U-turn on Grafton Street toilets as council reverses ‘ludicrous’ closure plan
Last public toilets in city centre to remain open despite costing €2m to run over five years
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‘Thriving’ Digital Hub to remain open until ‘at least 2027′
Gradual closure of the agency was announced in 2021 with its lands to be transferred to the LDA
Concerns over cost of Johnny Ronan’s affordable housing plans at former Glass Bottle site in Dublin
Costs of new apartments ‘very challenging’, Dublin City Council says
Molly minders: Why the famous Dublin statue is being protected from tourists
In the News podcast: Dublin City Council is on petting patrol, stopping Molly Malone from being touched
Dublin city centre’s only public toilets to be closed
Reduced demand cited by city council in closure of Grafton Street toilet
‘It’s not the same place anymore’: Antisocial behaviour in a Dublin suburb
Residents on the Parkside estate in Balgriffin on Dublin’s northside say lack of amenities is driving antisocial behaviour
‘If the parent isn’t confident cycling, they’re not going to let their child cycle’: New Dublin training ground for biking opens
Mobility school aims to create awareness about road safety among cyclists, to promote use of bicycles and reduce our carbon footprint
Dozens of Airbnb-style lockboxes ‘shredded’ by Dublin City Council
Council begins enforcement blitz to remove boxes attached to poles and cycle stands
Molly Malone statue unstable and only held in place by two pins due to ‘abuse’ on a ‘daily basis’, council report finds
Statue in Dublin has multiple broken fittings, inspection shows
Tourist hostel near Dublin’s Camden Street granted planning
Successful appeal clears way for 34-bed accommodation on Liberty Lane
Mount Street residents and businesses feel ‘barricaded in’ as anti-tent fences remain one year on
‘As far as I’m aware, DCC is happy to leave them up there,’ one business owner says
Council retakes possession of home of 1916 Rising leader after alleged trespassers vacate building
Local authority spent €630,000 buying property where Tom Clarke lived, but restoration works stalled
The Irish Times view on Dublin’s new suburb: more urgency is required
It is astonishing that this prime land has yet to be redeveloped for housing.
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Dublin local authorities need money and only a have a few ways of getting it
If planning laws were changed, obsolete offices could be converted into housing to ease Dublin’s rental crisis
In Dublin, 15.3% of office space is vacant, and 64% of existing office stock is considered at risk of obsolescence
Clash on hotel tax between Fine Gael Ministers and Dublin TDs and councillors
A number of politicians in the capital have gone public on their support for a hotel bed levy despite the strong opposition of two senior Fine Gael Ministers
Harry Crosbie’s ‘Baby Vicar’ venue for Dublin’s docklands rejected
‘People like me don’t give up’, Crosbie says with intention to lodge revised plans
Dublin industrial estate to be redeveloped for 6,000 homes
Master plan for 77-hectare zone opposite Glasnevin Cemetery released for public consultation
Dublin canal locals complain of sun-seeking drinkers littering and ‘urinating in gardens’
Several hundred people flocked to Portobello on Friday, leaving a clean-up operation in their wake
Taoiseach would put Irish boots on the ground in Ukraine peacekeeping force
Martin critical of some local authorities for failing to build enough – or any – social houses
Signs urge Drury Street revellers to curb their enthusiasm
Signs erected along retail-heavy Dublin street urge the public not to sit on the kerbs as sunny weather attracts crowds of drinkers to the south-city street
Sandymount cycle path decision frees council from weeds of lengthy planning process
Court of Appeal ruling confirms Dublin City Council could pursue Strand Road project using own traffic powers
Sandymount cycleway can go ahead after Dublin City Council wins court appeal
The council appealed the High Court ruling in favour of local independent councillor Mannix Flynn and Sandymount resident Peter Carvill
Dublin bus routes move, paving way for traffic-free Parliament Street
One of the final blocks on pedestrianisation removed from this Sunday as traffic changes continue
Google gets permission for mural at Dublin HQ
Dublin City Council signs off on five-year approval for 705 sq m mural by artist Sean Atmos
Abhainn: This Dublin walking trail is a love letter to the city’s forgotten rivers
Rosie O’Reilly, Dublin’s first biodiversity artist-in-residence, is on a mission to preserve the capital’s hydro-story
Who would buy gangland homes seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau?
Desire for bargain displaces fear, especially for foreign buyers, even when assets are seized from Ireland’s most dangerous men
Patrols to protect Molly Malone statue from groping
Dublin City Council to appoint stewards to discourage tourists from touching statue’s breasts
‘Coming back to life’ - Inside Dublin’s 127-year-old fruit and vegetable market as major revamp gets under way
Dubliners look forward to €44 million revamp of market closed since 2019
Homeless in Dublin, sober in Poland: How 60-year-old Jerzy ‘chose life’
‘I have pity for those men who are still sitting there, dying there,’ says Jerzy Podlesney
Workers try to convert Kinahan figure’s house to social housing but are ‘physically threatened’
Seán McGovern’s house was seized by Cab in 2019, but Dublin City Council has been unable to renovate it
Dublin 4 residents bring renewed objections to Smyth’s pub renovation
Resident previously set out ‘party’ fears given proximity of ‘crowd-inducing’ Aviva stadium
Irish councils lack ability to plan big cities, conference told
Current planning system ‘facilitates dereliction’, says Senator Michael McDowell
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