Proposal to relocate RTÉ in GPO considered by Dublin taskforce
Relocating State broadcaster RTÉ in the GPO on Dublin’s O’Connell Street was one a number of proposals considered by a taskforce on rejuvenating the city centre.
Taoiseach Simon Harris will bring a memo to Cabinet on Tuesday ahead of the publication of the Dublin City Centre Taskforce report which he promised when he took up office.
It is understood it contains 10 proposals for initiatives to revive Dublin city centre, including recommendations for O’Connell Street with a particular focus on the GPO building.
News in Ireland
- Sinn Féin row with Brian Stanley deepens over referral of claims to Garda: Sinn Féin says it told Laois-Offaly TD Brian Stanley in September to go to the Garda with concerns he raised during a party inquiry into a complaint against him.
- Drivers warned about bogus QR codes on east coast parking meters: A scam which uses bogus QR codes on parking meters to fool people into downloading malicious software or submitting sensitive financial details to websites controlled by criminals has been identified in areas of the east coast stretching from Greystones to Malahide.
- Why do so few students from Northern Ireland attend college in the South?: Lucia Orsi, a student from Downpatrick, Co Down, recalls the look of puzzlement from her classmates when she told them of her plans to go to college in Dublin.
- Ranelagh restaurant Dillinger’s to close at the start of November: Well known Ranelagh restaurant Dillinger’s is to close its doors at the start of November, its management announced in a social media post on Monday.
- Dublin-Belfast rail users put out by return of old timetable: Irish Rail’s decision to revert to its pre-August timetable from this week has adversely affected intercity services on the Dublin–Belfast route, passengers have said.
- Weather forecast: This morning will start mostly cloudy with patches of mist and drizzle. Later rain will move into the south and will spread northwards. The rain will be heavy at times, particularly in the south and east. Highest temperatures of 14 to 16 degrees. Tonight will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain, heavy for a time in the northeast and east with a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Mild with lowest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees.
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Parenting
- Baby loss: If they had said to me, ‘you can keep him in there forever’, I would have done it: October is a difficult month for Gill Lee. It’s pregnancy and baby loss awareness month, with pregnancy and baby loss awareness day taking place on October 15th. But October also marks the second anniversary of her baby son Danny, who Gill lost when she was just over five months pregnant.
Opinion
Business
- Men more likely than women to speak up over ethical concerns in workplace - survey: Men are more likely to speak up over ethical concerns in the workplace, a survey has found.
Sports
- Rocky Elsom faces a rocky post-playing future in wake of French forgery sentence: Former Ireland rugby captain Brian O’Driscoll once described him as “the best player I have ever played with” and that he would not have won his first European Rugby Champions Cup in 2009 without him.
World
- Lebanon medic: ‘I can’t imagine Israel is not hitting first-aid teams on purpose’: Mohamad Hassanen unlocks a compartment in the fire engine beside him. “No weapons,” he says, pointing to the boots, helmets and other protective clothing inside. Before this, Hassanen has opened an ambulance, which holds the flak jackets and hard helmets his medics wear for their own survival. “It would never happen that ambulances carry weapons, as a medic we know the rules,” he says, writes Sally Hayden in Beirut
Life & Style
- Lessons from an Airbnb host: ‘Someone spent four nights telling me about their sessions with a psychiatrist’: The Airbnb app makes it possible to set a price, upload your home to complete strangers worldwide, and take bookings within 11 minutes of first whim.
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