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.
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Even as Dubliners Look to Cut Energy Use, Apartments Ban Hanging Laundry to Dry on Balconies
Faced with the alternative of a tumble dryer, Luis Bruno decided to rebel and put a clothes horse out. “Global warming is a reality we can’t escape,” he says.
In Harold’s Cross, Residents and the Climate-Concerned Wonder If Knocking Homes to Rebuild More Densely Is the Best Plan
Adroit Company Ltd has applied for planning permission to demolish 53 homes to build 194 apartments in their place.
Could Dubliners Do Their Big Shops on Foot Instead of by Car?
If the city is to push for people to cut short journeys by car, to meet climate goals, then the weekly shop could be one car trip to look at eliminating – but how?
At Bohemian Football Club’s First Film Festival, “Neptune Frost” Tackles the Links between Colonialism and Climate Injustice
The headliner film sets the tone for the festival and its overall theme of climate justice, says Sean McCabe. Plus, it’s hugely entertaining, he says.
To meet the city’s climate goals, Dubliners need to stop jumping in the car for five-minute trips
Changing how people travel for short journeys has the the most potential for reducing transport emissions in Dublin, says Eoin Ahern, an energy researcher for Codema.
The Council Plans to Cluster Public EV Charging Points in Off-Street Hubs Around the City
As part of a public consultation, it will be asking people to pinpoint a GPS location on a map of where they think a public charging hub should go.
Study Maps Which Dublin Neighbourhoods Are Most at Risk from Hot Weather
As the climate changes, the city is set to experience more heatwaves, and the council should do more to prepare for them, say the researchers.
Council Housing Complex to Use Rain from the Roof to Flush Toilets, Cutting Waste and Pollution
Adding rainwater harvesting to more city apartment complexes could help ease the pressure on the overloaded sewer system, reducing overflows into Dublin Bay.
Council Briefs: Setting Up a New District Heating Company, and Repairing a Medieval Church in Finglas
These were among the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at recent meetings.
Council Briefs: The Cause of Northside Power Outages, and Plans for Clontarf Flood Defences
These were among the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a meeting of their North Central Area Committee on Monday.
Dublin Airport wants millions more passengers, but should it take millions fewer?
The airport plans to chip away at the tens of thousands of tonnes of CO2 that it emits each year, but it says it’s not really responsible for the hundreds of thousands that airplanes and car drivers emit.
In Raheny, an Electric Car Owner Finds She’s Living in a Building, and a City, That Aren’t Set Up to Charge It
Even as the government is pushing for a huge shift to EVs, her building’s property managers told her she can’t install her own charger, and there’s no public one nearby.