Belvedere FC and East Wall Bessborough FC say they can raise €4 million to build it at Alfie Byrne Park if the council will give them a lease on the land.
Author Archives: Laoise Neylon
Laoise Neylon is a reporter for Dublin Inquirer. You can reach her at lneylon@dublininquirer.com.
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Dublin councils are ramping up homeless accommodation
But they’re also pushing back against those begging to access it, asking if there’s anywhere else they can go instead.
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The next phase of Grangegorman redevelopment could include 2,000 affordable student beds
The development agency is exploring that idea with TU Dublin, said its CEO Ger Casey at a recent council meeting.
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In a park in Swords, there’s a new public toilet but still nowhere to pee
“It looks like a public convenience … [but] it’s only a wannabee public convenience and is really just a big wooden box,” Mark Graham wrote to the council.
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Council relaxes rules for buying homes of social tenants facing eviction and homelessness
It expects to buy around 250 homes in the city through the scheme this year, said a council official last week. It’s unclear how that meshes with central government targets.
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Market campaigner says the public has a right to access the city’s Victorian fruit and vegetable market
The public has a “market right” – a right to access the market – and that is a common-law property right protected by the constitution, says Toby Simmonds.
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In Santry, a group has new ideas for how to connect the community and build an identity
A biodiversity superhighway, a village centre, feeder buses to run around housing estates and a new athletics museum are among the ideas pitched.
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No-pets policy in new social homes in Whitehall could force people to choose between a stable home and beloved animal
Dublin City Council didn’t respond before publication to queries, including whether the ban applied to all pet and why the rule is necessary.
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Council plans to “replace” Markievicz sports centre near Tara Street by expanding facilities at Irishtown Stadium
Councillors said this would leave a gap in services for this part of the south inner-city. “Irishtown’s gain is Pearse Street’s loss.”
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Oliver Bond Celtic FC plays home games as far away as Raheny
“It’s crazy, with all the struggles that are within the inner city, something should be done,” says Eddie Keogh, chairman of the club.