Richard Shakespeare

In a Word... Hamlet

Omelette was a scrambled version of Shakespeare’s play that we staged as students at the then University College Galway

Decision to press ahead with Dublin city transport plan a win all round

While plans for car restrictions into Dublin city centre have been watered down, the move is a first step in tackling congestion

Dublin transport plan will be implemented from next month despite opposition

Restrictions on private traffic on the city quays will go ahead despite objections from some businesses

Traffic plan will cost Dublin €400m a year, says report for traders opposed to car curbs

Economic analysis submitted to council chief Richard Shakespeare warns of job losses

Dublin Bus chief urges city council executive not to ‘water down’ Dublin City Centre Transport Plan

Several hundred people attend protest outside City Hall seeking full implementation of traffic measures

Dublin City Council chief spurns commuter, environmental and health groups opposed to watering down of transport plan

Richard Shakespeare ‘unavailable’ to meet civil society groups concerned about changes to and potential delay of proposals

Eamon Ryan warns against diluting or delaying Dublin transport plan

Minister for Transport hits out at politicians seeking advantage by ‘playing on concerns’ about impact on business of traffic management changes

Dublin City Council’s new chief: ‘If I can help climate efforts by making it a little more difficult for motorists, well then that’s what I’ll do’

Richard Shakespeare, who had a ‘baptism of fire’ during the Dublin riots, lays out his plans for a safer, cleaner, less rundown city

Dublin’s Victorian fruit and vegetable market finally to reopen

The city’s newest food market will be better than the English Market in Cork, says city chief Richard Shakespeare

Too few gardaí, too many ‘ne’er’ do wells’ in Dublin, city’s most senior official claims

Not enough gardaí to police the capital’s streets, says Dublin City Council chief executive Richard Shakespeare

Decision on 850 homes at Oscar Traynor site in Dublin due this month

Developer Glenveagh offers to increase proportion of social homes in scheme

Hotels vs culture: The debate on Dublin’s future reignites

Protesters say new hotels crowd out housing and the arts; officials say they create jobs

Protected status expected for three-storey Player Wills building

Former Dublin factory on South Circular Road part of a 19-storey redevelopment plan

Councillors back rezoning that could allow 2,200 homes in north Dublin

Dublin City Councillors support plan for 100-acre Finglas site by 43 votes to 17

Council approves sale of Dublin’s Plough Pub at €380,000 loss

Apartments to be developed at site opposite Abbey Theatre following €550,000 sale

Chairman Roy Barrett declares FAI egm a ‘watershed moment'

Gerry McAnaney and Paul Cooke returned as president and vice-president

Council takes court action over O’Rahilly house demolition

Home of 1916 leader demolished in September to make way for apartments and hotel

Dublin’s Iveagh Market ‘repossessed’ by member of Guinness family

Failure to redevelop closed down trading post has been source of controversy for years

Dublin won’t be getting all those hotels after all

A year ago they were springing up like daffodils. Covid-19 hit like a dose of Roundup

Doubts over reconstruction of O’Rahilly house

Council may not have ‘legal mechanism’ to force reinstatement, says planning chief

Coronavirus: Access to Dublin beauty spots restricted

Garda instructs city council to close roads, dog walking facilities and allotments

Dublin City Council will not seek judicial review over St Anne’s Park apartments

‘No valid reason’ to pursue board in courts, says council’s head of planning despite councillors voting for legal action over Raheny development

Dublin City Council throws out Iveagh Markets application

Plans by hotelier Martin Keane for the site are declared invalid

Dublin City Council plans to repossess Iveagh Markets

Local authority to act to take back Edwardian building from hotelier Martin Keane

Dublin businesses face huge rates hike due to €8.4m cut in Irish Water funds

Councillors refuse to pass 2020 budget; dispute over vote on O’Devaney Gardens deal

Board warn of ‘shock’ in store when FAI accounts are published

Audit commissioned by Sport Ireland to include details of parting deal with John Delaney

Conway says delay in receiving reports into FAI governance ‘not in our control’

Kosi and Mazars reports now expected to be delivered by the end of November

Dublin needs more hotels, says Fáilte Ireland, after vote to curb

City planner says limiting hotels under development plan would leave council open to legal action

Councillors vote to limit number of Dublin hotels because of ‘erosion of cultural life and space’

City planner warns that move could leave council at risk of legal challenge

Hotelier plans new Iveagh Markets Quarter in Dublin’s Liberties

Council report finds vacant building ‘badly damaged’ and in need of €13m in repairs

Iveagh Markets ‘unsafe’ and in ‘advanced state of dereliction’

Dublin City Council report says repairs on historic building would cost more than €13m

Bid to reverse council decision on Manhattan Cafe redevelopment

Council refused to sanction €1.4m sale of site surrounding the former late-night venue

Dublin’s Victorian fruit market to close for two years for revamp

Building near Capel Street may be turned into retail-only facility with no wholesale

Sports technology to take centre stage at Dublin conference

One-Zero 2019 aims to highlight how tech is changing the sports business industry

Redevelopment of Manhattan Café site blocked despite budget warning

Parks funding may be cut following Dublin city councillors’ refusal of land sale

Proposal for garden ‘log cabins’ rejected due to safety fears

Councillor sought change to Dublin plan so families could provide spaces for relatives facing high rents, home loss

Victorian Dublin market regeneration to go ahead

Market will not be ‘generic’ but sprinkled with ‘magic dust’, says council executive

Repeal book event pulled from festival after arts officer raised questions

Dublin City Council says Question of the Eighth event contravened its code of conduct

UCD ‘delighted’ to book place in Uefa Youth League

Club will learn opponents on Tuesday after qualifying thanks to favourable results

Takeaway firm Just Eat pays €2.25m to sponsor Dublin Bikes

Assistant council chief says money will help to fund expansion of service around city

Time to stop scapegoating Airbnb and start building houses

Claims accommodation website is adding to housing crisis not supported by figures

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