Private security to patrol Dublin city centre
Move follows discussions between capital’s regeneration chief Robert Watt and city businesses
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‘Significant’ disruption in Dublin next week with largest-ever Garda operation for EU presidency
Public advised to leave extra time for journeys and to expect delays
Merrion Square tea room project faces review after development costs spiral
Contract award to operate Dublin park cafe suspended over development cost concerns, with estimates as high as €7.5m
Dublin’s noisiest locations: From a picturesque D4 road to a busy M50 junction
Local authority live volume data show parts of the capital where noise levels are at their highest
Is it the airport or the M50? No, it’s Sandymount’s Strand Road
‘You can feel the vibration inside the houses’: Residents react to living on what is among the capital’s noisiest streets
‘I’d give my last penny to make sure they aren’t in pain’: Locals help horses in Darndale Park
The park has become a ‘no-go area’ due to unattended horses and drug dealing
Horse manure problems continue with bags dumped around Dublin suburbs
Local councillors call for new disposal facility as cases of illegal dumping appear to rise
PureGym seeks planning on two Dublin sites as it eyes entry to Irish market
Private-equity-backed ‘no-frills’ fitness clubs previously considered expansion into Ireland but pulled back after Brexit vote
Dublin City Council outbid in sale of Martello tower in Sandymount
Monument was purchased in excess of its guide price of €1.5 million, a cost described as ‘excessive’ by a council official
Dogs not welcome if we want to to enjoy the spectacle of returning overwintering birds
Pets should be kept away or kept on leash as bay welcomes these beautiful visitors
Campaigners call for Roger Casement’s remains to be returned to Co Antrim as he wished
Revolutionary is buried in Glasnevin, where he was returned in 1965, decades after his execution
‘Jumping the queue’: Several people allegedly trespassing at Peter McVerry Trust flats
Homelessness organisation says occupation preventing it from using apartments to shelter those ‘genuinely in need’
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin’s docklands posts €5m profit
Revenues for 2025 dip compared to year before when hit musical Hamilton helped sales reach record
Ardstone faces another legal challenge to plan for 562 new homes in Dublin 6
Residents of South Dublin suburb seek High Court review of planners’ decision on €69m site
Storm Austen: Unions confirm council staff on industrial action to carry out emergency work as needed
Met Éireann issues status-orange rain warnings for Thursday night when the storm tracks past Ireland’s south coast
Why developers are turning to hotels, not apartments
When it comes to deciding between more hotel rooms or much-needed housing, the key is viability. But for whom?
‘Fanciful’ to assume funds from new dereliction tax will reach local authorities, DCC chief says
Richard Shakespeare said local authorities are ‘unhappy’ with the replacement of the levy
Social-housing pilot guarantees rent for landlords – but will they sign up?
Rental accommodation scheme rules have been updated but property owner lobby still has concerns
Women and children given weeks to ‘uproot our whole lives’ as homeless facility closes
Rendu Apartments in Dublin’s north inner city does not meet fire safety requirements, says Depaul
Retailers on Dublin’s O’Connell Street hit with legal notices under revamp plan
Circle K, Peter Mark and Allcare Pharmacy all face Dublin City Council enforcement cases over alleged non-compliance with planning codes
Plan for O’Connell Street restaurant approved, but it is banned from serving takeaways
Former Ulster Bank building acquired by firm linked to businessmen Tommy Kelly and Stephen McCarthy
‘The location is brilliant’: Irish National Opera to make former Dublin church its home
A €9 million renovation of a former Methodist Church on Abbey Street in Dublin will provide Irish National Opera with its first permanent base
Rubbish and broken glass line capital’s streets with no one to clean up after Dubliners
Council’s plea to the public to bring litter home falls on deaf ears as bins overflow
When did children stop playing outside?
One in six Irish parents don’t think it’s safe for their five-year-old child to play outside at home during the day
Sandymount flood defences: Walls and rock armour among proposals to protect coastline
Dublin City Council publishes four options to safeguard ‘people, property and infrastructure to the greatest extent possible’
Ireland vs Europe apartment living: ‘When family come over... this is not what they envisioned’
Irish people happily living in apartments on the Continent highlight a chasm in building standards, attitudes to communal living and sense of stability
Dublin City Council proposes tree preservation order at Kenilworth Square
Owner of south Dublin square, St Mary’s College in Rathmines, plans expansion of sports grounds
Dublin 4 residents oppose new embassy in Ballsbridge due to fear of ‘protests’
Plans to convert 80 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge into an embassy have stalled due to appeal
Sinn Féin seeks to regulate ‘wild west’ horse-drawn carriage industry in Dublin
Arcane Victorian laws allowing ‘unregulated, irresponsible drivers’ to operate in the capital, says TD
Fitzwilliam tennis club seeks permission to enclose two padel courts with 10.5m-high cover
Dublin 6 organisation already in dispute with some residents over plans to put ‘air dome’ over tennis court
Dublin City Council intends to press ahead with bin bag ban in February
Residents of Stoneybatter, Phibsborough, Smithfield and Broadstone face fines if they resist wheelie bins
Bin bag ban dumped by Dublin City Council
Plans to ban the use of plastic sacks across Dublin 7 next month scrapped following protests
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