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Pat Kenny stokes fears of dystopian Dublin with accounts of rampant criminality

Radio: The Newstalk host hears lurid tales of urban crime. Over on Today FM, Matt Cooper has a more upbeat take on the capital’s future

Fri Oct 11 2024 - 05:00

Bruce Arnold’s funeral: ‘What a time we’ve been through, from John McCormack to Bambie Thug’

Mourners told how ‘multifaceted, tenacious’ journalist, who died aged 87, took a privacy case against the State which was ‘the final undoing of Charles Haughey’

Mon May 13 2024 - 18:12

Why is the Dublin Region Homeless Executive facing criticism over Ringsend hub plan?

Mary Hayes, DRHE director, said she had not issued any ‘formal’ notice to councillors in relation to the use of the building for homeless accommodation and it would not be ‘normal’ practice to do so

Wed Jan 03 2024 - 05:00

Labour leader Ivana Bacik among objectors to new Dublin hotel

ORHRE Camden Row Ltd recently lodged plans for a seven-storey, 195-bedroom hotel at 12 Camden Row

Mon Jul 10 2023 - 20:33

Final votes to be cast on future of Dublin business group

DublinTown runs capital’s Business Improvement District scheme

Tue Apr 19 2022 - 06:00

Vote to replace Anthony Flynn on Dublin City Council defeated

Councillors voted against nominee to fill seat vacant since Independent’s death last August

Mon Mar 07 2022 - 20:41

Dublin Mayor aims to target open drug dealing and homelessness in city

Alison Gilliland says issues are priority for group tackling problems in city centre

Fri Sept 03 2021 - 18:47

Sandymount residents call for traffic calming on Strand Road

Traffic volumes on coast road damaging environment, health and safety

Mon Aug 30 2021 - 01:39

Deansgrange businesses preparing legal action over cycle route

Group claims council plan to introduce one-way traffic could cause ‘immense disruption’

Wed Aug 18 2021 - 03:00

Sandymount cycle path ruling to spur ‘vast number of cases’

Legal challenge to Dún Laoghaire and Liffey cycleways likely, says Cllr Mannix Flynn

Mon Aug 02 2021 - 01:00

Sandymount cyclepath ruling could have ‘devastating’ impact on future projects

Dublin City Council to appeal High Court order to halt work on Strand Road project

Sat Jul 31 2021 - 03:46

Dublin Bay South byelection turnout will have strong bearing on outcome

Contest likely to be a two-horse race between FG’s James Geoghegan and Labour’s Ivana Bacik

Thu Jul 08 2021 - 01:00

Northern hospitality group gets permission for hotel off Capel Street

Beannchor owns five-star Merchant Hotel in Belfast

Wed Jun 23 2021 - 17:13

Dublin City councillors to be offered counselling services

Entitlement to services worth €600 per year aims to help public representatives deal with stress and trauma associated with work

Sun May 30 2021 - 12:20

Anti-social behaviour crackdown planned for Dublin city social housing

Council has had ‘no teeth’ to evict problem tenants due to hiatus in legislation

Thu Mar 25 2021 - 01:00

New parking fines of €40 proposed for Dublin city centre

Illegal footpath parking ‘endemic’ in the city, council meeting hears

Wed Feb 03 2021 - 19:29

O’Callaghan hotel group seeks to acquire Dublin City Council flats

Proposal would swap Fenian Street flats with apartments due to be built in 2022

Tue Dec 22 2020 - 06:00

Cycle paths could ‘destroy’ Sandymount

Council devises mitigation measures for village to reduce rat-running risks

Mon Dec 14 2020 - 19:36

Outdoor dining ban for Temple Bar criticised as ‘ludicrous’

Council says reversal of earlier decision comes on foot of fire brigade advice

Fri Dec 11 2020 - 03:00

Dispute over War of Independence plaque at Dublin tenement museum

Council officers oppose move to honour Thomas Bryan, one of the ‘Forgotten 10’

Thu Nov 19 2020 - 01:00

Dublin City Council seeks to use Docklands tower block for social housing

Council interested in acquiring planned 15-storey building if 'price is right'

Thu Oct 29 2020 - 02:06

City council to investigate Central Bank’s bird scaring device

‘It was like an Alfred Hitchcock movie,’ says Docklands resident

Mon Sept 28 2020 - 19:59

Clamping exemption for Dublin hospital workers to end

Special arrangement in place since March to be rescinded at end of month

Tue Aug 11 2020 - 02:05

Public meeting breaks up as locals march on site of homeless hostel

About 100 people attend meeting in central Dublin at which majority opposed facility

Wed Nov 20 2019 - 21:49

Níall Tóibín funeral told of ‘great actor, great comedian and great man’

Late star knew his demons and knew his gifts, says Mass celebrant Fr Brian D’Arcy

Mon Nov 18 2019 - 20:59

State’s largest homeless hostel for single adults to open over Starbucks in Dublin

Avalon House tourist hostel in Dublin to provide accommodation for rough sleepers

Thu Nov 14 2019 - 02:00

Iveagh Markets ‘unsafe’ and in ‘advanced state of dereliction’

Dublin City Council report says repairs on historic building would cost more than €13m

Wed Sept 04 2019 - 02:14

Bid to reverse council decision on Manhattan Cafe redevelopment

Council refused to sanction €1.4m sale of site surrounding the former late-night venue

Fri Aug 30 2019 - 01:00

Parnell Square deal should be investigated by PAC, says councillor

Philanthropic funding cannot be guaranteed for cultural quarter plan after costs escalate

Fri Jul 26 2019 - 01:00

Commuters priced out of capital excluded from Dublin housing scheme

Dubliners working in Mullingar will have more chance of a house than those working in city

Tue May 07 2019 - 01:28

Historic Dublin bakery faces demolition for student scheme

Five-block complex planned for St Peter’s Bakery site on Parnell Street

Mon Mar 25 2019 - 06:00

Seán O’Casey’s last home to be used to house Dublin’s homeless

Playwright wrote works including ‘The Plough and the Stars’ in the North Circular Road house

Thu Mar 14 2019 - 00:29

Councillors approve Dublin city centre parking fee increases

Certain city centre parking rates will increase by about 10% from July 1st

Mon Feb 04 2019 - 23:17

College Green plaza must not be abandoned, Dublin city councillors say

Council considering seeking judicial review of plaza refusal

Mon Nov 05 2018 - 22:33