Tusla says it's an offence to run an unregistered children’s home, but it places children in them anyways
So how does it square the circle?
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Tusla says it's an offence to run an unregistered children’s home, but it places children in them anyways
So how does it square the circle?
As more foxes prowl the city, one councillor wants to know who is policing them
But while the numbers of foxes in cities has been steadily creeping upwards, is it a problem or, if humans respond right, a boon?
Amid secrecy, Dublin City Council CEO advances €600m+ plan to build new council HQ
Richard Shakespeare recently held a closed-doors briefing for councillors, giving them a presentation that was watermarked so they could be caught if they shared it.
Grand vision for Pigeon House on Poolbeg Peninsula is shrunk way down – for now
Council officials want to keep renting it for about the next five years to the wastewater plant operators.
Delays in residence permit renewals put lives of non-EU immigrants on hold – again
After a while, they can’t work and can’t travel abroad and return.
Council set to brush off plan for new tearoom in Bushy Park, chief executive says
First floated as an idea more than a decade ago, it stalled without funding.
The tip of Bull Island has been slowly disappearing
“We’re losing a lot of [it],” said Mary Tubridy, an established Dublin ecologist, “and the chances are, we'll be losing more of it.”
Tusla inspectors found problems with the use of physical restraint in seven children’s homes
In two cases, inspectors found that staff were using restraint to try to manage children’s behaviour, and one of those children was restrained 78 times.
RTB still can’t compel landlords to lower rent if investigators spot illegal hikes
Changes to make it possible were to be included in a new law, when first announced. But they were dropped.
Are council officials trying to steer Coolock’s community gain fund towards what they want?
About €7 million went into a pot for projects for the surrounding area, when the Oscar Traynor Woods deal was struck.
Councillors look to amp up the attention they give to social inclusion
Dublin city councillors added a focus on social inclusion to the work of their housing committee in September 2024. But it hasn't really featured yet.
Dublin City Council pulls offers of social homes in Finglas development
Why it has retreated from a deal to lease the homes is a point of dispute.