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Two councillors have lodged complaints with the council against independent Councillor Gavin Pepper. But there’s been no conclusion yet to those processes.
Brendan O’Connor was resting his elbows on the brick wall around his front yard on Montpelier Gardens. He was looking out over the road, and up into the sky, at the yellow cranes and scaffolded blocks ...
Ireland, the 1980s. A miserable place to be. Even if on the daily, Facebook scroll-fodder would have me believe otherwise: We rose with the sun and didn’t come home ’til dark; Who remembers the ice ...
Dublin City Council has decided to sell 25 properties it owns in the west end of Temple Bar. Affected businesses seem largely unruffled, but residents are worried their quiet enclave could turn into ...
The Land-Hoarder Challenge Imagine you’ve invested in land in Dublin. How might government policies affect whether you hoard it or not? Play our game to see. Illustrations by Aidan Harte. Lois Kapila ...
Last month, we published an article by Shamim Malekmian about the history of Dublin city's motto, and efforts over the years to change it. For more than 400 years, it's been “Obedientia Civium Urbis ...
Last October, People Before Profit Councillor Conor Reddy filed complaints with Dublin City Council about another councillor. He alleged that his constituency colleague in the North West Area, ...
Draft bye-laws, due soon to go out to public consultation, suggest adding some new market areas and shrinking some oldies.
“Members emphasised the importance of differentiating this scheme from other co-living schemes which have received negative media attention,” say meeting minutes from June 2019. The idea was dropped, ...
Luke Maxwell is the host of the film review show, Viewfinder on 103.2 Dublin City FM. He also hosts The Movie Express Podcast, which you can find at www.movieexpress.org. Culture Desk, Feb 22nd, 2017 ...
It holds villages back from growing. And, “it also has very serious consequences, not just for the environment, but for human health”.