further, installing anti-illegal dumping CCTV, and protecting Drumcondra Library
These are some of the things discussed in a meeting of the Central Area Committee recently.
At the award-winning Diamond Park in the north inner-city, work starts this month to fix fire damage
Vandalism to playgrounds is a problem across the city. Ideas to tackle it include providing alternative spaces for teens, designed and built with them.
It’s time to finally do something with George’s Dock – and fast, councillors say
There hasn’t been a plan since council managers’ proposal for a whitewater-rafting facility there bellyflopped.
Dublin City Council housing committee set to hold fewer public meetings
The committee’s chairperson, Fianna Fáil Councillor Deirdre Heney, says she wants to run more private workshops and organise site visits, instead.
Residents call on council to move more quickly to replace trees it cuts down on their streets
“Five years is a long time to be looking at a stump,” says Phibsboro resident Jonathan Healy. The council says it’s working on updating its tree strategy.
As strategy to end youth homelessness reaches end, many of its promises remain unfulfilled
Of 27 actions, seven have been completed. And the number of people aged 18–24 who are homeless rose 33 percent between 2022 and 2024.
Judicial review launched over Dirty Old Tower that provides access to Clongriffin train station
“It’s an enormous problem, the entire basis of the zoning in the area was about the provision of a new train station access.”
As they await a regeneration, residents at Cromcastle Court call on council to fix up their complex
The stairwells are dirty and graffitied, with broken vents and rusted handrails, damp patches from leaks, and wires hanging loose.
Council Briefs: Greening in Cabra, New Traveller housing, and more
Here is some of what Dublin city councillors discussed at their Central Area Committee, North Central Area Committee, and Finance Committee.
On North Frederick Street, landlord has packed more bedrooms into house than planning permission allows
The house is number 34, famously occupied by Take Back the City in 2018.