Is a bad definition of "derelict" partly behind the bad dereliction in Dublin? The Department of Finance, with Revenue and the Department of Housing, is looking at a new definition, said a spokesperson. (April 2026)
Despite a car-park fee increase, more people are taking the train from Clonsilla station, Irish Rail says. The council increased fees at a car park near the station, and some councillors worried it'd push people to drive into town instead of commuting by train.
Due to delays, the council’s district heating project wasn’t ready to warm Irish Glass Bottle apartments. So instead of being kept cosy with waste heat from the Poolbeg incinerator, the apartments are using heat pumps, the council project manager said Monday.
Youth workers are looking for new ways to fight grooming of children as young as six by drug gangs. With younger and younger children being targeted, organisations on the ground have to respond, they say.
Based in the north inner-city, Mums Hub supports parents to get back to paid, and more flexible, work. “For many mothers, the issue is not a lack of ambition, it is wanting to work without being absent from their children’s everyday lives,” says its founder Karla Dragić.
"June is deeply associated with Áine, the Irish goddess of summer, fertility, love, and sovereignty, whose presence is especially felt around the midsummer season," writes Ellie Stone, of the inspiration for the image she did for the cover of our print edition #123.
Six months on, the renamings of two Dublin parks are still stalled out. Councillors still looking to dename Herzog Park – and to rename Diamond Park after Terence Wheelock – say they’ve seen no progress from central government on regulations to make it an option.
An uilleann piper, with one eye on tradition, takes to the big stages: In the last year, Seán McKeon has appeared around the world with Christy Moore, Elvis Costello, and other famous faces.
Does the council's site at Camden Yard really have to be offices – and should it be? As plans for the council to build it out progress, there remains something of a split among councillors as to what would be positive, and what would be possible.
It's time for Fingal to take legal action to stop Manna drones flying from Coolmine base, a councillor says. The council rejected a planning application for the base, but that hasn't stopped Manna, which says it's still flying and "considering the next steps available to us".
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The Department of Finance, with Revenue and the Department of Housing, is looking at a new definition, said a spokesperson.
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With younger and younger children being targeted, organisations on the ground have to respond, they say.
“For many mothers, the issue is not a lack of ambition, it is wanting to work without being absent from their children’s everyday lives,” says its founder Karla Dragić.
The council rejected a planning application for the base, but that hasn't stopped the company, which says it is still flying and "considering the next steps available to us".
So instead of being kept cosy with waste heat from the Poolbeg incinerator, the apartments are using heat pumps, the council project manager said Monday.
As plans for the council to build it out progress, there remains something of a split among councillors as to what would be positive, and what would be possible.
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Councillors still looking to dename Herzog Park – and to rename Diamond Park after Terence Wheelock – say they’ve seen no progress from central government on regulations to make it an option.
The council increased fees at a car park near the station, and some councillors worried it'd push people to drive into town instead of commuting by train.
