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‘Affordable’ one- and two-bed apartments near Dublin’s Phoenix Park priced at up to €402,125

Prices released for first 66 State-subsidised apartments as sales expected to open in June

Council gives go-ahead for Dublin city centre hotel

Site is located less than 500 metres from College Green and Grafton Street

National children’s hospital may not fully open until 2026 due to ‘clinical risks’

Dublin facility may not fully open until spring next year due to ‘clinical risks’

‘Dublin isn’t as safe as it should be’: Traders demand action after fatal stabbing

Call to improve level of policing, help for vulnerable people and use of derelict spaces

Dublin stabbing: Gardaí seized 2,150 knives last year

Jim O’Callaghan condemns city-centre violence that led to the death of an asylum applicant

‘We were left on our own’: First-time mothers hit by shortage of public health nurses

Parents angry over lack of safety net providing vital checks in early years of their baby’s life

Clothes banks are overflowing as the ‘market for castoffs collapses’

Charity shops fear they will become dumping ground for poor-quality clothing if new EU law on textile waste is enforced fully

Warrior queen meets rock’n’roll: Róisín Gartland pushes the boundaries of traditional art practices

Sean Penn and Bono have been among celebrity fans of the Irish designer and leather specialist whose creativity extends well beyond virtuoso workmanship

North-south electricity interconnector delayed by a further three years until October 2031

Seen & Heard: CHQ building food hall plans; Government plans tax breaks for homebuilders; Erisbeg takes majority stake in CHM Group, and Dingle Distillery invests in upgrade

Walking football: ‘Look around. The lads are buzzing before we even get out on the pitch’

An adapted form of soccer played by older men – and some older women – is becoming very popular

Before and after: transforming a vacant Blackrock bakery into a luxury downsizer home

This move from a semidetached house to a renovated former shop in the centre of Blackrock village could be a model for other towns

Six treated for smoke inhalation following suspected arson attack in Ballyfermot

Dublin Fire Brigade extinguished the fire, which extensively damaged the property

Gardaí open murder inquiry after man dies following violent incident on Dublin’s South Anne Street

Second man injured in suspected stabbing incident in early hours of Saturday

Six people arrested in Dublin as part of investigation into organised crime group

More than 100 gardaí raided a number of residential properties across Blanchardstown on Saturday

Council’s all-out offensive on Airbnb style-lockboxes won’t solve the mess that is Dublin

The boxes attached to bicycle stands are seen as a symbol of overtourism – that sounds like wishful thinking where Dublin is concerned

We should declare war on dereliction and a tax amnesty is our best weapon

Use the tax system to reward good behaviour and punish bad, and make it cheaper to build on derelict sites

A surreal Sunday on my Stoneybatter doorstep: ‘People have been stabbed, go inside and lock the door’

On a frightening afternoon last weekend, our diverse community came together in shared confusion and concern

For girls of my generation, especially working class girls, lack of confidence was touted as a positive

Assembling Ailish is not my story, but it is the story a fictional contemporary who has lived in my times

Dublin author Fíona Scarlett: ‘A young woman told me to take out that I was a mother in my bio, because it demeaned me and my work’

The writer left behind a career in teaching to forge a path as a novelist. She has learned to trust her gut

May All Your Skies Be Blue by Fíona Scarlett: Hopeless dreams in working-class Dublin

Protagonist Shauna is a middle-aged woman faced with the brutal weight of familial duty, lack of opportunity and lack of support

The fall and rise of Orla Kiely: ‘As horrible as it was, you just have to get on with it. There are things we won’t do again’

The Irish designer of the world-famous Stem pattern is a strong believer in repeating things – except when it comes to the mistakes that seriously damaged her business in 2018

Textiles of Ireland – Archaeology, Craft, Art: telling the nation’s story in clothes, material and craftmanship

Elizabeth Wincott Heckett’s lifetime of research goes back as far as prehistoric times

Sarah Webb: By age 12, I was reading Stephen King and all kinds of dodgy horror books

The author on her childhood, the importance of reading from a young age, and the role libraries play in researching her new book

‘When I see the words fáilte abhaile in the airport, I know I’m home’

More than 5,000 people gained Irish citizenship this week at ceremonies in Dublin

Two teenagers sentenced for city centre attack on US tourist Stephen Termini

Judge Martin Nolan described attack as ‘vicious and unprovoked’

The ‘give it a lash’ attitude of developers is contributing to Dublin’s dereliction problem

Long delays, failed projects and a city centre blighted by derelict sites – maybe it’s time for more realistic planning applications

Look inside: Australia-inspired luxury modern home with terrace views over Dublin Bay for €1.425m

This property on an elevated site was designed to create an indoor-outdoor space that maximised views

More than 1,400 owners of XL Bully dogs applied for ownerships certs before ban deadline

Total does not include applications made to Mayo, Laois and Carlow county councils

Protest at Dáil gates for Synge Street Gaelcholáiste

Students call on Minister for Education Helen McEntee to provide a timeline for promised Gaelcholáiste

Victoria Beckham in Dublin: ‘I got married here a long, long time ago so it’s always great to come back’

Fashion designer and former Spice Girl causes a stir in Brown Thomas on Wednesday evening

Dublin city cycle lane funding slashed by €16m

National Transport Authority funding ‘substantially lower’ than in previous years, council says

Building supplies group seeks injunction over Sandyford link road from M50

Planned new route unable to accommodate articulated trucks, Brooks says

Man jailed for 16 months for setting fire to house with woman and children inside

David Fannin, of Edenmore Avenue, Coolock, said he carried out the arson on foot of an instruction from a man to whom he owed money

Boy (12) with celebral palsy secures interim settlement of €3.8m over Holles Street birth

Agreement reached after mediation and without an admission of liability from National Maternity Hospital

Ageing population offers healthy opportunity for property investors

Provision of healthcare, senior living and assisted-living facilities will deliver secure returns with those aged 65 and over in Ireland set to surpass a million by 2030

Dublin’s dumpers have ‘no sense of pride’, says council waste chief

New legislation should make landlords responsible for tenants’ waste contracts, says Dublin City Council’s head of waste management

Man given suspended sentence for attacking mother of his children and her teenage brother

Man (29), who was subject to barring order, threatened to ‘kick unborn baby out’ of woman

Man arrested after armed stand-off with gardaí in court over Dublin robberies

Leon Wright (36), of Applewood Gardens, Swords, was arrested in Ballymun on Sunday

Bewley’s on Grafton Street among premises served with food safety orders

Lismore Golf Club restaurant also named in latest batch of enforcement orders

Oscar Fouz Lopez: Tenets of Growing review – Watercolour tableaux seek to rejuvenate their subjects through a nurturing ecosystem

Spanish artist’s paintings both develop and relinquish some of the formal elements of his earlier work

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