Blackrock apartment scheme gets green light from council
Seabren Developments secures permission to build apartments on the site of the former Europa Garage site at Newtown Avenue
Rathdown County Council
Minister orders reversal of Dalkey/Killiney housing ban
Restrictions on build-to-rent also removed from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown development plan
Private sector developers delivered 80% of social housing units last year
Figures from Department of Housing highlight State’s reliance on private developers
Work under way to convert Dublin industrial building for Ukrainian refugees
Ballyogan Regional Temporary Rest Centre to cater for up to 300 a night from next week
Almost 1,000 homes planned for Dundrum hospital site under scaled-down scheme
Height of main apartment block halved to 7 storeys in plans for Central Mental Hospital lands
Dalkey land with planning for bespoke residential scheme guiding €2.5m
Barnhill Road 0.37-acre site comes with approval for six houses
Dún Laoghaire project could show the way forward for cycleways
Despite clear social and environmental benefits, cycleways are opposed by many, so how can plans to spend hundreds of millions on them be made to work?
County councils held close to €300m in development bonds in 2020
Construction firms must place money on deposit with councils before carrying out work
Council notice on house where remains found warned of loss of tenancy
Decomposed remains of man were found by gardaí at local authority house in Sallynoggin
Zoning for Dalkey and Killiney rejected by planning regulator
Councillors in stand-off over draft plan for zero buildings on south Dublin Dart corridor
Council recommends refusal for €230m Dublin apartment scheme
Plan for 463-unit scheme in Leopardstown faces strong local opposition
Inside the new Dún Laoghaire Baths (spoiler: don’t expect baths)
For years the derelict amenity was a blight on the seafront, a lost opportunity for a public facility
Children’s cycle route diverted through Deansgrange Cemetery
Using the graveyard will avoid the need to disrupt traffic, says council
Swimmers take to Dublin waters during Storm Barra despite warnings
Trees, trampolines and debris removed from roads across the capital
Lioncor takes Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to High Court
Developer case involves planning permission refusal for 445 homes in Cherrywood
‘Demanding’ five-year social housing targets issued to councils
More than 9,000 social homes expected to be built in Dublin city
Deansgrange cycle plan remains suspended amid legal fears
Councillor Shay Brennan said ‘the safety of thousands of schoolchildren’ was at stake
Cycling, walking projects get bulk of transport spending in 2021
Funding of €204 million for local authorities will go on facilities for bikes and walkers, with €75 million for urban transport projects
Planned trial of Deansgrange cycle route hits major setback
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council says further consultations required for project
Capel Street backlash a portent of trouble ahead
Dublin City Council will need to tread carefully over future of pedestrianisation
Council rejects social housing lease deal for €135m Blackrock build-to-rent scheme
Figures show it would be €4m cheaper to purchase apartments rather than lease them
South Dublin flood risk should be ‘to the fore’ in planning decisions, councillor says
Business owners ‘paying the price of bad planning’, says Labour councillor
Give me a crash course in ... cycle path opposition
It mostly stems from proposals to reallocate road space – used by cars – for cyclists
Residents object to plan to lease Cabinteely apartments for social housing
Locals claim lease agreement will bring social housing up to 41 per cent of estate
Deansgrange businesses preparing legal action over cycle route
Group claims council plan to introduce one-way traffic could cause ‘immense disruption’
South Dublin cycle route facing legal challenge
Deansgrange group seek to stop one-way system following Strand Road route ruling
Sandymount cycle path ruling to spur ‘vast number of cases’
Legal challenge to Dún Laoghaire and Liffey cycleways likely, says Cllr Mannix Flynn
Green light for €63m residential development in Kilternan, south Dublin
Bord Pleanála ruling on 203-unit scheme comes despite council recommending refusal
Fingal and South Dublin councillors vote not to increase local property tax rates
Households could still face higher bills following upcoming revaluation of homes
Almost 1,000 social homes leased from investment funds in Dublin
Under ‘enhanced’ leasing scheme, rents being paid have risen to 95% of market rates
Dún Laoghaire pedestrianisation to go-ahead next month
Consultation found 70 per cent in favour of car-free street plan
Goatstown site ‘can’t stay like it is with donkeys and goats on it’
Charlie Chawke: ‘I have invested all my savings in it. Every bob I had is gone into it’
Chawke family considers next steps as €186m scheme rejected
Planning board says proposed apartments in Goatstown would result in overbearing form of development
Fancy parking yourself outside your local cafe?
Around the Block: Requests for ‘parklet partners’ draw big response from businesses and community groups in Fingal and Cork
St John of God Trust wants Traveller housing plan scrapped
Council has proposed six Traveller homes within the 12 hectare hospital location
Dún Laoghaire's main street set to be re-pedestrianised
Consultation process on new plans will be open for the next three weeks as move ‘not without its challenges’
St Helen’s Court residents in Dún Laoghaire protest against eviction
‘I don’t have the resources to get anything outside of this. It’s deeply worrying’
Dundrum locals fear traffic gridlock over Central Mental Hospital site plans
Residents fear gridlock once Central Mental Hospital site redeveloped for 1,300 homes
Roger Casement statue unveiled and will stand in Dún Laoghaire
Sculptor Mark Richards secured commission following local authority competition
Church opposes Dún Laoghaire rezoning on basis it will lower its land value
New plan for limiting housing development ‘discriminates against religious’, nuns say
Developer takes court proceedings over refusal for apartment planning in Dublin
An Bord Pleanála’s refused permission to LBD for development in Churchtown
Dún Laoghaire rezoning row won’t halt march of mass housing schemes
Thousands of homes in the works already contravene county development plan
Publican’s plan for apartment scheme will create ‘Goatshattan’ say residents
Charlie Chawke seeking fast-track permission for €186m development in south Dublin
Pat Kenny challenges plan for nursing home beside his house
Broadcaster claims developers trying to stuff ‘ugly sister’s foot into Cinderella’s slipper’
Housing schemes in Goatstown and Swords approved despite objections
An Bord Pleanála dismissed recommendations by two separate local authorities
Quintain given go-ahead for first phase of 1,300 home plan for Cherrywood
Council grants permission for 136 homes as part of Dublin 18 scheme
Crackdown on outdoor drinking in Blackrock after street furniture attracts crowds
Gardaí intervene in Dublin village dubbed ‘the new Temple Bar’
New Dublin Port cycle route to bridge Dublin bay gap
Liffey-Tolka project is part of plan to ‘open up Dublin Port to Dubliners’
Radical expansion of cycle infrastructure planned for south Dublin
Three new routes aim to facilitate safe cycling to at least 65 schools across the county
Dublin mayors call for greater effort from Dubliners in fighting Covid-19
Our ‘dangerous enemy’ risks taking more lives and more jobs, say councillors
Future of people driving around country in private cars is ‘fantasy built on cheap oil’
Dublin city Architect calls for permanent allocation of open public space in Dublin
Dublin dog pound under review by council amid Garda investigation
Dublin City Council takes action after allegations of improper use of veterinary drugs
Sand-hued cyclepaths changing the face of south Dublin coast
Cycle priority and one-way traffic lanes to benefit locals not tourists, council says
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