What’s the best way to tell area residents about plans for a new asylum shelter nearby?
The government should tell communities directly about plans for new asylum shelters, some activists and politicians say.
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New Rules Would Make It Impossible to Do Job, Say Councillors
Councillors would need signed consent forms from constituents to get answers on their behalf, under proposed guidelines.
Why Are New Pedestrian Guardrails Still Being Installed in the City?
Unnecessary guardrails should be taken out, according to the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets. The trends seem to be going the other way though.
Should Dubliners Get to Decide How Part of the City’s Budget is Spent?
South Dublin County Council has been trying out participatory budgeting. Why not Dublin City Council too? some councillors ask.
The City Should Mark the Sites of All Long-Gone Magdalene Laundries, Some Councillors Say
“Usually we stick a plaque on a building, but if the building is gone? I think how do we remember what has been lost is an important question.”
When Big Events Arrive, so Does a Plague of Illegally Parked Cars
Some Dublin city councillors say more should be done about illegal parking, whether on gig days at 3Arena or match days at Croke Park – or just everyday across the city.
Neighbourhoods Watches Are Becoming Neighbourhood WhatsApps
Traditional neighborhood-watch set-ups can be too bureaucratic for some, while Local WhatsApp and Facebook groups are easier.
A former concert pianist plays Debussy among the ferns
Clive Shannon used to play for the RTÉ symphony orchestra. These days he plays at Urban Plant Life on Cork Street.
On Fishamble Street, family lives among four centuries of relatives’ keepsakes
Members of the same family have lived in this iconic building, or earlier incarnations of it, in Temple Bar since the 1600s.
An Art Collective Brightens up Hospital Walls
The collective is mostly staff members who are artists, and professional artists with links to Connolly Hospital.
Who Should Be Allowed to Walk Through New Student Housing Complexes?
They are often gated, and offer no routes for pedestrians to cut through to get where they’re going. Developers say that’s for security reasons, others say it divides the city.
On Meath Street, Council Meets Residents Ahead of Future Revamp
The council plans to refurbish the street within the next three years.
Tracking How Much Air Pollution Cyclists Are Breathing In
A collaboration between a Trinity College Dublin researcher and a cycle-tour company is strapping air-quality monitoring gear to cyclists helmets as they explore the city.