Ballymun and Finglas to get the least council investment in projects in the coming years
The area has been allocated just 2 percent of the pot of capital funding – not including housing – over the next three years.
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Ballymun and Finglas to get the least council investment in projects in the coming years
The area has been allocated just 2 percent of the pot of capital funding – not including housing – over the next three years.
Councillors dig into plan for €3.88 billion in spending on projects in the city
Flagship projects include a new HQ for Dublin City Council, the redevelopment of Dalymount Park, and the refurbishment of the Fruit and Vegetable Market.
Council breaks promise, again, of new homes for Travellers at Labre Park
After 30 years, the finish line for the project was supposed to be close. The cost of the u-turn will be even greater homelessness, said the coordinator of Ballyfermot Traveller Action Project.
Dubliners get a bit more transparency around where some old clothes end up
Enable Ireland has the new contract to operate 56 clothes banks in the city.
A man wonders if somewhere in Dublin there are photos of his birth parents
In some parts of Ranelagh, his father was known as Tutty, in others as Pom Pom. She was simply Sheila.
Draft Kylemore masterplan disrespects the city’s oldest Traveller site, say reps
For a start, it shouldn’t allow for up to 15 storeys over the road from the bungalows of Labre Park, says the coordinator of Ballyfermot Travellers Action Project.
Councillors back renewed focus on serious anti-social behaviour in council housing complexes
“We know there are issues,” said Dublin City Council Assistant Chief Executive Mick Mulhern, at a recent housing committee meeting.
Looking ahead, Dublin City Council starts to map where the next decade’s housing should go
One outstanding question, though, is whether any of the sites it identifies will be earmarked for Traveller accommodation.
As campaigns gear up in central Dublin, how sound is the voter register?
It isn’t hard to find people registered to the wrong addresses and zombie entries.
Council outlines plans to get moving again on 2,000 homes stalled by central government u-turn
The Department of Housing was reviewing whether it was good value to develop them under public private partnership. It isn’t, it decided.
Council continues to push hotel bed tax for Dublin
A €2 per bed per night tax could raise more than €17.5 million a year, according to a council analysis.
An Israeli fund backs one of Ireland’s biggest landlords, but who else?
As the government courts more international money for Ireland’s rental sector, tenants say they want more transparency around who they are renting from.