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Welcome to Moore Street on RTÉ One: Unflinching documentary raises questions on how Dublin is administered
Television: Shuttered stalls, plunging footfall, drug addiction and lawlessness – it’s a wonder this wasn’t called Farewell to Moore Street
Tourist tax of up to €5 per night considered for Dublin city
Revenue raising measure is used in 21 European countries and has long been sought by Dublin City Council
Ireland’s plans to deliver housing and infrastructure are a roll of the dice
Judicial reviews are increasing – but it is not Nimby residents’ associations who are behind them
St Patrick’s Day revellers leave 40 tonnes of litter in Dublin
Irish Business Against Litter reminds shops it is their responsibility to clean up outside their premises
‘Like an overcrowded prison’: Travellers will ‘resist’ forcible removal from Dublin site
Dublin City Council served notice on residents of Avila Park housing scheme in Finglas last month
Brought to book: Colm Keena on the joys to be discovered by joining a public library
One read takes me back to a winter reporting stint in post-Soviet Romania
Ronnie Delany: Irish Olympic hero and cultural icon
Letters recall the 1956 Melbourne Olympic champion and the lasting imprint of his name on Irish memory
Housing planning permissions increased last year following significant dip in 2024
Permission was given for 20,615 houses, which was the highest number since 2009
John McColgan and Moya Doherty get green light to restore Merrion Street property as a residence
Council grants permission to Riverdance founders to change use of 30 Merrion Street Upper from commercial to residential
Bull Island is nature’s gift to Dubliners. They haven’t been grateful
Once a haven for wildlife, its famed hares and many birds have disappeared
Motorists left behind over €300,000 at toll booths last year
TII says M50 charge generated €216.6m in revenue in 2025, despite chronic congestion
John Banville: I decided to invent a pseudonym for myself. So Benjamin Black I became
Even the most grown-up of us are but children at bedtime, clamouring to be told a tale
Inside the Dublin City Arts Office: ‘We meet property developers all the time now’
Arts officers for Dublin City Council on their bid to turn aspirations for more cultural space into reality
Dublin City Council pauses Johnny Ronan redevelopment plan for docklands Citigroup building
Residents raise concerns about impact on daylight levels
Dublin City Council seeks more details on Griffith College expansion plans
Council says proposals have a number of concerns to be addressed
A busy school, just one bike outside: Why so few children cycle in one Dublin suburb
Green Party councillor says ‘a proper cycle lane’ must be ‘good enough for a 12-year-old’ to use
Regeneration of two derelict Phibsborough homes for social housing scrapped over €1.7m ‘excessive cost’
Dublin City Council now has ‘no plans’ for Phibsborough houses it bought seven years ago
The Irish Times view on the Rotunda: inertia and incoherence
Two parallel public processes have proceeded for years with remarkably little sign of coordination
More than 1,300 applications received for 56 cost-rental homes in Dublin
Successful applicants will pay €1,547 per month for two-bed units allocated in first phase of Oscar Traynor Woods housing development
Rotunda head welcomes decision not to move maternity hospital to Blanchardstown
Prof Sean Daly says design of new building will be amended for next planning application
John Banville’s Christine Falls chosen as One Dublin One Book 2026
Dublin City Council is encouraging people to read Christine Falls in April and attend events connected with the novel
Dublin advisory board risks repeating mistakes of the past
If we are serious about creating a fairer, healthier and greener Dublin for all, then those guiding its future should reflect that ambition
A row over horse manure has led to community tensions in my Dublin neighbourhood
Some of my fellow newcomers to the area got over-involved on local WhatsApp chat groups, more inclined to organise protests than try to understand the problem
DCC new building, University of Galway arts cuts, and Hillary Clinton Epstein deposition
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Dublin City Council move to former DIT site from Wood Quay expected to cost €581m
Deal to buy Kevin Street site expected to be finalised in weeks with former offices expected to be replaced with housing
Changing names of places like Herzog Park may be ‘legally unsafe’ due to ‘extraordinary’ legal gap
Department of Housing and Local Government’s failure to revise legislation ‘undermining’ regional authorities, says barrister
Expanding the Rotunda
Dublin maternity hospital founded in 1745 should be allowed to change with the times
Dublin tenants in their 80s seek explanation over rent increase
Long-term Dublin City Council tenants say circumstances unchanged since retirement
The trouble with the Deposit Return Scheme: ‘They’re sitting on a pile of unclaimed deposits’
As Irish households get used to retaining empty receptacles, smaller producers raise concerns about the workload
Why does it take Kellie Harrington and Troy Parrott to say children need places to play?
State has money for American football and Ryder Cup, but little to provide youngsters with amenities
‘I was furious’: How flood defences are dividing Clontarf
North Dublin suburb’s coastal road has been repeatedly flooded, but locals cannot agree on a solution
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