Across the city, parents snatch their kids out of the way of red-light-breaking drivers
Despite years of talk, a promised national strategy on red-light cameras is yet to be published – let alone implemented.
In July, the Department of Housing published new guidelines that appeared to have axed this council policy – but it apparently has risen from the dead.
They haven’t involved The Complex themselves in these discussions.
If it gets planning permission for the €9.5 million project on schedule, construction could start next September, according to a council official.
In recent years, artists’ studios have been encouraged to be more public-facing in their set-ups.
The old Eden Restaurant, in the heart of Temple Bar, had been earmarked for renovation and a new cultural use but it would be too expensive, a councillor.
“It was hugely dispiriting,” says Labour Councillor Darragh Moriarty, who chairs Dublin City Council’s arts committee.
It also includes plans for broadening out who gets to decide what public art the council will commission and install around the city.
The database is the latest step in Dublin City Council’s effort to make good on its “5 percent” policy.
“We’ve gone from the concept and theory in the previous council term to trying to embed this, and implement it.”
How Dublin City Council – which is D-Light Studio’s landlord – has handled the art space is baffling, says Labour Senator Marie Sherlock.
A centre with a theatre, a black-box space, and rehearsal halls could cost €25 million to €35 million, a consultant told the council’s arts committee Monday.
The council is subsidising the studios to try to keep the rents affordable.