Months on, council still investigating ethics complaints against independent councillor
Two councillors have lodged complaints with the council against independent Councillor Gavin Pepper. But there’s been no conclusion yet to those processes.
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Dublin City Council releases plans for new development at heart of Cherry Orchard
The scheme could provide long overdue retail and community space in the neighbourhood.
Major continental haircuts planned for some of the city’s trees
The council plans to pilot “pollarding” 250 hornbeams across the city, said the city tree officer at a recent meeting.
Planning applications begin to file in for homes on industrial estate in Finglas
Two applications have gone in in recent months for plots on the edges of the big Jamestown Business Park.
In an Inchicore industrial estate, a members’ club invites people to mingle and jam
“The biggest thing that happens here and the most fantastic thing to see is people feel they own it,” says organiser Kamil Che.
With think tank Progress Ireland, the yimby movement here is powering up
With help from a wider network overseas.
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An Bord Pleanála, again, refuses permission to change use of Newmarket space from market to retail
Meanwhile, Dublin City Council is hoping to organise events on Newmarket Square over the summer, an official says.
Community testing in Dublin finds almost half of homes with some level of lead in tap water
Also, 20 percent of the 95 samples had levels higher than 5μg/l, the threshold in the latest EU Drinking Water Directive.
Every weekday in Dublin, there’s a walk to bear witness for Gaza
“Most people I know, they don’t know what to do.”
Councillors welcome plans for small step forward on the stalled regeneration of Dolphin House
Phase 1b of the project to eventually build upwards of 700 homes on the site envisions building 30 fronting onto Dolphin’s Barn Road.
Airbnb has targeted council employees with online adverts. Does that count as lobbying?
“Just because it’s digital, and not over coffee, doesn’t mean it’s not,” says Niamh Kirk, an associate professor at the University of Limerick.
Council cuts back efforts to turn vacant office and commercial buildings into social homes
Instead, it’s moving staff to focus on other housing projects that will deliver more homes, said Dublin City Council’s head of housing.