What’s the best way to tell area residents about plans for a new asylum shelter nearby?
The government should tell communities directly about plans for new asylum shelters, some activists and politicians say.
Ballymun
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For Ballymun Rapid-Build Homes, Has Council Ignored Its Own Standards?
Three-bedrooom houses in Dublin should ideally be at least 100 sqm, a standard the council held an Ailesbury Rd development to in September. But smaller homes are apparently okay in Poppintree, for rapid-build houses, for homeless families.
In Ballymun, the Art of Concrete News and Concrete People
A selection of Seamus Kelly’s photographs from a decade of publishing the “Ballymun Concrete News” are on display at Axis: Ballymun until the end of March.
In Ballymun, Continued Unease over Government Housing Scheme
Activists in Ballymun are pressing for more clarity about what one of the government’s housing schemes means for them.
Still Waiting: Was “Modular Housing” Ever Going to Be Done on Time?
People working in the industry say that it was always an impossible mission to get the homes ready before Christmas.
A Farewell to the Last of Ballymun’s Towers
On Monday, small groups stopped to say goodbye to the last of the Ballymun’s iconic towers, Joseph Plunkett. On Tuesday late afternoon, engineers began to demolish it.
Is It Time to Lift Ballymun’s Ban on Rent Supplement?
Has the ban achieved its goals: greater diversity of tenure and a better social mix in the area? And should it remain in place?
In Ballymun, Another Blow to the Community
The Ballymun Young Women’s Project has funding, staff, a location and plenty to do. But it might soon close anyway.
Living City: Is It Time To Go Denser?
As Dublin starts to build again, is it time to embrace denser living? And what might that look like in practice?
At Lunch With… Councillor Noel Rock
Fine Gael young’un Noel Rock talks Hillary Clinton, expenses, and his ambitions to be a TD.