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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Government has floated idea of moving The Complex to the Liberties
They haven’t involved The Complex themselves in these discussions.
Refugees waiting on citizenship decisions find the rules have quietly changed
While they heard about harsher policies brought in last year, this change wasn't announced, and affects people who applied before then.
Council still undecided on how to strengthen Sandymount flood defences
“We’d be very lucky to get it all completed in 2030.”
Department of Children not yet committed to key measure to support children in care who are a risk to themselves
Advocates call for the full implementation of an expert report on special care, and welcomed plans for legal reform to get state agencies working together.
In Cherry Orchard, a new alliance is working towards the goal of a cooperative grocery store
It’s one of the initiatives being pursued by the Dublin 10 Food Alliance, in a push to help ease the acute food poverty in the area.
A requirement that cyclists wear helmets and hi-vis would be a challenge for bike-share companies
The government seems to be considering making helmets and hi-vis mandatory for people using some category of bikes, though it’s not totally clear which.
Now that the council has stopped taking horse manure, it's piling up in the Liberties
“So the council is allowing horses in Dublin City,” says horse owner David Mulraney. “But they’re not allowing them to put their horse manure anywhere.”
Seeking a few more months to steady their immigration status, some university graduates fall undocumented and lose jobs
Since June, there’s been a shift in how the Department of Justice has ruled on these applications – more rejections, says immigration solicitor Imran Khurshid.
It’s time for more scrutiny of swapping grass pitches for astroturfs, some councillors and academics say
The change may mean the pitches can withstand more use, but it also means they won’t absorb as much rain, or sustain as many creatures, they say.
In justifying its plan to abandon its Wood Quay HQ, council refuses to show its homework
It's generally more environmentally friendly to renovate existing buildings than to abandon them to the wrecking ball, but other public organisations could follow suit.
Councillors finally get sight of plans to squash carbon emissions in Ballymun and Ringsend
But will funding follow to make possible these ambitions?