They can no longer spend the entirety of the up-to €3,000 grants on a bus, or on a speaker – and spending on insurance, and electronics will be limited too.
There’s also money allocated to progress a district heating scheme in D15, and a swimming pool near Balbriggan.
The council hasn’t been able to find a contractor willing to take on the job of looking after these plants, a council official says.
There were concerns about the impact on brent geese of the conversion of grassy areas to astroturf.
It’ll keep on running, as it has been, for now. But with financial support, and oversight, from Dublin City Council.
A summer pilot proved there is demand for mobile saunas, said a council official at a recent meeting.
It’s unclear still what the park in Rathgar might be renamed to. Or when Diamond Park would be renamed for Wheelock.
One suggestion, to start with an audit, was shot down fast by a council official. There aren’t resources for that, she said.
That seems very low in the context of the numbers of advertised short-term lets”, said Solidarity Councillor John Burtchaell.
The council says it has already done so, but councillors say the process can still take up to two years.
The old stone Mulhuddart Bridge was dismantled and put away more than a decade ago.
The Department of Housing has made available €6m to support second-hand home acquisitions, including under the tenant-in-situ scheme.
