A new council sports forum looks to press schools and such to share their facilities
Amid a serious shortage of pitches in Dublin 8, the OPW only allows one soccer club to use its pitch at the War Memorial Gardens.
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The 238 bus in Tyrrelstown is “cancelled, cancelled, cancelled”, residents say
At a recent meeting, councillors backed a motion calling on the National Transport Authority to sort it out.
Council should buy Martello Tower on coast near Donabate, Fingal councillors urge
It’s listed for sale, and councillors say it’d be a great feature along existing and planned walking and cycling routes that run right by it.
A decade ago, the council stripped a playground out of Tyrrelstown. Now some residents want it back.
The council said it was removed because of antisocial behavior. Councillors say having play spaces is how to prevent antisocial behavior.
Apartment-dwellers in Fingal should be able to get resident parking permits for their area, councillor argues
During a debate Monday over new parking bye-laws, which raise the cost of parking in the county from 1 February.
What’s happened with Manna’s plan to expand its drone delivery service across Dublin?
It still only has one base, in Dublin 15, with planning permission – and that’s due to expire this year.
To make way for more housing Fingal proposes rezoning 11 sites, nibbling into greenbelt
However, councillors disagree over whether rezoning more land will actually lead to more housing being built.
Even as Donabate’s population balloons, HSE cancels plan to build primary care centre
They’re going to build one in Swords, though, and Donabate residents can go there, a HSE executive suggested.
Long-time campaigners bristle at politicians' back-patting over new lift at Clongriffin Dart Station
“They were actually trying to take credit for the extremely hard work that we have put in."
In Mulhuddart, 43 council-owned homes sitting vacant
Homes in Parnell Estate have pyrite and fire-safety problems – and for years, auditors and councillors have been pushing the council to sort them.
Walkers should continue to have access through Howth Castle Estate, councillors say
The estate is very open and will remain so, says Eoin Quinlan, the general manager, but the owners also need to keep it safe.
In Donabate, a closed pub may soon be revived
Cairn Homes bought Smyth’s Bridge House, along with the housing development Corballis East, and has applied for permission to fix it up.
In Dublin 15, councillors want to name a park for a local cycling legend
They agreed a motion, recently, to ask Fingal’s naming committee to honour Bertie Donnelly. But are park renamings even possible these days?