![The OPR has clashed with the council and chief executive Owen Keegan over the council’s plans for BTR restrictions in the upcoming city development plan. Photograph: iStock The OPR has clashed with the council and chief executive Owen Keegan over the council’s plans for BTR restrictions in the upcoming city development plan. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4887187.1653406669!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- May 25, 2022, 06:00
Niall Cussen concerned Dublin City Council meeting could spur requests from others
![The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan requires Dun Leary House ‘be retained in situ and renovated’ in any future development of the site The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan requires Dun Leary House ‘be retained in situ and renovated’ in any future development of the site](/polopoly_fs/1.4886376.1653337857!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- May 24, 2022, 02:00
Plans for 146 apartments call for changes to protected 19th-century Dun Leary House
![Louise O’Connor (centre), with her childen Bredndan (3) and Maeve (1) on a traffic-free Capel Street on Friday. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times Louise O’Connor (centre), with her childen Bredndan (3) and Maeve (1) on a traffic-free Capel Street on Friday. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4884008.1653062269!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- May 20, 2022, 16:58
Some businesses and residents remain doubtful over pedestrianisation benefits
![The litter enforcement system is ‘ineffective’, ‘unproductive’ and puts council staff at a ‘high risk’ of being attacked. Photograph: Tom Honan The litter enforcement system is ‘ineffective’, ‘unproductive’ and puts council staff at a ‘high risk’ of being attacked. Photograph: Tom Honan](/polopoly_fs/1.4879064.1652641329!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- May 16, 2022, 02:00
Owen Keegan highlights difficulty of cracking down on litter louts due to attacks on staff
![Level crossing at Ashtown, Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times Level crossing at Ashtown, Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4878948.1652636513!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- May 16, 2022, 01:00
Dart + West project plans to close six roads to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála shortly
![Poolbeg power station. Technical studies have identified the need to replace cables linking substations at North Wall and Poolbeg; Finglas and North Wall; Poolbeg and Carrickmines; and two cables linking Inchicore and Poolbeg. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan Poolbeg power station. Technical studies have identified the need to replace cables linking substations at North Wall and Poolbeg; Finglas and North Wall; Poolbeg and Carrickmines; and two cables linking Inchicore and Poolbeg. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan](/polopoly_fs/1.4878963.1652634037!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- May 16, 2022, 00:01
Fifty kilometres of underground electricity cables to be replaced from 2024
![Almost all of the new homes at O’Devaney Gardens will be apartments, with just 43 houses and duplexes. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times Almost all of the new homes at O’Devaney Gardens will be apartments, with just 43 houses and duplexes. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4875973.1652299656!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- May 11, 2022, 21:07
Earlier ruling change could have blocked developer from selling half of apartments to investors
![Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said the scheme was designed to increase housing supply in cities and give people the choice to buy apartments. File photograph: Dara Mac Donaill Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said the scheme was designed to increase housing supply in cities and give people the choice to buy apartments. File photograph: Dara Mac Donaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4874690.1652185935!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- May 10, 2022, 13:30
Croí Cónaithe aims to bridge the ‘construction viability gap’
![Build-to-rent apartments do not have to have to comply with minimum size standards required in homes for sale. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Build-to-rent apartments do not have to have to comply with minimum size standards required in homes for sale. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4874022.1652127168!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- May 9, 2022, 21:12
Office of the Planning Regulator to be called to meeting of Dublin City Council
![Olympian Kellie Harrington is the first boxer to receive the honour. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times Olympian Kellie Harrington is the first boxer to receive the honour. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4873882.1652120482!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- May 9, 2022, 19:22
Feminist activist Ailbhe Smyth and psychologist Mary Aiken also in line for the honour
![Archbishop Dermot Farrell: ‘The Bishops’ Conference indicated their desire that redundant parish properties should, as in the past, whenever appropriate, be made available for housing and especially social housing.’ Photograph: Alan Betson Archbishop Dermot Farrell: ‘The Bishops’ Conference indicated their desire that redundant parish properties should, as in the past, whenever appropriate, be made available for housing and especially social housing.’ Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4870721.1651781955!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- May 5, 2022, 21:19
Owen Keegan recommending against using sites for housing seen as ‘short-sighted’
![Dublin City Council acquired the lease on Tolka Park in Drumcondra, the home of Shelbourne football club, in 2016, with the intention of selling the land to fund the redevelopment of Dalymount Park in Phibsborough. Dublin City Council acquired the lease on Tolka Park in Drumcondra, the home of Shelbourne football club, in 2016, with the intention of selling the land to fund the redevelopment of Dalymount Park in Phibsborough.](/polopoly_fs/1.4870594.1651771017!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Soccer
- May 5, 2022, 18:17
Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan recommends no change to zoning
![Dublin City manager Owen Keegan. File photograph: Cyril Byrne Dublin City manager Owen Keegan. File photograph: Cyril Byrne](/polopoly_fs/1.4869617.1651695829!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- May 5, 2022, 04:00
Council poised to reject plans to rezone sites, including historic churches, for housing
![Council’s analysis of BTR applications since January 2018 shows ‘virtually no three-bed or family units have been proposed or permitted’. Photograph: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/ Bloomberg Council’s analysis of BTR applications since January 2018 shows ‘virtually no three-bed or family units have been proposed or permitted’. Photograph: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/ Bloomberg](/polopoly_fs/1.4867660.1651515046!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- May 3, 2022, 00:00
Large numbers of people on waiting list due to be housed in build-to-rent blocks
![Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan. Photograph: Cyril Byrne Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan. Photograph: Cyril Byrne](/polopoly_fs/1.4867019.1651436966!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- May 2, 2022, 03:00
City council to defy planning regulator’s warning against build-to-rent curbs
![A study by scientists at Maynooth University confirmed the sea in Dublin Bay is rising at approximately double the rate of global sea levels. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times A study by scientists at Maynooth University confirmed the sea in Dublin Bay is rising at approximately double the rate of global sea levels. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4866611.1651315987!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- April 30, 2022, 11:54
Global sea levels factored into flood defences says senior council engineer
![Paul McQuaid of River Cycles in Dublin: ‘Everybody talks about the humble bicycle, but humble it ain’t – it really can have a profound effect on people’s lives.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Paul McQuaid of River Cycles in Dublin: ‘Everybody talks about the humble bicycle, but humble it ain’t – it really can have a profound effect on people’s lives.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4865532.1651244892!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- April 30, 2022, 04:05
Paul McQuaid has received donations of more than 500 bikes in one month
![The Cobblestone in Dublin. The Cobblestone in Dublin.](/polopoly_fs/1.4865344.1651233870!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- April 29, 2022, 13:04
Marron Estates Ltd had appealed decision of Dublin City Council to refuse permission for hotel at historic pub
![The LDA has began initial consultation on the redevelopment of the 3.72-hectare site off Thomas Street in the Liberties for hundreds of ’mixed tenure affordable homes’. The LDA has began initial consultation on the redevelopment of the 3.72-hectare site off Thomas Street in the Liberties for hundreds of ’mixed tenure affordable homes’.](/polopoly_fs/1.4864181.1651128110!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- April 28, 2022, 07:42
Hundreds of apartments to be built on 3.72 hectare Liberties site
![The pedestrian zone will end at Strand Street, with the area between Panti Bar and Jack Nealon’s pub to the quays remaining open to traffic. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill The pedestrian zone will end at Strand Street, with the area between Panti Bar and Jack Nealon’s pub to the quays remaining open to traffic. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4863182.1651082555!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- April 27, 2022, 12:37
Local councillors approve plans to ban cars along 400m stretch of city centre street
![Minister of State for Planning Peter Burke orders provision to be deleted on the grounds it was inconsistent with national and regional policies relating to ‘compact growth’. Photograph: Tom Honan Minister of State for Planning Peter Burke orders provision to be deleted on the grounds it was inconsistent with national and regional policies relating to ‘compact growth’. Photograph: Tom Honan](/polopoly_fs/1.4859572.1650645346!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- April 22, 2022, 17:36
Restrictions on build-to-rent also removed from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown development plan
![The LDA’s Project Tosaigh scheme is focused on sites with the potential for more than 150 homes. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg The LDA’s Project Tosaigh scheme is focused on sites with the potential for more than 150 homes. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg](/polopoly_fs/1.4858753.1650569902!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- April 22, 2022, 00:01
More than 100 submissions made to sell large scale housing sites to State agency
![Traders’ organisation DublinTown, which runs the city’s Business Improvement District (BID) scheme, has been given a mandate to continue for another five years, after it won a plebiscite of city businesses. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Traders’ organisation DublinTown, which runs the city’s Business Improvement District (BID) scheme, has been given a mandate to continue for another five years, after it won a plebiscite of city businesses. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw](/polopoly_fs/1.4857475.1650477127!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- April 20, 2022, 15:23
City firms back retention of body behind capital’s Business Improvement District
![In a statement, Dublin Town said its services would not be replaced it if was disbanded. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw In a statement, Dublin Town said its services would not be replaced it if was disbanded. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw](/polopoly_fs/1.4855886.1650302621!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- April 19, 2022, 06:00
DublinTown runs capital’s Business Improvement District scheme
![Man and dog on a beach in Dingle, Co Kerry. Photograph: iStock Man and dog on a beach in Dingle, Co Kerry. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4855242.1650275165!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- April 18, 2022, 03:00
‘One dog foul can contaminate a water body the size of a tennis court,’ says expert
![](/polopoly_fs/1.4853070.1649964293!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- April 14, 2022, 19:48
Ballyogan Regional Temporary Rest Centre to cater for up to 300 a night from next week
![The State-owned National Monument buildings at 14-17 Moore Street are already designated for protection. Photograph: Cyril Byrne The State-owned National Monument buildings at 14-17 Moore Street are already designated for protection. Photograph: Cyril Byrne](/polopoly_fs/1.4851157.1649788586!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Heritage
- April 12, 2022, 19:36
Dublin city planners recommend buildings be added to Record of Protected Structures
![Councils need to ensure development plans became ‘action plans’ for the delivery of homes. Photograph: Alan Betson Councils need to ensure development plans became ‘action plans’ for the delivery of homes. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4849344.1649603856!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- April 11, 2022, 03:46
Rate of housing construction on zoned land is ‘shocking’, Anne Marie O’Connor says
![The O’Devaney Gardens social housing complex near the Phoenix Park in Dublin 7 under construction last year. Photograph: Alan Betson The O’Devaney Gardens social housing complex near the Phoenix Park in Dublin 7 under construction last year. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4849455.1649619167!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- April 10, 2022, 20:32
An Bord Pleanála lifts clause banning bulk sale of apartments following Bartra legal action
![The €2m redesign involves the reconfiguration of the under-utilised park at the southern end of the village to create a green with an ‘amphitheatre-style space’ and bandstand. The €2m redesign involves the reconfiguration of the under-utilised park at the southern end of the village to create a green with an ‘amphitheatre-style space’ and bandstand.](/polopoly_fs/1.4849426.1649613612!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- April 10, 2022, 19:00
Councillors will on Monday vote on revised proposal criticised over loss of parking spaces
![The think-tank’s report also recommends increasing planning levies, a greater use of master plans for large sites, and limiting CPO prices to 25% above the existing value of the land. Photograph: Getty Images The think-tank’s report also recommends increasing planning levies, a greater use of master plans for large sites, and limiting CPO prices to 25% above the existing value of the land. Photograph: Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4847505.1649360755!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- April 7, 2022, 20:45
Think-Tank for Action on Social Change claims housing policy is ‘a major failure’
![Just one successful prosecution for human trafficking has been completed since legislation was introduced 14 years ago. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos Just one successful prosecution for human trafficking has been completed since legislation was introduced 14 years ago. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos](/polopoly_fs/1.4844600.1649104244!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- April 4, 2022, 21:30
Total of 44 trafficking victims recorded by Garda last year, two thirds were women
![Minister for Housing Darragh O Brien (left) and Peter McVerry Trust chief executive Pat Doyle at the launch of the trust’s scheme on Shaw Street, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Minister for Housing Darragh O Brien (left) and Peter McVerry Trust chief executive Pat Doyle at the launch of the trust’s scheme on Shaw Street, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins](/polopoly_fs/1.4844501.1649103399!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- April 4, 2022, 19:18
Up to 5,000 homeless people, about half of total number, need one-bed accommodation
![Illustration of plans for almost 1,000 homes at the site of the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, south Dublin. Illustration of plans for almost 1,000 homes at the site of the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, south Dublin.](/polopoly_fs/1.4840043.1648637255!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- March 30, 2022, 11:00
Height of main apartment block halved to 7 storeys in plans for Central Mental Hospital lands
![Maria Mezhenska was gifted bicycles for herself and her children, Mirra 8 and Mark 13, so she can take them to school. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Maria Mezhenska was gifted bicycles for herself and her children, Mirra 8 and Mark 13, so she can take them to school. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4838352.1648482500!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- March 29, 2022, 01:00
Paul McQuaid will repair donated bikes for arrivals in need of transport
![Once the works are completed there will be bus lanes and segregated cycle lanes. File photograph: Getty Once the works are completed there will be bus lanes and segregated cycle lanes. File photograph: Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4838512.1648490385!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- March 28, 2022, 19:00
Road space needs to be ‘rebalanced’ to provide more room for sustainable transport
![Owen Keegan recently told a cycling symposium the private car remains the preferred choice in Dublin ‘for too many residents and for too many journeys’. Photograph: Alan Betson Owen Keegan recently told a cycling symposium the private car remains the preferred choice in Dublin ‘for too many residents and for too many journeys’. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4837587.1648419717!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- March 28, 2022, 02:00
Road and on-street parking spaces need to be reallocated to cyclists, says council chief executive
![Artist’s impression of the project showing the view towards Fairview. Artist’s impression of the project showing the view towards Fairview.](/polopoly_fs/1.4837442.1648391293!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- March 28, 2022, 00:51
Scheme part of €62m project set to take two years and includes civil engineering works
![Current and former Dublin city councillors together owe more than €146,000 to Dublin City Council in overpaid travel expenses. Photograph: iStock Current and former Dublin city councillors together owe more than €146,000 to Dublin City Council in overpaid travel expenses. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4835284.1648138582!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- March 24, 2022, 16:16
Council claims responsibility as audit finds excess travel rates had been paid since 2018
![Construction work on the metro’s terminus at Charlemont alongside the building of an office block has already started. Photograph: Alan Betson Construction work on the metro’s terminus at Charlemont alongside the building of an office block has already started. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4833512.1647984693!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- March 22, 2022, 19:21
Construction work costing €12.5m has already gone ahead
![Most of the homes, a total of 8,057, have been upgraded with cavity wall insulation; attic, tanks and pipes insulation; roof and wall ventilation; draught-proofing; and cylinder lagging jackets. Photograph: iStock Most of the homes, a total of 8,057, have been upgraded with cavity wall insulation; attic, tanks and pipes insulation; roof and wall ventilation; draught-proofing; and cylinder lagging jackets. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4830661.1647636489!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- March 19, 2022, 01:00
BER to go from F to B2, with potential savings of up to €800 a year amid rising fuel costs
![Questions also focus on changes in work patterns. Questions also focus on changes in work patterns.](/polopoly_fs/1.4830576.1647628582!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- March 18, 2022, 18:36
Topics added to inform planning of public policy and services in years ahead, says CSO
![Inside one of the new chillers used to produce chilled water for cooling patient areas, theatres, wards and diagnostic equipment at St James’s Hospital are Edel Wyse, Carbon and Energy Fund Ireland; John Lambe, Veolia Ireland; Vincent Callan, director of campus development at St James’s; and Kyle Wylie, engineering manager at St James’s Inside one of the new chillers used to produce chilled water for cooling patient areas, theatres, wards and diagnostic equipment at St James’s Hospital are Edel Wyse, Carbon and Energy Fund Ireland; John Lambe, Veolia Ireland; Vincent Callan, director of campus development at St James’s; and Kyle Wylie, engineering manager at St James’s](/polopoly_fs/1.4829754.1647535637!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- March 18, 2022, 01:42
St James’s €15 million upgrade facilitates exit from emissions trading system
![Illustration of planned Kilcarbery estate Illustration of planned Kilcarbery estate](/polopoly_fs/1.4828772.1647448197!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- March 16, 2022, 16:30
Kilcarbery, Clondalkin: South Dublin County Council selling houses from €245,600 to €285,300
![Charlotte Sheridan, new president of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland: ‘When it comes to build-to-rent, we have to make sure we get that mix of tenure and multigenerational homes in urban areas.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Charlotte Sheridan, new president of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland: ‘When it comes to build-to-rent, we have to make sure we get that mix of tenure and multigenerational homes in urban areas.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4825868.1647209018!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- March 14, 2022, 03:55
Strategic Housing Development scheme a ‘knee-jerk reaction’ to accommodation crisis
![The city council’s southeast area committee was expected to consider the renaming proposal on Monday, but the motion has been dropped. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos The city council’s southeast area committee was expected to consider the renaming proposal on Monday, but the motion has been dropped. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos](/polopoly_fs/1.4825881.1647212543!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- March 14, 2022, 01:00
Many locals did not want the move for site of Russian embassy, councillor says
![Mr Richmond said the decision to run trams to Sunday timetables over the two days amounted to a “direct dereliction of responsibility of duty by LUAS. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times Mr Richmond said the decision to run trams to Sunday timetables over the two days amounted to a “direct dereliction of responsibility of duty by LUAS. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4825785.1647199669!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Consumer
- March 13, 2022, 19:27
Tram operator Transdev rejects Neale Richmond’s comments
![Dublin City Council will now prepare a report for councillors on how to fill the vacant seat. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times Dublin City Council will now prepare a report for councillors on how to fill the vacant seat. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4820850.1646685673!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- March 7, 2022, 20:41
Councillors voted against nominee to fill seat vacant since Independent’s death last August
![Citizens’ assembly meeting in Dublin in 2017 debate climate action. Photograph: Tom Honan. Citizens’ assembly meeting in Dublin in 2017 debate climate action. Photograph: Tom Honan.](/polopoly_fs/1.4819934.1646599452!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- March 7, 2022, 00:01
Directly elected mayor for Dublin to be discussed at forum
![The new bus route was to run from Heuston Station to Broombridge Station in Cabra. Photograph: Bryan O Brien The new bus route was to run from Heuston Station to Broombridge Station in Cabra. Photograph: Bryan O Brien](/polopoly_fs/1.4815671.1646169293!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- March 2, 2022, 04:00
Cabra gate on park’s north side ‘too narrow’ for planned service
![The strategy will also focus on finding a solution to the problem of illegal parking. Photograph: Alan Betson The strategy will also focus on finding a solution to the problem of illegal parking. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4813449.1646031137!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- February 28, 2022, 01:00
Park can no longer be ‘quasi-dumping ground for parking’, says OPW Minister
![Emma Brereton, market director of We Love Markets, Digital Hub chief executive Fiach Mac Conghail and Tara McGuinness of We Love Markets at the launch of a new monthly Sunday market to take place at the Digital Hub in Dublin’s Liberties. Photograph: Shane O’Neill/Coalesce Emma Brereton, market director of We Love Markets, Digital Hub chief executive Fiach Mac Conghail and Tara McGuinness of We Love Markets at the launch of a new monthly Sunday market to take place at the Digital Hub in Dublin’s Liberties. Photograph: Shane O’Neill/Coalesce](/polopoly_fs/1.4813542.1645986686!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Consumer
- February 28, 2022, 00:01
Digital Hub market begins on March 20th
![Kilcarbery development: Online applications will open at noon on March 1st and close at 4pm on March 11th. Kilcarbery development: Online applications will open at noon on March 1st and close at 4pm on March 11th.](/polopoly_fs/1.4812425.1645825392!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- February 25, 2022, 21:44
Kilcarbery, Clondalkin: South Dublin County Council selling houses from €245,600 to €285,300
![South Dublin County Council plans to redevelop the centre of the historic village, with a new ‘shared space’ for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers being created beside the village green South Dublin County Council plans to redevelop the centre of the historic village, with a new ‘shared space’ for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers being created beside the village green](/polopoly_fs/1.4811379.1645723234!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- February 25, 2022, 01:00
Objectors to village green plan fear it will create a pedestrian wasteland
![Hundreds of people take part in a cycle in Galway on February 13th to support the proposed new cycleway in Salthill. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy Hundreds of people take part in a cycle in Galway on February 13th to support the proposed new cycleway in Salthill. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy](/polopoly_fs/1.4806334.1645204964!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- February 19, 2022, 05:05
Despite clear social and environmental benefits, cycleways are opposed by many, so how can plans to spend hundreds of millions on (...)
![City planner John O’Hara last month said the policy changes were an attempt to return a ‘diversity’ of housing types to Dublin City. Photograph: iStock City planner John O’Hara last month said the policy changes were an attempt to return a ‘diversity’ of housing types to Dublin City. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4803032.1644936646!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- February 15, 2022, 14:50
Dublin City Development Plan sought to restrict rental-only apartment blocks
![A digital image of what the Kilcarbery cost-rental scheme in Clondalkin in Dublin will look like when completed. Photograph: Tuath Housing A digital image of what the Kilcarbery cost-rental scheme in Clondalkin in Dublin will look like when completed. Photograph: Tuath Housing](/polopoly_fs/1.4794010.1643995811!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- February 7, 2022, 01:22
One-beds to rent for about €1,000 a month with two-beds at €1,200
![Permission is being sought for 162 apartments on a Prussia Street site that was at the centre of protests last October when alleged squatters were ordered to vacate the land. File photograph: The Irish Times Permission is being sought for 162 apartments on a Prussia Street site that was at the centre of protests last October when alleged squatters were ordered to vacate the land. File photograph: The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4791281.1643747471!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- February 1, 2022, 19:59
Randelswood Construction wants to build 107 one-bed, 53 two-bed and two three-bed units
![A 2019 image of how the proposed plaza on Liffey Street might look. Photograph: Dublin city Council A 2019 image of how the proposed plaza on Liffey Street might look. Photograph: Dublin city Council](/polopoly_fs/1.4791193.1643738831!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- February 1, 2022, 18:07
Liffey Street plaza plan requires southern end of Capel Street “to be kept open” to traffic
![Just one large scale BTR scheme has been granted in the docklands, 702 apartments at Castleforbes off Sherriff Street. Just one large scale BTR scheme has been granted in the docklands, 702 apartments at Castleforbes off Sherriff Street.](/polopoly_fs/1.4789908.1643663433!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- January 31, 2022, 21:00
Moves to restrict rental-only schemes come amid a rash of applications for BTRs
![The Richmond Road complex would have 104 one-bedroom and 79 two-bedroom apartments. The Richmond Road complex would have 104 one-bedroom and 79 two-bedroom apartments.](/polopoly_fs/1.4790079.1643648298!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- January 31, 2022, 16:58
Rental-only blocks of 10 and 13 storeys proposed for Drumcondra and Grangegorman
![Artist’s impression of the project showing the view towards Fairview Artist’s impression of the project showing the view towards Fairview](/polopoly_fs/1.4788197.1643398946!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 28, 2022, 19:46
Project was priced at €20m three years ago but 'public realm upgrades' drove costs up
![The increase in parking charges of about 10 per cent across all zones was approved by Dublin city councillors in late 2019. File photograph: David Sleator The increase in parking charges of about 10 per cent across all zones was approved by Dublin city councillors in late 2019. File photograph: David Sleator](/polopoly_fs/1.4786357.1643215963!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Consumer
- January 26, 2022, 16:52
City centre on-street parking to cost €3.50 per hour from February 1st
![Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan: traffic ban had been ‘transformative’ for the town. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan: traffic ban had been ‘transformative’ for the town. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins](/polopoly_fs/1.4784805.1643055803!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 24, 2022, 20:26
Council says it has secured funding for permanent pedestrianisation of New Street
![Nearly €30 million will be used to replace and upgrade “first generation cycle and walking facilities”. Photograph: Getty Images Nearly €30 million will be used to replace and upgrade “first generation cycle and walking facilities”. Photograph: Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4784501.1643053169!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 24, 2022, 14:04
Vital we do not allow return to traffic gridlock, Minister for Transport says
![A widened footpath on Capel Street last summer ahead of pedestrianisation trials at weekends. Photograph: Alan Betson A widened footpath on Capel Street last summer ahead of pedestrianisation trials at weekends. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4783931.1642964814!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 24, 2022, 01:00
Liffey Street plaza plans likely to prevent full pedestrianisation of northside street
![Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland: The policy change aims to encourage “high-standard, long-term, secure and sustainable housing”. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland: The policy change aims to encourage “high-standard, long-term, secure and sustainable housing”. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4783946.1642965763!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 24, 2022, 00:01
Under new capital city development plan complexes must include apartments for sale
![The council secured 12 repossession orders in the courts last year, while three ‘lump sum settlements’ of €30,500 in total were made. The council secured 12 repossession orders in the courts last year, while three ‘lump sum settlements’ of €30,500 in total were made.](/polopoly_fs/1.4781827.1642708984!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- January 21, 2022, 01:00
Just over 64% of council’s 25,000 tenants in arrears and 41 owe more than €27,000
![Computer-generated image of metro for Dublin Computer-generated image of metro for Dublin](/polopoly_fs/1.4780746.1642620621!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 20, 2022, 03:00
Dublin should follow example of Rome, Paolo Serpi says
![“The rationale for restricting access of domesticated animals to beaches is that among the most common hazards in bathing waters are microbial pathogens introduced by faecal contamination from humans and animals,” says Ian Diamond, An Taisce’s coastal awards manager. “The rationale for restricting access of domesticated animals to beaches is that among the most common hazards in bathing waters are microbial pathogens introduced by faecal contamination from humans and animals,” says Ian Diamond, An Taisce’s coastal awards manager.](/polopoly_fs/1.4779912.1642539098!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 19, 2022, 01:28
Local authorities advised of international health and safety standards on bathing areas
![St Teresa’s Gardens: The number of homes expected to be delivered as part of the development is estimated to be reduced from 700 to about 540. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons St Teresa’s Gardens: The number of homes expected to be delivered as part of the development is estimated to be reduced from 700 to about 540. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons](/polopoly_fs/1.4778572.1642427622!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- January 17, 2022, 13:54
Number of homes delivered in development to be reduced, councillors told
![New LDA chair Cormac O’Rourke was previously chairman of Transport Infrastructure Ireland New LDA chair Cormac O’Rourke was previously chairman of Transport Infrastructure Ireland](/polopoly_fs/1.4776816.1642191196!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- January 14, 2022, 19:57
Appointment ends nine-month search for John Moran replacement
![Moore Street: Patrick Pearse surrendered to British forces from this terrace of houses on the street at the end of the 1916 Easter Rising. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw Moore Street: Patrick Pearse surrendered to British forces from this terrace of houses on the street at the end of the 1916 Easter Rising. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw](/polopoly_fs/1.4775935.1642114463!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- January 14, 2022, 01:01
UK group Hammerson secures first permissions for former Carlton site in Dublin city
![An image of the development for Moore Street including a planned archway as envisaged in June. Illustration: Hammerson An image of the development for Moore Street including a planned archway as envisaged in June. Illustration: Hammerson](/polopoly_fs/1.4775858.1642157777!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- January 13, 2022, 17:33
Local campaigners to appeal approval for mixed scheme which would ‘destroy’ Moore Street
![Legislation will put the Construction Industry Register Ireland on a statutory footing but it will continue to be operated by the Construction Industry Federation. Photograph: iStock Legislation will put the Construction Industry Register Ireland on a statutory footing but it will continue to be operated by the Construction Industry Federation. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4775027.1642027149!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- January 12, 2022, 22:39
New Bill requires builders to sign up to statutory register but not for two more years
![The number of homes in a new Dublin City Council housing scheme will have to be halved to accommodate tram ‘stables’ for the new Luas line extension to Finglas. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times The number of homes in a new Dublin City Council housing scheme will have to be halved to accommodate tram ‘stables’ for the new Luas line extension to Finglas. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4774211.1641934733!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- January 12, 2022, 04:26
Local authority had been given permission for 120 social and affordable homes at Cabra site
![While the situation had since stabilised to a degree, staff absences remained at a level that would ‘impact on service delivery’, chief fire officer Dennis Keeley said. Photograph: Aidan Crawley While the situation had since stabilised to a degree, staff absences remained at a level that would ‘impact on service delivery’, chief fire officer Dennis Keeley said. Photograph: Aidan Crawley](/polopoly_fs/1.4773272.1641847344!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- January 10, 2022, 20:42
‘Number of appliances’ could not be operated on New Year’s Eve, says chief fire officer
![Dublin City Council plans to install speed ramps on Strand Road after an analysis found that some 1,800 lorries and cars broke the 50km/h speed limit daily. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell Dublin City Council plans to install speed ramps on Strand Road after an analysis found that some 1,800 lorries and cars broke the 50km/h speed limit daily. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell](/polopoly_fs/1.4769632.1641409859!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 6, 2022, 06:00
No lorries using the road had permits, according to Dublin City Council
![An OPW contractor cleans the glass on one of the gas-lit street lamps in Phoenix Park. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell An OPW contractor cleans the glass on one of the gas-lit street lamps in Phoenix Park. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell](/polopoly_fs/1.4768015.1641231042!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 4, 2022, 02:39
Multimillion investment will result in environmental savings for the city
![Dublin City Council will this year begin a four-year programme to replace some 40,000 old street lights with LED technology. Photograph: Alan Betson Dublin City Council will this year begin a four-year programme to replace some 40,000 old street lights with LED technology. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4768030.1641231766!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 4, 2022, 02:00
Orange streets lights so familiar overhead in capital city to be replaced by LEDs
![The Irish Business Against Litter (Ibal) report shows PPE waste at record levels, with an increase in the presence of both masks and gloves. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill The Irish Business Against Litter (Ibal) report shows PPE waste at record levels, with an increase in the presence of both masks and gloves. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4768090.1641243117!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 4, 2022, 00:01
Dublin’s north inner city dirtiest place in the State – An Taisce report
![Howth Presbyterian church clerk of session Margaret McKenna Clerk and minister Alastair Dunlop are criticising Fingal County Council plans for a cycle lane. Photograph: Alan Betson Howth Presbyterian church clerk of session Margaret McKenna Clerk and minister Alastair Dunlop are criticising Fingal County Council plans for a cycle lane. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4767489.1641141768!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- January 3, 2022, 01:00
Cycle lane decision ‘plain wrong’ as Howth Presbyterian church parking will be blocked
![Principal Naomi Rousseau, centre, with, from left, parent Tara Clarke, special educational needs co-ordinator Hannah Goulden, and parents Jonathan Bell and Susan Connolly in the school playground, at St Matthew’s National School in Sandymount, Dublin. Photograph: Laura Hutton Principal Naomi Rousseau, centre, with, from left, parent Tara Clarke, special educational needs co-ordinator Hannah Goulden, and parents Jonathan Bell and Susan Connolly in the school playground, at St Matthew’s National School in Sandymount, Dublin. Photograph: Laura Hutton](/polopoly_fs/1.4765546.1640794429!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- January 1, 2022, 01:00
Apartments on former petrol station site would overlook playground and classrooms
![A report claims there are at least 100 ‘crack houses’ in Tallaght, where smoking, injecting, selling and manufacturing of the highly-addictive drug is occurring. Photograph: Getty Images A report claims there are at least 100 ‘crack houses’ in Tallaght, where smoking, injecting, selling and manufacturing of the highly-addictive drug is occurring. Photograph: Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4766167.1640902304!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- December 31, 2021, 03:00
New funding does not cover the services for drug users in Jobstown and Killinarden, says task force
![The Magazine Fort complex in the Phoenix Park. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien The Magazine Fort complex in the Phoenix Park. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien](/polopoly_fs/1.4764409.1640722690!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- December 29, 2021, 02:45
Dublin city landmark, which has fallen into dereliction, to be restored and opened to public
![Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force co-ordinator Grace Hill: ‘The supports which Jadd and Carp are providing are essential to keeping people alive.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force co-ordinator Grace Hill: ‘The supports which Jadd and Carp are providing are essential to keeping people alive.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4764538.1640632022!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- December 28, 2021, 00:01
Two projects support users of crack cocaine, and will run out of funds by December 31st
![Clúid launched the State’s first cost rental homes in Taylor Hill, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Clúid launched the State’s first cost rental homes in Taylor Hill, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw](/polopoly_fs/1.4761159.1640097652!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- December 24, 2021, 05:45
Despite slow start, cost rental has potential to lower rents and create more mixed estates
![Musa Tshikota and Emma Lebogang Rakgotho with two of their children, Cassie (1) and Kaylie (4), who are happily renting in Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson Musa Tshikota and Emma Lebogang Rakgotho with two of their children, Cassie (1) and Kaylie (4), who are happily renting in Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4761142.1640096304!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- December 24, 2021, 05:03
‘There was only one four-bed house, and we had been picked out. It was so very, very lucky’
![The Peter McVerry Trust was granted a waiver by Dublin City Council from having to seek planning permission to use 99 and 100 Lower Baggot Street for 74 emergency accommodation beds. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times The Peter McVerry Trust was granted a waiver by Dublin City Council from having to seek planning permission to use 99 and 100 Lower Baggot Street for 74 emergency accommodation beds. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4762448.1640210186!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- December 22, 2021, 21:13
Baggot Street firms say McVerry Trust should not have been granted exemption
![Local organisations held a protest on Thursday night outside the Archbishop’s Palace on the Drumcondra Road, appealing to be permitted back into the hall. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Local organisations held a protest on Thursday night outside the Archbishop’s Palace on the Drumcondra Road, appealing to be permitted back into the hall. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4757379.1639684538!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Social Affairs
- December 16, 2021, 19:56
Community groups denied access to Corpus Christi hall due to ‘fire safety concerns’
![A Dublin City Council conference on vacant buildings heard there was a need to attract the suburban shopper back to the city centre with a more diverse offering. Photograph: Getty Images A Dublin City Council conference on vacant buildings heard there was a need to attract the suburban shopper back to the city centre with a more diverse offering. Photograph: Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4756344.1639593056!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- December 15, 2021, 18:30
Property consultant says more diverse offering needed to attract suburban shoppers back to city centre
![Deansgrange Cemetery. The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s director of services, Robert Burns, said the route would be implemented in a ‘sensitive, tasteful and respectful manner’. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Deansgrange Cemetery. The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s director of services, Robert Burns, said the route would be implemented in a ‘sensitive, tasteful and respectful manner’. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw](/polopoly_fs/1.4754502.1639430801!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- December 13, 2021, 21:42
Using the graveyard will avoid the need to disrupt traffic, says council
![Under the plans grants of more than €25,000 will be offered to individual householders to help pay for increasing their home’s energy efficiency. Photograph: Getty Under the plans grants of more than €25,000 will be offered to individual householders to help pay for increasing their home’s energy efficiency. Photograph: Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4751506.1644324389!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- December 9, 2021, 19:10
Households want to use renewable energy but need more State support
![The preliminary business case was also approved for the wider Dart+ programme. Photograph: Tom Honan The preliminary business case was also approved for the wider Dart+ programme. Photograph: Tom Honan](/polopoly_fs/1.4749470.1638914574!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- December 7, 2021, 22:03
Application to be lodged with An Bord Pleanála next year
![Storm Barra hits the coast in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Storm Barra hits the coast in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4749435.1638911036!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- December 7, 2021, 21:04
Trees, trampolines and debris removed from roads across the capital
![George’s Dock at the IFSC: It was the white-water rafting plan’s champion, council chief executive Owen Keegan, who pulled the plug when funding did not come on stream. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw George’s Dock at the IFSC: It was the white-water rafting plan’s champion, council chief executive Owen Keegan, who pulled the plug when funding did not come on stream. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw](/polopoly_fs/1.4749425.1638909725!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- December 7, 2021, 20:42
Alternative water project for Dublin’s George’s Dock might not be dead in water
![Anthony Flynn, the former chief executive of Inner City Helping Homeless, had been under investigation by gardaí in relation to two alleged sexual assaults at the time of his death. Photograph: Alan Betson Anthony Flynn, the former chief executive of Inner City Helping Homeless, had been under investigation by gardaí in relation to two alleged sexual assaults at the time of his death. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4748472.1638827780!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- December 6, 2021, 21:56
Seat vacant since Independent’s death last August could remain empty until 2024
![Dun Leary House at corner of Dun Leary Hill. A new proposal aims to add four storeys to the protected structure. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill Dun Leary House at corner of Dun Leary Hill. A new proposal aims to add four storeys to the protected structure. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4747368.1638727718!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Heritage
- December 6, 2021, 01:00
Developer wants to remove roof and add four storeys to protected 19th-century property
![The Lyric Theatre stands on a sloping site at triangular junction between the grid pattern of Belfast’s brick streetscape and the serpentine parkland of the river Lagan. The Lyric Theatre stands on a sloping site at triangular junction between the grid pattern of Belfast’s brick streetscape and the serpentine parkland of the river Lagan.](/polopoly_fs/1.4747321.1638724085!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Art & Design
- December 6, 2021, 01:00
RIAI ‘exceptional merit’ award for the ‘open and welcoming’ Lyric Theatre in Belfast
![A road sign at Fairview, Dublin, showing the new city centre speed limit of 30km/h. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill A road sign at Fairview, Dublin, showing the new city centre speed limit of 30km/h. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4746057.1638546563!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Environment
- December 3, 2021, 15:47
New street signs to direct motorists to drive very slowly in shared spaces