Patrols to protect Molly Malone statue from gropingDublin City Council to appoint stewards to discourage tourists from touching statue’s breastsTue Apr 01 2025 - 17:23
Workers try to convert Kinahan figure’s house to social housing but are ‘physically threatened’Seán McGovern’s house was seized by Cab in 2019, but Dublin City Council has been unable to renovate itMon Mar 31 2025 - 06:00
Dublin 4 residents waiting for flood defences as insurance premiums hit astronomical rates‘The year before last it went to €1,700, then we were told they were pulling out of the market’ Sat Mar 29 2025 - 06:00
Water system ‘in a desperate state’, says Uisce Éireann chairNew approach needed if goal of 50,000 homes a year to be achievable, according to Jerry GrantFri Mar 28 2025 - 06:00
Irish councils lack ability to plan big cities, conference toldCurrent planning system ‘facilitates dereliction’, says Senator Michael McDowellTue Mar 25 2025 - 20:34
Mary Raftery journalism prize winner to be announced on ThursdayTwo Irish Times projects among five shortlisted for prize named in honour of the late journalist and which recognises contributions to social affairs journalismMon Mar 24 2025 - 21:35
More than 100 tenant-in-situ applications waiting in DublinTenants at risk of homelessness cannot be assessed for purchase scheme due to lack of clarity on Government funding allocations, says council housing chiefMon Mar 24 2025 - 21:20
Joe Lynskey remains are not those exhumed in Monaghan, tests showGrave did not contain remains of murdered former IRA member or ‘any of the Disappeared’, says independent commissionMon Mar 24 2025 - 09:16
Firefighters tackle industrial blaze in Lucan in west DublinHouseholds advised to close windows and doorsSun Mar 23 2025 - 21:35
‘Match days will never be the same again’: Brendan Cummins, voice of Meath GAA, dies aged 76LMFM commentator leaves behind a rich legacy, says Meath County BoardSat Mar 08 2025 - 12:33
Derelict Victorian houses ‘crumbling’ six years after €700,000 purchase by Dublin City CouncilCouncil has had to halt redevelopment due to deteriorating condition of homes in PhibsboroughSun Mar 02 2025 - 06:00
Rivals actor Victoria Smurfit named grand marshal of Dublin St Patrick’s Day parade‘Legendary adventurous spirit’ of the Irish to be celebratedTue Feb 25 2025 - 16:07
Dublin’s €26m revamp of Victorian fruit and vegetable market to start six years after closure Regeneration of 127-year-old market proposed in 2002 to be completed in 2027Tue Feb 25 2025 - 06:00
Local authority to call to homes in illegal dumping blackspot in DublinResidents in Dublin’s north east inner city will be prosecuted for not having waste collection contractsMon Feb 24 2025 - 06:00
Historic Conway’s pub on Dublin’s Parnell Street ‘endangered’, says council Dublin City Council is assessing pub for inclusion on the Derelict Sites RegisterFri Feb 21 2025 - 06:00
‘Affordable’ one- and two-bed apartments near Dublin’s Phoenix Park priced at up to €402,125Prices released for first 66 State-subsidised apartments as sales expected to open in JuneTue Feb 18 2025 - 18:28
Waste compactors to be installed at St Stephen’s Green and Temple BarWaste compactorsMon Feb 17 2025 - 09:42
Dublin city cycle lane funding slashed by €16m National Transport Authority funding ‘substantially lower’ than in previous years, council saysWed Feb 12 2025 - 18:29
Dublin’s dumpers have ‘no sense of pride’, says council waste chiefNew legislation should make landlords responsible for tenants’ waste contracts, says Dublin City Council’s head of waste managementTue Feb 11 2025 - 17:39
Dublin City Council to ‘remove and destroy’ Airbnb-style lockboxes in citywide blitz Boxes attached to poles and cycle stands causing trip hazards, says council Tue Feb 11 2025 - 06:00
Dublin City Council to borrow €132.5m for St Michael’s estate cost-rental schemeSubsidised rent levels at Inchicore development to be known later this yearMon Feb 10 2025 - 21:37
Peter McVerry Trust drops six Dublin city social housing projects Schemes on vacant and derelict sites expected to be delayed or abandonedMon Feb 10 2025 - 06:00
Properties remain derelict after collapse of social housing deals with McVerry trustDerelict and vacant sites left 'languishing' following withdrawal of trust from construction schemesMon Feb 10 2025 - 06:00
How are buildings designated as derelict?Properties on the Derelict Sites Register are subject to a 7 per cent levySat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Derelict Dublin: 10 empty southside buildings in a city with a housing crisisIncluding a 200-year-old College Street building, the site of a Kildare Street hotel and the former home of the City Arts CentreSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Derelict Dublin: 10 unused northside buildings in a city gripped by a housing crisis Including the former Coláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square, the former Guineys department store on Talbot Street, and a ‘shrine’ to Bram StokerSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Why are so many properties derelict in Dublin city centre during a housing crisis? Greed is far from the only reason so many buildings lie vacant and neglected, often in prime locations. A carrot-and-stick approach could help heal these festering sores in the capitalSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
More than 14,500 properties are vacant across DublinNew figures from GeoDirectory show a fifth of the buildings have been vacant for more than four yearsSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Dublin City Council needs €132.5m loan for St Michael’s estate cost-rental schemeConstruction of council’s first ‘direct build’ cost-rental project, in Inchicore, will run to €450,500 per apartmentMon Jan 27 2025 - 20:00
Rotunda building plan likened to ‘brick-clad cruise liner docked on Parnell Square’Hospital says large-scale project is ‘critical’ to meeting needs of patients but heritage group criticises impact on Georgian DublinSun Jan 26 2025 - 08:13
Ballymun to get biggest social housing development since towers demolitionAlmost 300 social homes to be built on land left over from Ballymun regeneration projectTue Jan 21 2025 - 19:16
Dublin city illegal dumping cameras to be operational by end of JanuaryCameras to catch dumpers will be switched on in north inner city, the State’s dirtiest urban areaMon Jan 20 2025 - 06:00
Hundreds of Dublin homes at risk of damage after partial collapse of house into riverCouncil and Office of Public Works to determine ‘legal and moral position’ in addition to available fundingWed Jan 15 2025 - 19:20
Affordable housing proposed for large, vacant north Dublin siteLand Development Agency in talks with Dublin City Council over site of complex demolished four years agoMon Jan 13 2025 - 06:00
Defects identified in Oscar Traynor housing developmentBuilding compliance concerns aroused after faults emerge in early phases of homes under constructionTue Jan 07 2025 - 19:00
Non-compliant construction work discovered at Dublin affordable housing schemeSome work on the homes at Oscar Traynor Woods in Coolock may have to be paused for investigationTue Jan 07 2025 - 06:37
Dublin soup kitchen bylaws must not push volunteer groups ‘out of existence’, councillors sayConcerns raised about plans to draft legislation to end practice where groups provide hot food to people queuing on city’s streetsMon Jan 06 2025 - 20:57
Orange weather warning was appropriate, says Met ÉireannSnow and ice orange warnings denote severe conditions and should not be dismissed, says forecasterMon Jan 06 2025 - 13:08
Dublin’s north inner city remains Ireland’s dirtiest place, says anti-litter lobby Dublin City Council ban on the use of plastic refuse sacks to be extended to north inner city this yearMon Jan 06 2025 - 06:00
Historic Phoenix Park gate to be reinstated this month after lorry damageThe 190-year-old Cabra Gate was damaged last September by a Dublin City Council lorrySun Jan 05 2025 - 06:00
Dublin bin bag ban comes into force in south inner cityBan to be extended to the northside by summer 2025 with €150 fines for leaving bags on streetWed Jan 01 2025 - 00:00
Cameras to catch drivers breaking red lights to be introduced in DublinRed light cameras will capture registration numbers of drivers putting pedestrians and other cars at riskTue Dec 31 2024 - 06:00
New Dublin traffic changes to take effect by mid-2025Dublin City Council will follow the success of Liffey quays car restrictions with changes at Pearse Street and Parliament StreetSat Dec 28 2024 - 06:00
New Year’s Festival: Dublin’s three-day programme of events starts MondayGalway city is also hosting a variety of free entertainment, beginning at 6pm on New Year’s EveFri Dec 27 2024 - 19:26
Bylaws would ban ‘well-meaning’ on-street soup kitchen runs to Dublin homelessOutdoor food services to homeless people ‘well-meaning’ but lacking in dignity and safety, council saysFri Dec 27 2024 - 06:00
Record 4,600 submit applications for south Dublin cost-rental apartments Just 195 Land Development Agency apartments are available at Shanganagh Castle near ShankillFri Dec 20 2024 - 06:00
Almost 40 gardaí board Dublin buses in safety blitz targeting antisocial behaviourVisible Garda presence initiative used to deter antisocial incidents, which Dublin Bus says have doubled in five yearsFri Dec 13 2024 - 18:02
‘No magic wand’ to bring down prices of cost-rental homes, says Housing Agency directorNew schemes testing affordability limit with some units in Dublin costing up to €1,775 a month for three-bed propertyWed Dec 11 2024 - 20:14
Ballsbridge house sells for €1.635 million, six years after sham saleProperty on exclusive St Mary’s Road in Dublin 4 became derelict and mired in ‘truly extraordinary’ legal caseWed Dec 11 2024 - 15:36
Applications open on Tuesday for south Dublin cost-rental homesRents set at €1,175 a month for a studio to €1,775 for a three-bed apartment on cost-rental homes at Shanganagh Castle.Mon Dec 09 2024 - 21:00
