Traffic plan will cost Dublin €400m a year, says report for traders opposed to car curbsEconomic analysis submitted to council chief Richard Shakespeare warns of job lossesThu Jul 11 2024 - 20:00
Gardaí seize more than €1m in cash and crypto currency in Galway raidsSearches carried out on Monday at a number of premises in Tuam and in MoycullenTue Jul 09 2024 - 15:43
Developer will not get ‘one more penny’ for higher price on Oscar Traynor homesNew prices for affordable housing scheme in Coolock relate to increased market values, says councilMon Jul 08 2024 - 21:24
Dublin Bus chief urges city council executive not to ‘water down’ Dublin City Centre Transport PlanSeveral hundred people attend protest outside City Hall seeking full implementation of traffic measuresMon Jul 08 2024 - 18:56
Dublin City Council chief spurns commuter, environmental and health groups opposed to watering down of transport planRichard Shakespeare ‘unavailable’ to meet civil society groups concerned about changes to and potential delay of proposalsFri Jul 05 2024 - 19:00
Dublin City Centre Transport Plan: Council urged to reverse ‘last minute changes’ to proposalCivil society groups seek meeting with Dublin City Council chief executive Richard ShakespeareFri Jul 05 2024 - 06:00
Eamon Ryan warns against diluting or delaying Dublin transport planMinister for Transport hits out at politicians seeking advantage by ‘playing on concerns’ about impact on business of traffic management changesWed Jul 03 2024 - 18:14
Watered-down Dublin traffic plan should allay traders’ fearsJust three buildings on a 50m section of Dublin Liffey quays will not have direct car accessTue Jul 02 2024 - 19:07
Pricing of ‘affordable homes’ at €475,000 defended by councilState-subsidised housing in Coolock, north Dublin was advertised last week at prices 55% above 2021 levelMon Jul 01 2024 - 20:51
Dublin councillors seek no delay on transport plan amid ‘big business’ lobbyingCouncil’s chief executive urged to resist ‘inappropriate intervention’ from junior ministerMon Jul 01 2024 - 20:24
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
