Part of Dublin’s O’Connell Street reopened after serious road traffic incident Pedestrian in his 30s taken to hospital following incident involving double decker busMon Jan 05 2026 - 15:53
Litter levels fall nationally with more towns deemed ‘clean’Coffee cup litter remains high amid Government ‘prevarication’ on levyMon Jan 05 2026 - 06:00
Dublin’s traffic plan in 2026: The changes expected across the city this yearCycle routes and traffic calming to be expanded as redesign of city centre continuesMon Jan 05 2026 - 06:00
Disbanding Road Safety Authority would take up to two years, says Minister of StateMinister of State for Transport Seán Caney to meet RSA over reformsSun Jan 04 2026 - 18:46
Cameras installed to catch drivers breaking red lights at Dublin level crossingHowever, plans for wider use of cameras at traffic junctions in Dublin have stalledThu Jan 01 2026 - 12:51
Plan for cameras to catch motorists breaking red lights in Dublin is shelvedHowever, red light cameras will come into operation at the Merrion Gates level crossings in south Dublin by the end of JanuaryThu Jan 01 2026 - 06:00
New Year’s Eve events: What’s happening around IrelandSimultaneous fireworks displays in Howth and Dún Laoghaire as ukelele band descends on GalwayTue Dec 30 2025 - 06:00
TII to buy Dartmouth Square objectors’ houses as challenge to MetroLink is droppedSurprise move, which will end judicial review proceedings, is expected to facilitate the early development of the rail lineTue Dec 23 2025 - 18:44
Former Dublin landfill earmarked for 2,500 homesDevelopment of lands close to former municipal dump to be accelerated for housing Tue Dec 23 2025 - 18:00
‘You’re never going to keep everybody happy’, says NTA’s head of public transportBusConnects plans have been subject to much controversy, but Jeremy Ryan says the data show majority are satisfiedTue Dec 23 2025 - 06:00
Peanut factory owner takes judicial review proceedings over Luas Green Line extensionManhattan Peanuts company takes judicial review against decision to grant permission for Luas extension to FinglasFri Dec 19 2025 - 18:22
Dublin’s civic offices at Wood Quay to be redeveloped for homes if council buys DIT site DCC confirms it is in ‘exclusive discussions’ to buy former Dublin Institute of Technology site on Kevin StreetFri Dec 19 2025 - 16:28
Shannon-Dublin pipeline plans lodgedThe €6 billion project would run an underground pipe through four counties, crossing lands belonging to 500 separate ownersFri Dec 19 2025 - 14:16
Former DIT building could return to State ownership if Dublin City Council bid acceptedCamden Yard has planning permission for a mixed office and apartment scheme up to 14 storeys tallWed Dec 17 2025 - 11:00
Jewish community to be invited to meet Dublin mayor, councillors over Herzog Park controversyCouncillors want to provide assurance they are ‘not anti-Semitic’ in light of recent recommendation to rename parkMon Dec 08 2025 - 17:23
Emergency works sought for Moore Street buildings due to judicial review ‘impasse’Hammerson is seeking planning permission to halt worsening condition of buildings on Moore Street and Parnell StreetMon Dec 08 2025 - 06:00
Review into Kyran Durnin case to stay unpublished as concern is raised over another missing childNorma Foley says she was informed gardaí were investigating case of a boy (10) who did not return to school in SeptemberWed Dec 03 2025 - 17:02
Councillors could not have renamed Herzog Park due to legislative delay, meeting hearsMinister has yet to make regulations for public consultation and ballot that are required to change a placenameMon Dec 01 2025 - 20:52
Bin-bag ban finally in place on 90 Dublin streetsRefuse sacks can no longer be used to hold waste for collection outside in south inner cityMon Dec 01 2025 - 17:26
Plans to remove name of former Israeli president from Dublin park suspendedCity council executive ‘completely messed up’ allowing recommendation to rename park on meeting agenda, says Lord MayorSun Nov 30 2025 - 19:32
Herzog Park denaming ‘will be seen as anti-Semitic’, says TaoiseachDublin city councillors proposed to strip former Israeli president’s name from Rathgar parkSun Nov 30 2025 - 19:13
Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connectionsChief Rabbi says Jewish story deserves not to be ‘whitewashed or erased’Sat Nov 29 2025 - 14:59
Dart and Luas projects delayed in development plan could be accelerated, says MinisterGreen Party says deferral of public transport projects would constrict housing developmentThu Nov 27 2025 - 20:14
Luas Red Line to fully reopen tomorrow as Christmas schedule for ‘Night Luas’ announcedService is 21 years old and will cater for 55 million passenger journeys this yearThu Nov 27 2025 - 10:00
‘I think they’re very brave’: Ranelagh residents react to legal challenge on MetroLink Those living around planned terminus offer mixed feelings – convenience, but at too high a price?Wed Nov 26 2025 - 20:02
Transport Minister says MetroLink plans could be derailed for two years National Development Plan transport funding ratio tilts back toward road infrastructureWed Nov 26 2025 - 18:26
MetroLink facing ‘inevitable delay’ following legal challenge from Ranelagh residents Review proceedings taken by 19 individuals living next to proposed site for station in south Dublin suburbTue Nov 25 2025 - 19:35
Dublin City Council to raise social housing rents, with some tenants facing 50% hikeCouncillors pass budget plan by one vote, with higher earners to pay more under new rulesMon Nov 24 2025 - 21:16
Dublin’s homeless costs to top €400m next yearNo reduction in homelessness expected in 2026 as more than €50m added to the capital’s budgetFri Nov 21 2025 - 17:00
The inside story of Dublin city centre’s night of ‘carnage’Some of those who had to deal with the consequences of the violence recall their experiences of a ‘terrifying’ nightFri Nov 21 2025 - 09:02
Call for ‘zero tolerance’ approach after latest children’s play facility arson attackCoolock playground may not reopen before Christmas as concern of copycat trend emergesTue Nov 18 2025 - 08:36
Dublin city speed limits to be cut to 30km/hNew bylaws to introduce 30km/h limits on almost all roadsThu Nov 13 2025 - 06:00
Dublin City Council tenants face rent rises up to 50% in first overhaul in 30 yearsCouncil wants higher-income tenants to pay significantly more, with a fifth of households earning €1,000 net a weekMon Nov 10 2025 - 06:00
Tax breaks and expanded grants needed to accelerate action on urban vacancies - building coalitionBuilding regulations must be adapted for reuse and conversion, coalition of building and environmental groups saysWed Nov 05 2025 - 18:46
Renewed appeals for safety works after second cyclist hit by lorry at Dublin junctionWoman seriously injured in Dolphin’s Barn on Monday, two years after cyclist crushed to death in similar collision Tue Nov 04 2025 - 17:21
Dalymount Park redevelopment €34m borrowing costs approved by Dublin City CouncilCosts of redevelopment increased from €20m to €63m since council bought grounds ten years agoMon Nov 03 2025 - 21:36
Councillor Philip Sutcliffe ‘accidentally shared’ spoiled ballot containing abusive remarksIndependent Dublin city councillor apologised, adding ‘the content of that post was absolutely disgusting’Mon Nov 03 2025 - 19:52
Dalymount Park redevelopment faces two-year delay after costs triple to over €63mDublin City Council bought ground from Bohemians a decade ago and announced plans for a €20m redevelopmentMon Nov 03 2025 - 06:00
Extension of Luas line will add four new stops and could be completed by 2031The new line in Dublin is expected to cost about €600 millionThu Oct 30 2025 - 13:50
Councillors approve strategy to zone enough land for 12,000 homes per year in Dublin cityLeading official reaffirmed importance of following through on ‘shovel-ready’ planning permissionsThu Oct 16 2025 - 22:10
Land for more than 12,000 homes a year to be zoned in Dublin cityBuilders completed just 3,355 houses and apartments in city last year out of 6,690 targetThu Oct 16 2025 - 06:00
Only 242 applications in 10 years for tax scheme to renovate older Dublin housesTax measure expanded in Budget 2026 has seen ‘shockingly poor’ uptakeThu Oct 16 2025 - 06:00
Living and working in Temple Bar: ‘You know what? Most of the time it’s fine’More visible Garda patrols have helped - but its position in the spotlight amplifies any issues, traders sayMon Oct 13 2025 - 06:00
Age of the bin bag ends in Dublin’s south inner city as waste compactors finally installedRefuse-sack ban applies to 90 streets covered by the four-metre long machinesFri Oct 10 2025 - 15:32
Taoiseach confronted by pro-Palestinian protesters at architects’ conferenceProtesters disrupted Micheál Martin at the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland conference in DublinThu Oct 09 2025 - 15:41
Commuter fares unchanged in budget, with funding also freed up for Dart improvementsPublic transport receives the lion’s share of transport budgetTue Oct 07 2025 - 19:42
Train line closures to cause disruption of up to 21 months during Dublin Metrolink constructionPassengers face disruption from Maynooth and Dunboyne to DublinSun Oct 05 2025 - 15:00
MetroLink will have adverse effects across Dublin, planning commission acknowledgesLocations set to feel ‘significant’ impacts include St Stephen’s Green, O’Connell Street Upper and Carroll’s building in Dublin 6Thu Oct 02 2025 - 22:06
Little doubt MetroLink would get the green light, but what will be the bottom line?Cost of largest infrastructure project in the history of the State will be far north of €3.5bn estimate back in 2010Thu Oct 02 2025 - 20:39
Two consortiums will bid to build long-awaited MetroLink Dublin line expected to begin operating in mid-2030s, providing 20-minute airport-to-city journeysThu Oct 02 2025 - 19:17
