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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Rules on installation of drone food-delivery bases in Dublin remain in dispute
The current skirmish is over a Manna base at Junction 6 in Blanchardstown.
Dublin buses are less reliable than the usual official figures suggest
And more complete figures highlight another major cause of skipped bus stops.
To get traffic out of the city centre, it’s time to abolish tolls on the M50, councillor says
But Transport Infrastructure Ireland, which runs the M50, says the toll revenue is needed to pay for to operate and maintain it.
Why are so many people choosing to fly between Kerry and Dublin?
The numbers hopping on the short-haul route have grown more than four-fold in three years.
A project seeks to capture the many hazards faced by Deliveroo riders
Researchers are drawing on interviews, sensors and crowd-sourced mapping to understand what gig workers on bikes encounter in the city.
In Bluebell and Inchicore, residents continue their months of protests against proposed bus route changes
The National Transport Authority plans to axe the 13, 68 and 69 late this year. Protesters say the planned replacements aren’t good enough.
In Malahide, the Toots train rides again
After a break, the three-carriage road-train is back to doing its loop connecting the castle and the beach via the Dart station.
In Chapelizod, residents increase pressure on council to tackle traffic
They have blocked the road to force change before, and are prepared to do it again, says Chapelizod Tidy Towns chair Peter Kavanagh.
In Malahide, a broken fence has blocked a long stretch of footpath for months on end
Neither Fingal County Council, nor the nearby school, nor the Department for Education has taken responsibility for fixing it.
Fingal County Council failed to use available NTA funds to improve bus stops
Regularly at council meetings, councillors ask for smarter bus stops and shelters for commuters in their areas.
Amid plans for food-delivery drones to spread across Dublin, some worry about safety
The company Manna has done about 200,000 food-deliveries by drone since 2021, a spokesperson said. Only three accidents have been officially reported.
Council Briefs: Airport noise monitoring, “forever chemicals”, and ethical procurement
These were some of the issues Fingal county councillors discussed at their monthly meeting on Monday.