Hours later, he came out in a coma – and subsequently died. His family are calling on Dublin city councillors to pass a motion of support for a public inquiry.
“People have much richer lives, and they’re much more textured, and deep and emotional, and full of care, and struggles and heartbreak,” author John Bissett says.
More and more employers are asking job seekers to do hefty assignments as part of their applications, says Laura Bambrick, of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
“I believe this application is the definition of developer-led planning,” said Fine Gael Councillor Ray McAdam, at a meeting of the Central Area Committee on 22 July.
“Covid-19 pandemic, restrictions and related costs” have hurt viability, said the board in a statement. Councillors have called for it to be brought into public ownership.
The redevelopment was supposed to add 26 new homes for Travellers on the site. Now, due to a flooding risk that some councillors contest, only half of the homes will be delivered.
A little more than €36.6 million is owed to Dublin City Council in social housing rent arrears, says a recent report to the council’s finance committee.
