The Irish Times

Dublin City Council owed €38m in unpaid rent

Just over 64% of council’s 25,000 tenants in arrears and 41 owe more than €27,000

Fri Jan 21 2022 - 01:00

Investment fund in social housing lease for €40m apartments

Tuath to lease Hampton Wood from Ires Reit for undisclosed sum

Tue Jul 13 2021 - 22:52

Councillors back rezoning that could allow 2,200 homes in north Dublin

Dublin City Councillors support plan for 100-acre Finglas site by 43 votes to 17

Mon Jun 14 2021 - 22:59

Dublin council set to cancel traditional Halloween events due to coronavirus

Council management concerned that illegal bonfires are likely to replace official events

Thu Sept 03 2020 - 01:00

Work to level 50-year-old Ballymun shopping centre starts

Shops and apartments to be built on site which is designated as a future metro station

Mon Jun 22 2020 - 01:00

Rats big enough for ‘saddles’ infest Dublin

HSE rat-control services have been curtailed during the coronavirus pandemic

Mon Jun 15 2020 - 09:30

City council to spend €35m on 92 Finglas homes

Houses and apartments will cost an average of €380,400 in area dominated by social housing

Mon Nov 19 2018 - 01:00

Surge in drug crime but Garda drug units remain depleted

Total number of gardaí assigned to drug units continues to decline

Thu Oct 04 2018 - 20:33

Demolition of Ballymun shopping centre imminent

Council secures vacant possession of 50-year-old dilapidated complex

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 00:48

Metro Hotel fire families face an uncertain future

Those made homeless by the blaze fear being left on the streets amid housing crisis

Wed Apr 04 2018 - 19:41

People whose homes destroyed in Ballymun fire facing destitution

Tenants put up in local hotels are told ‘accommodation supports’ end on April 4th

Sat Mar 31 2018 - 01:00

Councillors approve demolition of Ballymun shopping centre

Demolition first proposed more than 20 years ago

Thu Mar 22 2018 - 01:00

Sinn Féin members told to stop airing their grievances in public

SF chair warns representatives they will face disciplinary action if they continue to do so

Sat Feb 10 2018 - 01:00

Sinn Féin may take action against Dessie Ellis

Party tells TD remarks about Noeleen O’Reilly ‘out of order’

Tue Feb 06 2018 - 01:00

Sinn Féin loses 13 public representatives over bullying claims

Noeleen Reilly latest to claim she was victim of bullying campaign

Mon Feb 05 2018 - 20:47

Sinn Féin councillor Noeleen Reilly resigns from party

Sinn Féin wants Reilly to give her seat on Dublin City Council back to the party

Mon Feb 05 2018 - 14:56

More than 600 seek to buy 41 affordable houses in Ballymun

Scheme yet to receive planning permission and will take at least 18 months to finish

Mon Jul 24 2017 - 01:00

Pyrite costs in Dublin social housing estates exceed €12m

Rehousing residents is increasing social housing waiting list, says Noeleen Reilly (SF)

Fri Jul 07 2017 - 01:00

Homeless families to be housed permanently in modular housing

Dublin City Council plans to offer permanent tenancies in ‘temporary’ rapid-build homes

Mon May 15 2017 - 10:37

Parents ‘angry’ over closure of Drumcondra crèche

Date of move, which will impact 20 staff and over 100 children, put back by two months

Fri May 12 2017 - 13:19

Dublin Fire Brigade protest changes to call and dispatch services

Firefighters gathered at 12 fire stations across Dublin on Saturday to protest changes

Sat Mar 04 2017 - 18:29

Dublin council under fire over new housing list figures

Thousands may have been dropped from the list for failing to return questionnaires

Tue Jan 17 2017 - 01:00

Dublin council urged to explain €6.6m loan to building company

Authority gave interest-free loan to firm to fund Ballymun project and litigation

Sat Jan 14 2017 - 01:00

Over 40,000 people to have bin charge debts wiped out

Dublin City Council plans to pursue more than 900 other clients over unpaid levies

Tue Nov 22 2016 - 01:13

Ballymun renewal produced ‘highly skewed’ housing mix

Social housing should be restricted to 10% in future developments, says council

Wed Nov 09 2016 - 01:00

Dublin City Council owed €17m for Ballymun regeneration

Department of Housing fails to respond to council housing committee

Mon Sept 19 2016 - 12:32

Regenerating Ballymun: new aspirations, old problems?

Demolishing the high-rise towers of the Dublin housing complex took years, and replacing them has been a challenge. Now it’s time to invest in its social and economic life

Sat Jul 23 2016 - 05:45

Dublin council to finalise plans for over 1,300 new homes

Building programme is authority’s most ambitious since the regeneration of Ballymun

Tue Apr 12 2016 - 01:00

Modular housing for homeless families delayed again

Dublin City Council says 22 Ballymun homes will not be ready until the middle of May

Sat Mar 26 2016 - 01:00