Christmas shopping in Dublin city centre set to be more pleasant this year
‘City of walking’ might not be a reality yet but lighter car traffic at key crossings is making getting around the capital on foot a much smoother experience
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Dublin City Council: Artane - Whitehall, Ballyfermot – Drimnagh, Ballymun – Finglas, Cabra – Glasnevin, Clontarf, Donaghmede, Kimmage – Rathmines,Pembroke, North Inner City,South West Inner City, South East Inner City local electoral areas (LEAs) The latest news, analysis, and features about Dublin City Council, the local authority of the city of Dublin
Struggling DublinBikes scheme gets new sponsorship
Car and home insurer RedClick signs up to three-year sponsorship scheme, with naming rights and branding
Council investigates general election candidate’s 15 posters along Dublin Marathon route
Fine Gael Senator Mary Seery Kearney has ‘huge respect’ for runners and wanted to wish them well
Eamon Waters reduces scale of planned Baggot St hotel ahead of planning appeal
Planning consultants frustrated at rejection of original proposal despite no recommendation for refusal from and council department
Residents at Hardwicke Street flats protest over parking and safety issues
The city centre residents are calling on the council for the gates to be electrified to stop non-residents parking at the complex
Local government failing to get up to speed with electric vehicles
Only a few county and city councils in Ireland have more than a handful of electric vehicles in their fleets, Geotab survey shows
Drones to the rescue? Unmanned aircraft could play ‘first responders’ role in Dublin
Two-year study examines potential use of drones in capital
Dublin ‘urban hellscape’ is a problem that exists primarily in the Government’s own head
As with an extra 1,000 gardaí proposed by the Dublin City Taskforce, many solutions offered for the capital are in the realm of magical thinking
Marc Godart-owned company pleads guilty to illegal short term letting of Dublin property
‘It’s basically an Airbnb,’ Dublin City Council solicitor says of Dublin 8 property owned by Luxembourg landlord
The Irish Times view on the Dublin City Taskforce report: a capital malaise
Critics of Simon Harris will see the entire exercise as proof of a reactive style of politics driven by the soundbite
Finglas Luas: New tram line could service population of 60,000 by 2031
Early sanction for the new line could see services in 2031 five years ahead of schedule
Twenty-two apartments in ‘luxury’ D4 development secured for social housing
Co-operative Housing Ireland ‘delighted to deliver 22 much-needed social-rental homes’ to families and individuals at Elmpark Green
Kenilworth Square residents’ group takes legal action over St Mary’s rugby pitch plan
The Rathmines, Dublin, school received a planning exemption over the conversion of existing natural grass pitch to artificial turf
Ethics complaints made to Dublin City Council against Gavin Pepper
PBP member has lodged two complaints against anti-immigration councillor
Plans for 100-bedroom Baggot Street Hotel lodged
Move to redevelop area around former AIB branch the latest hotel plans proposed for the street
Dublin City Council investigating councillor over breaching code of ethics
Issue of online misinformation about immigration highlighted at council meeting
Developer submits plans for 66 apartments on Terenure synagogue site
The south Dublin property was put on the market for €7.5 million in early 2023
Dublin councils face €10m budget hole due to spiralling homelessness costs
Rising homeless service costs ‘should’ be borne by Department of Housing, Dublin City Council says
FG councillor who said US economy is ‘ruled by the Jews, by Israel’ referred to party disciplinary process
Punam Rane, a councillor for Kimmage-Rathmines, made the remarks at a meeting of Dublin City Council
Local property tax to remain the same next year for Dublin city homeowners
Council agrees to keep 15 per cent reduction in 2025, with increases expected from 2026
Permission for Donnybrook student housing overturned
Project had faced slew of opposition, including from local tennis club
Asylum seekers cleared from Grand Canal by gardaí within minutes of arriving
Gardaí were alerted by Waterways Ireland staff patrolling area
Regulator says Irish Water will miss key targets this year
Seen & Heard: Eamon Waters planning woes, Foreign investment complacency, and SimpleStudy secures new funding
Collison brother buys period pile in heart of Dublin 4′s embassy belt
Plus: Dublin New Year’s Eve celebrations to be split in two across traditional city lines; Phil Hogan’s exclusive Brussels club; and the new plan for Terenure Synagogue
Harry Crosbie application for Dublin docklands hotel deemed invalid by council
Dublin City Council invalidated the application after public notices stated that the hotel would have 34 bedrooms but the plans showed that 35 bedrooms were planned
Drug dealing, intimidation, break-ins: Another Dublin lane set to be closed
Plans to close Swan Alley off Thomas Street will be published shortly by council
Controversial fencing being removed along Dublin’s Grand Canal
Move comes two weeks after Waterways Ireland started 24-hour patrols of the canal to stop homeless people erecting tents there
Some Dublin public transport journeys 20% shorter after traffic changes, says Lord Mayor
New transport plan involving traffic restrictions along the quays was implemented in August
Traffic restrictions in Dublin city centre on Sunday as Car Free Day celebrated
Custom House Quay closed to traffic until 7pm as streets taken over by cycling workshops, live entertainment and an outdoor cinema
Phoenix Park gate restored in €800,000 project damaged after being hit by council truck
‘Structural integrity’ of 190-year-old Cabra Gate ‘compromised’ following incident
Restaurateur who turned Dublin 4 childhood home into pizzeria must pay over €7,000 for breaking planning rules
Basil Whelan, trading as Basil Pizza of Ringsend Road, was prosecuted by Dublin City Council for failing to comply with an enforcement notice about his gable end pizzeria
Building blocks to a climate-just city
Policy silos, disjointed decision-making and lack of regional governance holds Dublin back from integrating housing and climate planning
Dublin City Council to sell vacant Liffey Street buildings that were assessed for social housing
Cassidy Travel will buy the buildings where it ‘may have been possible to create two apartments’
Big Phil is welcomed back into the Fine Gael fold as old foe Leo Varadkar departs the stage
Plus: Alan Shatter seeks to protect the inheritance; a campaign for a Colm Meaney statue in Killarney; and Clare Daly’s political future
Illegal dumping has cost Dublin City Council €5.2m over five years
CCTV cameras to be installed in most heavily littered area of city centre, near Mountjoy Square, from early next year in planned crackdown
Harry Crosbie in fresh attempt for hotel planning permission
Docklands project envisages hotel and venue where the businessman’s home currently is
CCTV to be used to catch Dublin’s dumpers - but only if they have cars
New legislation will not allow Dublin City Council to pursue walkers who dump in the street
Apartment scheme intended for Joyce’s The Dead building is substandard, says council
Dublin City Council has requested Brimwood UC submit revised drawings with a reduction in the number of proposed units
Secularist campaigner fails in discrimination claim over exclusion from services in Dublin’s Mansion House
John Hamill of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in Ireland claimed non-faith groups were denied access to public resources during pandemic
Alo Yoga to open its first Irish shop on Grafton Street
Yoga clothing line is often worn by Taylor Swift, Katie Holmes, Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner
Dublin gets new councillors just three months after elections
Independent and former MMA fighter Paddy Holohan to co-opt a martial arts coach who works in his gym after winning two seats on South Dublin County Council
Croke Villas saga nears end after decades of delays
Plans for new social housing on old flats site on display until September 18th
Liffey quays ‘flowing really well’: Bus users look to be biggest winners in Dublin traffic changes
Dublin Bus chief says early indications from new transport scheme are ‘very positive’
Landlord Marc Godart granted hearing date for ‘relatively contentious’ prosecution over short-term lettings
Businessman accused by Dublin City Council of failing to comply with enforcement related to short-term letting at Reuben House in Dublin 8
Social housing tenant says Ballsbridge council house is too hot to live in
Temperature in highly glazed building topped 35 degrees in August, says tenant
Dublin city bin bag ban to begin this month in move to crack down on litter
Use of refuse sacks by businesses and residents will be prohibited on 90 city streets
Kenilworth Square residents ‘outraged’ at planning exemptions granted to St Mary’s College
Campaign group says some of aspects of redevelopment of Victorian square in South Dublin will be ‘stadium-like’
Mean to the fiddler: Band in unfair sacking case had more than €376,000 in earnings
Plus: Pizza man Brian MacGoey buys an upper-crust pad, Google eyes Boland’s Mills merch, and Young Fine Gael in a flap about proposed social media ban
Housing Agency board backs chief in controversy over sale of house to McVerry Trust
Board chairman says it reviewed the transaction and ‘no further action is required’
The Irish Times view on infrastructure projects: time to get bigger, better, faster
With population growth on a seemingly inexorable upward curve, it is indisputable that infrastructure targets need to be revised
Dublin city ‘nano-bakery’ Breadman Walking to close after enforcement action
Home kitchen facility which supplied Dublin 8 community with focaccia and sourdough to shut after Dublin City Council planning inquiry
Dublin portal links with Vilnius in Lithuania and Poland’s Lublin
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