Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council: Killiney - Shankill, Blackrock, Dundrum, Dún Laoghaire , Glencullen - Sandyford, Stillorgan local electoral areas (LEAs)

Student accommodation developer challenges decision to rezone land near UCD to open space

Colbeam Ltd, which wants to build 698-bedroom complex, is challenging council in High Court

Tallon House, Foxrock: Planning refused for new home on grounds of ‘one of the greatest Irish houses of 20th century’

Tallon House was rated as being of national importance in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

Siblings unaware of council application to exhume father’s remains, court hears

Brother says had he been aware of his sister’s intention, he would have objected `in strongest possible terms’

Saipan the movie triggers a two-word reaction from Jason McAteer

Plus: Hollywood money to replace (the other) Brendan Gleeson; Pope Leo’s GAA link; and a spot of fencing at Milltown Golf Club

Dispute over failed €23m sale of Leopardstown site by religious order

Developer Rimor Magna is suing land owners Legionaries of Christ in Ireland

Olympians give a splash course in the art of high-speed sailing

The next Olympic Games may be three years away, but medals are currently being earned in the shadows

Drone delivery service Manna plans Dundrum hub for food delivery

Locals object to proposal on grounds of noise

Benedictine monastery at Kylemore Abbey voted Ireland’s favourite building at RIAI awards

Axo Architects’ ‘context-sensitive design’ scoops first prize while Dún Laoghaire Baths comes in fourth

The rise of romantasy: Escapist books become more popular as real-world challenges loom

Reality biting? There’s an antidote for that: a tall, dark, handsome stranger from a romantasy novel.

Dún Laoghaire harbour set for €1m watersports campus

Master plan will set out comprehensive and long-term vision for a ‘living harbour’, says council

Renovation of social home in Blackrock cost local council €200,000 to bring back into use

Dublin councils spending up to €44,000 on average to refurbish vacant social homes

Why has it taken so long to develop a greenway for Dublin Bay?

Delays to Sandymount cycleway are a symptom of the lack of political will that blights Dublin

More than 50% of septic tanks fail inspection tests in 2024

Waste problem placing homeowners’ health and environment at risk, says Environmental Protection Agency

Plan for 80 homes in Leopardstown approved as part of string of south Dublin projects costing €500m

Council received 640 applications for just 30 three-bedroom homes at Woodbrook, Shankill

Denis Desmond’s Rory Gallagher guitar deal came with a tax break to the tune of €930k

Plus: Ryanair boss lands more land; Joe Elliott, from tree house to gazebo; plane-speaking lobbyists put the sqeeze on Micheál Martin and Simon Harris

Plans unveiled for south Dublin winter sports arena to host State’s first ice hockey franchise

Proposed €190m venue planned for Cherrywood, Dublin, will enable team compete in UK Elite Ice Hockey League

Cutting down of trees in Dalkey village causes shock among locals

Acacia trees and bedding plants removed from award-winning streetscape

Mary Hanafin ‘open to conversation’ with Fianna Fáil on presidential run

Former minister for education and Dún Laoghaire TD says the decision will ultimately be up to Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Clash on hotel tax between Fine Gael Ministers and Dublin TDs and councillors

A number of politicians in the capital have gone public on their support for a hotel bed levy despite the strong opposition of two senior Fine Gael Ministers

Goat Bar & Grill’s gorilla and Eiffel Tower sculptures refused retention permission

Charlie Chawke’s decorations refused retention for being out of keeping with area

Killiney development opposed by wives of U2’s Bono and The Edge refused planning permission

Proposal to build four luxury homes on grounds of listed home not deemed compatible with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown county development plan

Dundrum Town Centre hands over keys to 15 homes at The Ironworks

Completion of 122-unit residential development expected in a year’s time

Meeting with Minister sought over Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company pensions ‘injustice’

Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien asked to facilitate meeting to resolve alleged disparity affecting cohort of retirees

Council allowed woman to exhume father’s remains from Dublin cemetery without consulting siblings, court told

Paschal Farrell brings proceedings against Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council over ‘incomprehensible’ decision

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown has highest turnover of childcare staff in State, figures show

National average rate of staff leaving the service was 24.5 per cent in 2023

John Rocha loses his calm in Killiney as he objects to ‘Trojan horse’ development

Plus: Olivia O’Leary wants to save the snails; An Post chief accuses WHO of anti-Irish message; and Ryanair enters the culture wars in Germany

How a small south Dublin office building was transformed into a stylish family home

Fashioning new life from a small office building in Blackrock village, boutique owner Gráinne Wynne ignored the naysayers and saw a chance to make an extension of her sartorial self

Lord Rothermere’s lead Dublin tenant is part of ‘middle-class eco rabble who want to kill off free speech’

Plus: the Conor McGregor donation that never was; agent Noel Kelly’s unchanged fortunes at RTÉ; and the four Oireachtas members with prize-bond fever

Charlie Chawke applies for outdoor food facilities at Goat Bar and Grill

Publican seeks planning retention for repurposed shipping container that operates as a coffee kiosk

Widespread breaches of smoky coal regulations uncovered in Dublin

‘Results raise serious concerns about effectiveness of regulations and integrity of solid fuel supply chain’

Simon Harris hedges bets to include both Biden and Trump on his Christmas card list

Bernard Jackman correction, confusion around a Love/Hate revival and Michael O’Leary’s former Russian tenants

Aircoach scraps some services from South Dublin and Wicklow due to ‘declining passenger numbers’

Changes to routes 700, 701 and 702 will come into effect on March 2nd

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

Building supplies group seeks injunction over Sandyford link road from M50

Planned new route unable to accommodate articulated trucks, Brooks says

Almost €250,000 spent replacing street lights turned blue by ‘catastrophic failure’

Manufacturing defect led to replacement of more than 5,000 public street lights

Dunnes Stores substituted as defendant in case in place of Margaret Heffernan

Derek O’Shaughnessy claimed Ms Heffernan and others interfered with his property rights including by the building of a car park for Dunnes

Dublin councils accused of co-ordinating to deny Travellers transient halting sites

Capital’s four local authorities says there is no agreement among Travellers on where such temporary accommodation should be put

Peter McVerry Trust in talks with Government to give up ownership of part of property portfolio

Housing charity seeks ministerial consent for transfer of properties to relevant local authority

Sally Rooney takes climate fight to Mayo County Council by objecting to ‘toxic’ data centre plan

Plus: Defence Forces spending on Pilates sounds like a bit of a stretch, Michael McGrath discusses European master plan in Cork and Independent TDs take us back to the past

An Bord Pleanála concedes in challenge to permission for lawyer’s Killiney home

Alannah Smyth, daughter of solicitor Noel Smyth, wants to build 373sq m home overlooking Killiney Bay

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