Lois Kapila

They’re asking Dubliners to pick up a free kit on Friday and go collect water samples – which they’ll analyse for pollutants and turn into sound.

In October 2014, Dublin City Council owned 25,825 social homes. By January 2019, that figure had fallen to 24,503.

The graveyard is a reminder of how important Quakers were to life in the south inner-city at one time, and some would like to see it better taken care of.

“It’s shameful that a building of ours sits empty for four years,” a councillor said at a meeting of the council’s Central Area Committee on Tuesday.

At Monday’s monthly meeting, councillors voted down the idea of relaxing rules around homes in back gardens, and railed against recent building heights changes.

Last Thursday, a big digger dipped its mechanical arm into the back of a truck, grabbed some rubble and scattered it around.

“We’ve been concerned about the idea of speculation and land hoarding,” John O’Hara, the council’s chief planner, told councillors. So they’re moving slowly.

This week, councillors in the north-west of the city talked about plans for amenities in Fairview and who’ll get to work on a site building social housing.