Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council: Artane - Whitehall, Ballyfermot – Drimnagh, Ballymun – Finglas, Cabra – Glasnevin, Clontarf, Donaghmede, Kimmage – Rathmines,Pembroke, North Inner City,South West Inner City, South East Inner City local electoral areas (LEAs) The latest news, analysis, and features about Dublin City Council, the local authority of the city of Dublin

Shannon-Dublin pipeline plans lodged

The €6 billion project would run an underground pipe through four counties, crossing lands belonging to 500 separate owners

Mass eviction on Mountjoy Square: ‘I don’t know where to go with the babies’

Landlord intends to sell apartments and has issued notices of termination through estate agent Buckley Real Estate

Jewish community to be invited to meet Dublin mayor, councillors over Herzog Park controversy

Councillors want to provide assurance they are ‘not anti-Semitic’ in light of recent recommendation to rename park

Culture wars have come for Dublin’s Winter Lights festival

Posts on X are channelling rage at the wokerati accused of being out to ban Christmas

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 Street

‘Startling’: First look behind the RCSI’s new ‘front door’ on St Stephen’s Green

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has unveiled a cubist addition to the historic Dublin square. How does it fit in with its venerable neighbours?

‘They’re lifelines’: How community gardens boost mental health and social inclusion

By creating welcoming outdoor spaces, community gardens can reduce social isolation and foster good mental healt

Disruption near Dublin Airport and in city centre as taxi drivers stage Uber protest

They demand immediate end to fixed fares scheme where passengers agree to a set fee beforehand

Israeli minister clashes with Ireland’s envoy to Tel Aviv over Herzog Park name row

Irish political leaders only responded to denaming plan after criticism from Israel, says Gideon Saar

Sinn Féin should study its own political history before demanding Herzog Park be renamed

Raymond McCreesh Park was given its name in 2001 following a proposal by the party

From Belfast to Dublin to Israel’s president: Who was Chaim Herzog?

Herzog’s son is the current president of Israel, while his father was Chief Rabbi of Ireland

Councillors could not have renamed Herzog Park due to legislative delay, meeting hears

Minister has yet to make regulations for public consultation and ballot that are required to change a placename

‘Eyesore’ former pub and chipper in Dublin city centre to be turned into seven-storey 434-bed hostel

The stretch of buildings on Townsend Street has long been derelict

‘There is no necessity for it’: Rathgar residents on Herzog Park renaming proposal

‘I think whatever it’s named should be kept with some connection to the Jewish area’, says one local

Bin-bag ban finally in place on 90 Dublin streets

Refuse sacks can no longer be used to hold waste for collection outside in south inner city

Chief Rabbi: Move to erase Chaim Herzog’s name and history is cruel hammer blow

Dublin’s Herzog Park, named after the former Israeli president, is marker of Ireland’s Jewish history

Plans to remove name of former Israeli president from Dublin park suspended

City council executive ‘completely messed up’ allowing recommendation to rename park on meeting agenda, says Lord Mayor

Planning approval overturned for 221-bed student accommodation in north Dublin

Courts do not quash things on ‘mere technicalities’, says judge following decision on Santry development

Security risks behind need for US embassy’s 40 extra car spaces at former D4 hotel site

US government expects to spend some close to $700m on construction of new embassy on Jury’s Hotel plot

Dublin City Council will not remove Tricolours erected by anti-immigration groups

Erection of flags echoes similar campaign by far-right in UK that critics say is designed to intimidate immigrants

Flag wars: The battles in local communities across Ireland over Tricolours

Anti-immigration campaigners and antiracism activists are flying or removing flags across the country and arguing about what it all means

Up to 41,000 apartments with planning permission lying idle in system

New figures highlight high attrition rate for proposed apartments in Greater Dublin Area

‘Lies and snake oil’: row over Dublin council rents threatens newfound left unity

Move to raise rents supported by Labour and Greens but fiercely opposed by Sinn Féin, PBP and Soc Dems

‘Exceptionally high building inflation’ blamed for €6m Dublin park tearooms going over budget

Cost of consultant architects rose from €246,000 in 2015 to €655,000 last year, audit finds

Dublin City Council to raise social housing rents, with some tenants facing 50% hike

Councillors pass budget plan by one vote, with higher earners to pay more under new rules

Dublin’s homeless costs to top €400m next year

No reduction in homelessness expected in 2026 as more than €50m added to the capital’s budget

‘It was just carnage’: Eyewitnesses and workers on the Dublin riots, two years on

Some of those who had to deal with the consequences of the violence recall their experiences of a ‘terrifying’ night

An Coimisiún Pleanála gives go-ahead for Clonskeagh student accommodation

Case was before planning body after appeals lodged by Eglinton Residents Association and two individuals

‘You’re hoping someone stops’: Parents volunteer as school wardens to keep their kids safe

Parents of children at two primary schools in Chapelizod are concerned about heavy traffic and aggressive drivers

Call for ‘zero tolerance’ approach after latest children’s play facility arson attack

Coolock playground may not reopen before Christmas as concern of copycat trend emerges

How to earn six figures – and still qualify for affordable housing

Government is ramping up its affordable schemes, but is the offering as good as it sounds?

Storm Claudia: Motorists urged to take caution as flooding still possible in Leinster and Munster

Co Wexford badly hit, with homes and businesses flooded as rivers burst their banks

Digital Hub Development Agency facing residential land tax bill of €575,000

Charge on properties at agency’s campus in Dublin’s Liberties is in addition to €1.6m vacant site levy for warehouse

Dublin city speed limits to be cut

New bylaws to introduce 30km/h limits on almost all roads

Dublin City Council tenants face rent rises up to 50% in first overhaul in 30 years

Council wants higher-income tenants to pay significantly more, with a fifth of households earning €1,000 net a week

Drones that support emergency services could be ‘revolutionary’

Research project demonstrated how the new technology could help first responders rapidly locate and understand casualties

Vandalised Diamond Park playground will cost hundreds of thousands of euro to repair

Park opened by Paschal Donohoe in 2023 to remain closed following fire damage and security issues

Renewed appeals for safety works after second cyclist hit by lorry at Dublin junction

Woman seriously injured in Dolphin’s Barn on Monday, two years after cyclist crushed to death in similar collision

Dalymount Park redevelopment €34m borrowing costs approved by Dublin City Council

Costs of redevelopment increased from €20m to €63m since council bought grounds ten years ago

Councillor Philip Sutcliffe ‘accidentally shared’ spoiled ballot containing abusive remarks

Independent Dublin city councillor apologised, adding ‘the content of that post was absolutely disgusting’

‘It’s breaking my heart’: Woman living with children in hostel facing two-year wait for home

‘Our whole life has been turned upside down,’ says mother of three

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