Housing policy may be ‘incentivising’ urban vacancy, Trinity College report finds Research says Ireland’s planning systems ‘ill-equipped’ to bring derelict sites back into useWed Aug 16 2023 - 05:00
Work starts on 6km Malahide cycle path 14 years after rail viaduct collapseScheme is the first of three projects to run from Sutton to BalbrigganTue Aug 15 2023 - 05:00
Fingal County Council could challenge ruling on Dublin airport night flightsAirport operator DAA was last Tuesday granted a stay on a council order restricting night flightsSun Aug 13 2023 - 19:12
New family court complex at Hammond Lane in Smithfield faces major delaysOne of Dublin’s best-known vacant sites site was bought by State in late 1990sFri Aug 11 2023 - 05:00
Controversial charity to learn next month if it can redevelop Dublin senior citizens blockCabhrú has already issued tenders for demolition of McSweeney House on Berkeley Street in PhibsboroughWed Aug 09 2023 - 05:00
Derelict 14-storey Sandyford office block to be converted into apartmentsPlans lodged to complete Sentinel building, left unfinished since 2008Mon Aug 07 2023 - 05:15
Heritage groups urge State to buy last great Georgian mansion built in DublinCall comes as permission expires for Aldborough House office redevelopmentMon Aug 07 2023 - 05:00
People with alcohol problems increasingly combining drink and cocaine, HRB saysCocaine surpasses cannabis as the most common additional drug among problem drinkersTue Aug 01 2023 - 18:46
Dublin City Council to stop cutting grass verges in effort to encourage biodiversityChanges to maintenance plans branded ‘absolute shocking disgrace’ as locals are told to leave grass they cut themselvesSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
What is in the proposed new Dundrum Local Area Plan?Car drivers will not be banned but will be inconvenienced to allow space for buses, cyclists and pedestriansFri Jul 21 2023 - 05:00
Cost-rental net income limits to increase up to €66,000State funding of €750 million being made available to entice private developers into cost-rental schemeTue Jul 18 2023 - 20:28
Clonburris: How do you build a brand new town of 9,000 homes in less than a decade?First houses at Clonburris in west Dublin to go on sale in SeptemberSat Jul 15 2023 - 05:00
Water warning issued to several counties including Dublin and CorkAlmost 83,000 households and businesses in Waterford and Tipperary are under boil water noticesThu Jul 13 2023 - 16:55
Chickenpox vaccine should be administered to children, Hiqa advisesFirst five years of programme could cost €13-€28 million, depending on number of doses givenThu Jul 13 2023 - 10:32
Former Fianna Fáil politician Ben Briscoe dies aged 89Veteran politician was lord mayor of Dublin during the city’s millennium yearMon Jul 10 2023 - 23:51
RTÉ staff canteen closed over suspected rat infestationBroadcaster confirms it has closed its main restaurant for the second time this year amid ‘evidence of rodent activity’Mon Jul 10 2023 - 19:44
Car crashes on to Baggot Street from car park over shopsGardaí believe driver may have misjudged acceleration of vehicleMon Jul 10 2023 - 00:20
Man dies following swimming incident in WaterfordSwimmer got into difficulty at Guillamene cove in TramoreSun Jul 09 2023 - 21:45
Body found in search for teenager missing on Achill holiday Gardaí stand down search for Sebastian Palma Sigmond (18) who had been missing since Friday, July 7thSun Jul 09 2023 - 14:55
‘I can’t sleep. I can’t eat’: south Dublin family facing eviction ‘due to apartment management fee’ Housing crisis: Family and landlord’s representative say council backed out of tenant-in-situ purchase due to €3,600 annual feeSat Jul 08 2023 - 03:30
Thousand-year-old skeletons discovered off Capel Street in Dublin cityMore than 100 skeletons excavated from site of Bullitt Hotel development off Capel StreetFri Jul 07 2023 - 18:48
Dublin City Council approves plans for up to 3,800 homes in north DublinLabour councillor Joe Costello retired after 35 years in politics, serving as senator, TD and Dublin city councillorMon Jul 03 2023 - 21:29
Plans to create new ‘town’ of up to 8,000 people in north DublinRegeneration of Jamestown Business Park in Finglas will include thousands of homes, a primary school and employment facilitiesMon Jul 03 2023 - 06:00
Rare Irish orchid discovered in Trinity College after lawn mowing is haltedOrchid which requires ‘perfect set of circumstances’ grew when mowing stoppedMon Jul 03 2023 - 00:01
Dublin ranked near bottom of pile for zero-emissions shared transport in European surveyEuropean Clean Cities Campaign says Dublin one of just three cities ranked with no electric busesMon Jul 03 2023 - 00:01
RTÉ payments controversy: Who did what and when? The timeline of events leads back to 2019, when a financial proposal to Ryan Tubridy’s agent Noel Kelly was tabled by a former RTÉ chief financial officerFri Jun 30 2023 - 16:39
Census 2022: Dubliners not heading west but Cork residents most loyal to home countyPopulation growth remains on east coast but Cork residents most loyal to their home countyFri Jun 30 2023 - 05:00
Census 2022: Covid-driven flight from Dublin did not materialise, according to figuresData show uneven population distribution across State which has been, and is increasingly, focused on east coastThu Jun 29 2023 - 19:02
St Teresa’s Gardens: Permission granted for 540 social and cost-rental apartments at siteLand Development Agency will build Dolphin’s Barn complex in Dublin that will include a 15-storey blockThu Jun 29 2023 - 13:52
RTE pay crisis: Who did what - and when - according to the broadcaster’s reportTimeline of key events and decisions around the arrangements between RTÉ, Ryan Tubridy and Late Late Show sponsor RenaultTue Jun 27 2023 - 20:14
Minister says phone data retention order will ‘safeguard’ State securityHelen McEntee made move following court ruling on legal challenge by convicted murderer Graham DwyerTue Jun 27 2023 - 17:40
RTÉ current affairs staff feared speaking up over problems with gender balance and transparencyAudit found women in division seen as having fewer promotional opportunitiesTue Jun 27 2023 - 15:16
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald recovering after surgeryParty leader said she expected to be ‘back in action in a number of weeks’ following surgery at Dublin hospitalTue Jun 27 2023 - 11:59
Fianna Fáil councillor Daithí de Róiste elected Lord Mayor of DublinBallyfermot councillor, who succeeds Green Party’s Caroline Conroy, will focus on ‘kindness and inclusivity’ while serving as 355th Lord MayorMon Jun 26 2023 - 19:42
RTÉ journalists ‘devastated, ashamed, betrayed and angered’ by Tubridy pay scandalExecutive board has questions to answer, NUJ members sayFri Jun 23 2023 - 18:34
RTÉ pay scandal: Who’s who at the national broadcaster?Controversy coincides with changing of the guard at MontroseFri Jun 23 2023 - 18:33
Dublin to finally get a Catholic Cathedral - but it may be on the southsideSt Andrew’s Church on Westland Row identified as best site while Pro-Cathedral to become basilicaThu Jun 22 2023 - 18:34
Former Stardust nightclub to be converted to art studiosInitiative is part of scheme to provide 60 low-cost studios for artists across Dublin cityThu Jun 22 2023 - 17:17
Duncan Stewart promises to ‘embarrass’ politicians who act against environment as he is awarded Freedom of DublinGreta Thunberg is also awarded Freedom of the City of DublinWed Jun 21 2023 - 21:09
Rebels and Redcoats do battle again in Enniscorthy, Co WexfordEvents marking 225th anniversary of 1798 Rebellion to continue through summerSun Jun 18 2023 - 19:23
Demolition of Dublin flat blocks for regeneration ‘harder to justify’ says city architectNew EU building energy rules on ‘whole life carbon’ mitigate against demolishing and rebuilding substandard flatsFri Jun 16 2023 - 17:26
Welcome to summer in Dublin, with dereliction, degradation and dirt on the streetsDereliction, dirt and degradation are the predominant features of summer in much of the cityFri Jun 16 2023 - 05:00
More than 1,000 homes in up to 15-storey blocks planned for Cherry Orchard Land Development Agency and Dublin City Council to develop social and affordable scheme in west DublinWed Jun 14 2023 - 14:30
Councillors seek rejection of Johnny Ronan affordable housing dealCouncil’s head of planning says deal ‘disappoints everyone’Mon Jun 12 2023 - 22:11
Greta Thunberg to be awarded Freedom of Dublin, four years after nomination first rejectedSwedish environmentalist’s selection amounts to ‘greenwashing’ of poor record of Green Party in Government, says some Independent councillorsMon Jun 12 2023 - 20:46
‘We have had direct services from Howth for 179 years’: Dart users face splitting journey on northern linePublic meeting hears Irish Rail’s plans for DART+ Coastal North, part of the €2.6 billion extension of Dart services from Dublin to DroghedaTue May 16 2023 - 20:16
Applications open for cost-rental homes in Rush from €910 a monthHousing body Respond will manage homes in seaside village with some of lowest Dublin rents in State-backed schemeMon May 15 2023 - 22:09
Complete ban will halt near-10,000 motorists illegally driving at College Green every weekCouncil to move from 7am to 7pm restriction to permanent car ban from May 29thMon May 15 2023 - 05:00
Dublin City Council already ‘close’ to meeting tenant-in-situ targets for yearCouncil may seek sanction to exceed 450 target of purchases from landlordsMon May 15 2023 - 05:00
‘The place has turned into a right kip’: Temple Bar business owners complain of surge in drug abuse and crimeGangs were cleared out of areas around Grafton Street during Covid regeneration, so they moved on and settled in Temple Bar insteadFri May 12 2023 - 05:00
