Luas celebrates 20th anniversary with passenger numbers for this year set to hit 50 millionWritten off by some before its launch in 2004, Dublin’s tram system confounded its critics but has had to deal with riots and increased antisocial behaviourSun Jun 30 2024 - 06:00
Plans for next Dublin Luas line submitted for Government approvalFinglas line could be on track years earlier than expected, says chief executive of State transport agencySat Jun 29 2024 - 06:00
Ministers defend affordable-housing efforts as homes in one scheme to cost up to €475,000Prices for housing in affordable-housing schemes would be higher without Government intervention, says DonohoeWed Jun 26 2024 - 12:56
Dublin ‘affordable’ purchase permutations call purpose of scheme into questionOscar Traynor Road prices highlight dysfunctional market with high earners in line for State supportsWed Jun 26 2024 - 06:00
Dublin city ‘affordable’ homes in Coolock priced at up to €475,000Buyers with incomes over €106,000 will qualify for State-subsidised homes at Oscar Traynor RoadTue Jun 25 2024 - 16:19
Deposit return scheme reduces can and bottle litterSignificant decrease in litter in towns and cities except for Dublin city which remains a ‘blot on the landscape’, report showsMon Jun 24 2024 - 00:01
An Bord Pleanála decision rates decline sharply in 2023Despite additional resources last year only one-quarter of decisions delivered on timeMon Jun 24 2024 - 00:00
Fine Gael takes three out of four mayoral roles in Dublin after voting pactsRise in local property tax under Dublin City Council multi-party deal will not kick in before the general electionFri Jun 21 2024 - 18:57
Plans to increase local property tax in Dublin city confirmed by council ruling groupFine Gael, Fianna Fáil, the Green Party and Labour say extra funding will be spent on street cleaning and housing servicesFri Jun 21 2024 - 12:50
Dubliners facing higher property tax under new council after years of maximum discountFine Gael and Fianna Fáil councillors expected to agree to increases in exchange for Labour supportFri Jun 21 2024 - 06:00
Left alliance on Dublin City Council in doubt over local property tax disputeLabour withdraws from talks over Sinn Féin position on local property taxMon Jun 17 2024 - 20:08
How Dublin City Council’s new anti-migrant councillors will complicate the business of local governmentLocal elections saw three figures calling for tighter immigration controls elected to council. This will complicate the business of local government and traditional voting structuresFri Jun 14 2024 - 13:30
Dublin City Council results: Social Democrats double seat total to 10Fine Gael emerges as largest party while Green Party manages to defy predictions about substantial seat lossesMon Jun 10 2024 - 10:33
Prolific apartment builder offered Castleknock resident €100,000 to drop case against Dublin co-living developmentBartra said it would turn former Brady’s pub into social housing if resident did not withdraw judicial reviewWed Jun 05 2024 - 06:00
Planning appeals: When developers are the ones offering go-away money Builder approached resident in 2018 with offer of cash incentive to withdraw objection to west Dublin co-living schemeWed Jun 05 2024 - 06:00
‘Cyclists are just lumped in with general traffic’: Change is coming for Dublin’s dangerous junctionsOne in four cycling fatalities occur at junctions. Can changes to traffic design make cycling in the city safer?Sun May 12 2024 - 06:00
Rats in Dublin: ‘You can hear them at night, when you’re lying in bed. It really is extremely distressful’Catriona Stack, principal environmental health officer with the HSE, figures out why rats come into homes - and tries to ensure they don’t come backSun May 12 2024 - 05:00
Dublin Port Company scraps plans for multistorey container terminal opposite Sandymount StrandFull site should now be devoted to nature park, says Minister for Transport Eamon RyanThu May 09 2024 - 07:00
Notorious Dublin derelict structure to come into city council ownershipNeary’s pub and hotel on Parnell Street placed on the derelict sites list two years agoMon May 06 2024 - 06:00
Phoenix Park and Army barracks urged as alternative sites for asylum-seekers living in tents at Grand CanalDublin city councillors call for State facilities to be used as temporary encampments for homeless migrant menSun May 05 2024 - 20:29
Dublin city centre 40ft tree to be cut down after fire damage from riots Tree was ‘badly burnt’ during Dublin riots last November and has failed to recoverThu May 02 2024 - 06:00
Attempt by group of councillors to halt Dublin transport plan failsIndependent councillors sought to rerun public consultation but Green and Labour councillors said doing so would delay improvementsMon Apr 29 2024 - 20:54
Elderly and people with disabilities at risk of becoming social housing ‘underclass’Fall in number of homes provided to such people in recent years, says Irish Council for Social HousingWed Apr 24 2024 - 19:25
Michael D Higgins to receive honorary doctorate from former university on Manchester tripPresident attended University of Manchester from 1968 to 1971Tue Apr 23 2024 - 06:00
Q&A: All you need to know about Ireland’s newest national park, Páirc Náisiúnta na MaraPark is mix of formerly privately owned marine and land sites around Kerry, now under management of National Parks and Wildlife ServiceMon Apr 22 2024 - 20:43
What on earth are gantries and why do EV drivers want them?These charging arms are being used by people who have to park on the street, but their days could be numberedSun Apr 21 2024 - 06:00
No ‘smoking gun’ at south Dublin sinkhole, engineer tells councillorsDublin City Council has yet to identify source of void in the heart of SandymountFri Apr 19 2024 - 19:00
HSE engages architects for office plan for Baggot Street HospitalVictorian building should be transferred to Dublin City Council for housing or cultural use, councillor saysFri Apr 19 2024 - 05:00
TU Dublin architecture students propose big increase to Grangegorman accommodation plans No on-campus housing has yet been built for student body of more than 20,000Thu Apr 18 2024 - 06:00
Electric vehicle charging ‘gantries’ would detract from ‘character’ of streets, Eamon Ryan says Some Dublin properties have installed Dutch-designed charging arms to allow cars to be charged without leaving cables on footpathsMon Apr 15 2024 - 18:29
Traffic light cameras will be installed nationwide by next year, Eamon Ryan saysTraffic light cameras will result in automatic fines for drivers captured breaking red lightsMon Apr 15 2024 - 14:05
Electric vehicle ‘charging arms’ opposed by Dublin City CouncilDevice that projects across a footpath ‘high risk to public liability’Sun Apr 14 2024 - 17:28
Almost 400 apartments planned for Dublin’s Grand Canal cost-rental schemeBluebell Waterways apartments will be on side of former canal water ponds in Dublin 12, used in the past to make GuinnessFri Apr 12 2024 - 06:00
‘Bus gates’ on Dublin quays to be implemented in AugustBachelors Walk and Aston Quay will be restricted to public transport only, says council’s head of trafficMon Apr 08 2024 - 22:09
Dublin’s Victorian fruit and vegetable market finally to reopenThe city’s newest food market will be better than the English Market in Cork, says city chief Richard ShakespeareSat Apr 06 2024 - 06:00
Dublin City Council’s new chief: ‘If I can help climate efforts by making it a little more difficult for motorists, well then that’s what I’ll do’Richard Shakespeare, who had a ‘baptism of fire’ during the Dublin riots, lays out his plans for a safer, cleaner, less rundown citySat Apr 06 2024 - 06:00
Too few gardaí, too many ‘ne’er’ do wells’ in Dublin, city’s most senior official claimsNot enough gardaí to police the capital’s streets, says Dublin City Council chief executive Richard ShakespeareWed Apr 03 2024 - 06:00
Embarrassment among reasons why people put off treatment for bowel cancer Bowel cancer is second most common cause of cancer-related death in IrelandTue Apr 02 2024 - 00:01
MetroLink: How plans for several stations have led to concernsMore than 120 parties made submissions on underground rail line during six-week An Bord Pleanála hearingTue Apr 02 2024 - 00:01
Gardaí make fresh appeal in Clondalkin attackYoung man in critical condition after being attacked by group in Dublin on Saturday nightMon Apr 01 2024 - 21:18
Grafton Street’s story: How a downbeat country lane became an upmarket home for A-listers, hotels, Turkish baths and shopsBewley’s, the streets most famous landmark, opened in 1926 with a “double-height Egyptian Revival mosaic pylon-style shopfront”Mon Apr 01 2024 - 06:00
Man in his 60s dies after Kildare crash in third road fatality of Easter weekendCyclist pronounced dead at scene of Knocknagee crash while boy (17) dies in Mayo and woman (37) dies in TipperarySun Mar 31 2024 - 15:42
Metrolink ‘essential’ to fix Dublin’s ‘inefficient transport systems’, says transport chiefTransport Infrastructure Ireland CEO Peter Walsh was speaking on the final day of An Bord Pleanála’s hearing on the proposed 18.8km rail lineThu Mar 28 2024 - 13:25
Metrolink plan ‘seriously flawed’, says environmentalist and architect Duncan StewartCommuter group representative says more bike parking, toilets and 24-hour service should be part of projectWed Mar 27 2024 - 12:35
MetroLink project to reopen to public consultation amid submission of ‘significant’ new informationTransport Infrastructure Ireland is obliged to make new material availableTue Mar 26 2024 - 19:16
Visually impaired woman pleads for home not to be demolished for MetrolinkAine Wellard spent €50,000 adapting her home on Townsend Street, DublinWed Mar 20 2024 - 13:59
St Stephen’s Green Metrolink station threatens ‘priceless’ historic asset, Heritage Council saysStation could ‘compromise one of city’s most noted cultural heritage anchors’, State advisory body saysTue Mar 19 2024 - 19:42
Dublin publican puts up €20,000 gate at city laneway after drug use, assaults and dumpingParnell Place a magnet for drugs and crime, claims Gary O’ReillyTue Mar 19 2024 - 06:00
Legal action from Artane residents threatens new BusConnects corridors in DublinFirst judicial review of BusConnects bus corridor initiated over bus stop placementMon Mar 18 2024 - 06:00
Limerick to Ennis rail line to shut from Monday due to floodingBus transfers will replace train services as line closes, likely ‘for many weeks’Sun Mar 17 2024 - 17:21
