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Debate opens around who clampers should target over the next few years
Dublin City Council’s current parking-enforcement contract ends next year. Some councillors see that as an opportunity for change.
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Why hasn’t Owen Keegan’s replacement been chosen yet?
The Dublin City Council chief executive wraps up next month after 10 years, and an interim will step in. But in early August, recruitment for his permanent replacement still hadn’t started.
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A step forward for council plans to revamp Meath Street, widening footpaths, adding trees, reducing parking
Dublin City Council has started a public consultation as part of the process of applying to itself for planning permission.
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While reporting billions in profits, energy companies keep prices for Irish consumers high
One-parent families, people with disabilities, and renters have been particularly hard hit, according to a report from the Society of St Vincent de Paul.
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In Pelletstown, residents frustrated they can’t get their streets and footpaths improved as their estates are stuck in limbo
The developers have finished them, but years on the council has yet to take control of – and responsibility for – them. “It’s a major issue.”
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Dublin 8 needs another secondary school, council committee writes to education minister
Residents have been campaigning for a new mixed, non-denominational school. The response so far? One’s just been built for area pupils – in Sandymount.
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Council Briefs: Keeping Iveagh Markets closed, helping Botany Weaving stay in business, and battling weeds
These were some of the issues that councillors discussed at the latest meeting of their South Central Area Committee.
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To get information out of council managers, councillor considers seldom-used “sledgehammer”-like power
Councillors have been asking for months why the council decided to put its plan to install 350 shared on-street secure bike-storage lockers under review.
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On Francis Street, the council is testing a way to help the city sop up rain
It’s one of many measures Dublin City Council is working on to reduce run-off, and heading off flooding as the climate changes.