Past issues
3 August 2022
- As Chefs Bring Korean Street Food to Dublin, Corn Dogs Are on Their Menus
- Council Fails to Release Records on Fire Safety in Homeless Hostels, Despite Information Commissioner Rulings
- Council Trials Public Recycling Bins, Again
- Magazine “Ireland’s Big Issue” Goes Digital to Survive, Leaving Homeless Street Vendors Nothing to Sell
- On Francis Street, Waiting for a Ruling on the Demolition of Two “Dutch Billys”
- Making and Selling Tacos, a Mother and Son from Mexico Reconnect in Dublin
- In Inchicore, Artists Gather to Draw Comics Together
- Toto the Ninja Cat and the Legend of the Wildcat, Reviewed
- Dolly Considine’s Hotel, Reviewed
27 July 2022
- The Main Exit Route From Homelessness Is Collapsing
- Why One Man, Granted Asylum in Greece, Fled Again – to Ireland
- From Cromwell to Covid, a Walking Tour Journeys Through the History of Ringsend’s Pubs
- The Council Plans to Cluster Public EV Charging Points in Off-Street Hubs Around the City
- Please Exorcise “Ghost” Buses from Dublin Bus Real-Time Information Services, Passengers Say
- Across the City, Residents Battle Plans to Demolish Their Community and Recreational Spaces
- Council Briefs: Changing Rooms and Toilets for Training Pitches, a Public Artwork to Represent the LGBTQ+ Community, and More
20 July 2022
- Study Maps Which Dublin Neighbourhoods Are Most at Risk from Hot Weather
- Instead of Buying Social Homes in Big Private Developments, the Council Is Shifting to Mostly Leasing Them Now
- Bringing Together Veteran Jazz Musicians and Newbies with “Blood in Their Eyes”
- Brushing Up: The Story Behind the Mural Outside The Cobblestone on Smithfield Square
- As Inflation Bites, Number of Affordable Homes Planned for Crumlin Scheme Looks to Be Cut in Half
- Mega-Marathon Job-Application Processes Have Been on the Rise at Dublin Tech Firms
- On Church Street, a Performer Settles for Juggling for People Stuck in Traffic
13 July 2022
- Still No Concrete Plans for Filling Cultural Space at Former Tivoli Theatre Site, Just a Proposal for a Steel Gate
- Forty Years Ago Gardaí Interviewed Hundreds of Gay Men While Searching for a Killer – and They Still Have All the Files
- Councillors Dig in with Effort to Curb Build-to-Rent Housing, Despite Warning from Planning Regulator
- What Happened with the Council’s Pilot to Catch Cars in Bus Lanes?
- Council Plans Segregated Cycle Lanes through Ranelagh
- Council Managers Propose Outdoor Pools and Swift Rescue for George’s Dock
- Dean: Coolock’s RikShaw Makes Catchy Rap Songs for the Summer
- North Circular: a Musical Trip Through Dublin’s North Inner City, Reviewed
6 July 2022
- 93% of Social Homes the Council Said Would Be Built by the First Half of 2022 Aren’t Done Yet
- When Losing a Job Means Losing a Home and Immigration Status Too
- It’s Time for the Council to Step up to Help with City’s Childcare Crisis, Councillors Say
- With His New Cookbook, an Artist Asks Readers to Think About Where Their Tomatoes Come From, and at What Cost
- To Stop Seagulls and Pigeons Tearing Open Bags and Scattering Rubbish, the Council Trialled Pop-Up Bins
- Across the City, Gardaí Park on Footpaths and Double-Yellow Lines – and Residents Seethe
- Big Revamp of Kildonan Park in Finglas Voted Through by Council
- Council Briefs: Next Phase of Royal Canal Greenway, and Councillors Continue to Insist on Meeting Planning Regulator
29 June 2022
- Vacancy Watch: On Smithfield Square, Two State-Owned Victorian Buildings Have Been Empty For 27 Years
- The Monsters of Rookhaven, Reviewed
- Brushing Up: A Misunderstood Spiderweb Sculpture
- There’s No Limit on How Long Families Might Spend in Homeless Hostels and Hubs
- The Pink Foxes Organise to Protect Queer People in Dublin
- Report Envisions a Route to a Less Traffic-Choked Chapelizod
- A Year After the Donore Community Centre Burned, Locals Gather to Demand Council Move Faster to Reopen It
- Council Briefs: A Central Ballymun Home for Ballymun Kickhams GAA Club, and More Arts Events in Finglas
22 June 2022
- Local Councillors Agree to Plans for Magdalene Laundry Site on Sean McDermott Street
- As Energy Prices Soar, Hundreds of Council Tenants with Leaky or Draughty Windows Are Waiting for New Ones
- Fifty Years On, a Tenants Union Is Putting Together a History of the 1972 Rent Strike
- For Those Still Isolated by Covid, an Art Project Offers Connections via Postcards
- For Immigrants, Travelling to and from Ireland With Their Children Can Be Frustrating, and Sometimes Scary
- Target Energy-Poor Neighbourhoods with Schemes to Retrofit Homes, says Dublin’s Energy Agency
- Council Briefs: Hanlon’s Corner Traffic Changes, Barrow Street Revamp, Community Grants, and More
15 June 2022
- A Community Organisation. Complaints About Misconduct. And an Empty Council Seat.
- Ahead of a Neighbourhood Poetry Day, a Push to Find the New Bards of Ballymun
- Developers of Housing at O'Devaney Gardens and Oscar Traynor Road Could Renegotiate Prices with Council in 2024
- An Artist Explores the Dual Realities of Our Online/Offline Selves Today
- As Trinity Climbs World’s Academic Rankings Again, Students Ask for More Help with Their Mental-Health
- A Composer Seeks to Create Musical Experiences for Hearing and Deaf People Alike
8 June 2022
- After Her Father Died, the Council’s Cut to Woman’s Housing Subsidy Is Forcing Her From Their Home
- One Man Works to Mark the Graves of Great Shamrock Rovers Players Long Passed
- Give Us Buggy Parking at Creches, Say City’s Mammies
- Ryanair’s South African-ness Quiz Just the Latest Problem Caused by Making Airlines Act as Border Guards
- Now the Cars Are Gone, How Can Pedestrians and Cyclists Best Share Capel Street?
- A Walking Tour Highlights the Great Writers, Philosophers and Revolutionaries from the Dorset Street Area
- Dean: Kayleigh Noble Makes Woozy R&B Music For Conditions of the Heart
- Event: Europe’s Policies at Its Southern Borders
1 June 2022
- Vacancy Watch: On Bolton Street, Bushes Grow Out of a Now Derelict Homeless Hostel
- Despite Plans to Make Dublin a 24-Hour City, Expansion of Night-Time Bus Services Lags
- On the Dáil’s Doorstep, a Cry for Help with the Mental Health and Suicide Crisis Among Travellers
- Swords Road Is in Bits, Say Santry Locals
- Are There Enough Checks Before Tents are Cleared from City Streets?
- Irish Residence Permit Delays Ruin Many Non-EU Migrants’ Plans to Travel in Europe, for Work or Pleasure
- Council Housing Complex to Use Rain from the Roof to Flush Toilets, Cutting Waste and Pollution
- Dubliners, Reviewed
25 May 2022
- State Subsidies for Developers of Student Housing Considered
- Site at St Anne’s Park Should Be Rezoned to Make Building Homes on It Easier, Recommends Council Chief
- For Migrant Taxi Drivers, “Good Character” Criteria for Licence Means Little Right to Privacy
- In Finglas, Making One Edge of the City a Little Less Car-Focused
- A Docklands Group Co-write Songs for the Area
- Some Parts of the City Are Getting Far More Money for Cycling and Walking Projects Than Others, Councillors Say
- Council Briefs: Setting Up a New District Heating Company, and Repairing a Medieval Church in Finglas
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18 May 2022
- In the Heart of the City, a Drummer Plays the Streets
- Help Us Report: Can You Store Your Buggy at Your Child’s Creche?
- Council Plans 10% Wheelchair-Accessible Homes as Part of Mix in Large New Housing Schemes
- Dublin City Council Refuses to Map Sites for Traveller Homes in City Development Plan
- Vacancy Watch: A Run-Down Site in Temple Bar
- For Some non-EU Citizens, a Breakup Can Mean a Carefully Constructed Life Is Upended
- In the River Dodder He Hunts Insects and on Facebook He Helps Identify Them for Others
- In Clontarf, Council Bollards Meant to Prevent Illegal Parking Also Block Easy Access to the Bay for Kayakers
- Council Briefs: The Cause of Northside Power Outages, and Plans for Clontarf Flood Defences
- The Summer I Robbed a Bank, Reviewed
- An Cailín Ciúin, Reviewed
