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.
Some residents of Castle Court still aren’t back in their homes. “It’s awful to think … overnight this can just happen,” says local resident Helen Rooney.
The council hopes to apply for a grant to repair the circular bandstand, which is damaged by corrosion. But first it needs to list it – also, the title deed is missing.
For many years, the club has called the pitches in the Alfie Byrne Park home. Now it’s asking Dublin City Council for a lease.
Local councillors are proposing to rezone it for recreational use instead, so that the playing fields there can be opened back up and retained.
However, not everyone’s locked out of the pier and slipway: the council has given keys to the Clontarf Yacht and Boat Club to unlock and demount the bollards.
There are more than 60 classical Suzhou gardens in China. There’s one in Dublin, too.
“It’s the busiest route for bicycles, I think, coming into the city on the north side,” says Green Party Councillor Janet Horner.
These were among the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed on Monday at their North Central Area Committee meeting at the Northside Civic Centre.
Councillors haven’t given up on getting the Clontarf baths open more to the public – and voted recently to change tack.
“I’m happy to have a well-run hub in my area to house people who are homeless. Well-run is the important part,” says Labour Councillor Mary Freehill.
Mel Roddy opted for a supper club over a food stall because he wanted to stay true to the ethos of eating together with friends, he says.
In years past, the edges of verges and greens were often left untrimmed because the council didn’t want to pay contractors to do it. It’s a different story now, though.
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