Olivia Kelly

Olivia Kelly

Dublin Editor

Olivia Kelly is the Dublin Editor of The Irish Times.

The OPR has clashed with the council and chief executive Owen Keegan over the council’s plans for BTR restrictions in the upcoming city development plan. Photograph: iStock
Planning regulator declines council invite to discuss build-to-rent orders

Niall Cussen concerned Dublin City Council meeting could spur requests from others

The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan requires Dun Leary House ‘be retained in situ and renovated’ in any future development of the site
Public hearing to be held on Dún Laoghaire scheme in rare move

Plans for 146 apartments call for changes to protected 19th-century Dun Leary House

Louise O’Connor (centre), with her childen Bredndan (3) and Maeve (1) on a traffic-free Capel Street on Friday. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Capel Street becomes Dublin’s longest traffic-free street

Some businesses and residents remain doubtful over pedestrianisation benefits

The litter enforcement system is ‘ineffective’, ‘unproductive’ and puts council staff at a ‘high risk’ of being attacked. Photograph: Tom Honan
Dublin litter wardens at risk of ‘serious assault’, says council chief

Owen Keegan highlights difficulty of cracking down on litter louts due to attacks on staff

Level crossing at Ashtown, Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times
Communities oppose level crossing closures for planned Dart expansion

Dart + West project plans to close six roads to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála shortly

Poolbeg power station. Technical studies have identified the need to replace cables linking substations at North Wall and Poolbeg; Finglas and North Wall; Poolbeg and Carrickmines; and two cables linking Inchicore and Poolbeg. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan
Years of roadworks ahead for Dublin electric upgrade

Fifty kilometres of underground electricity cables to be replaced from 2024

Almost all of the new homes at O’Devaney Gardens will be apartments, with just 43 houses and duplexes. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times
Construction of more than 1,000 apartments at O’Devaney Gardens set to go ahead

Earlier ruling change could have blocked developer from selling half of apartments to investors

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said the scheme was designed to increase housing supply in cities and give people the choice to buy apartments. File photograph: Dara Mac Donaill
State subsidy for apartments to reach €144,000 each

Croí Cónaithe aims to bridge the ‘construction viability gap’

Build-to-rent apartments do not have to have to comply with minimum size standards required in homes for sale. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Regulator asked to explain opposition to build-to-rent restrictions

Office of the Planning Regulator to be called to meeting of Dublin City Council

Olympian Kellie Harrington is the first boxer to receive the honour. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Freedom of Dublin city award for boxer Kellie Harrington

Feminist activist Ailbhe Smyth and psychologist Mary Aiken also in line for the honour

Archbishop Dermot Farrell: ‘The Bishops’ Conference indicated their desire that redundant parish properties should, as in the past, whenever appropriate, be made available for housing and especially social housing.’ Photograph: Alan Betson
Catholic archdiocese criticises Dublin council chief’s objection to rezoning church lands

Owen Keegan recommending against using sites for housing seen as ‘short-sighted’

Dublin City Council acquired the lease on Tolka Park in Drumcondra, the home of Shelbourne football club, in 2016, with the intention of selling the land to fund the redevelopment of Dalymount Park in Phibsborough.
Tolka Park to remain as sports ground

Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan recommends no change to zoning

Dublin City manager Owen Keegan. File photograph: Cyril Byrne
Church set to lose battle to rezone more than 30 Dublin churches

Council poised to reject plans to rezone sites, including historic churches, for housing

Council’s analysis of BTR applications since January 2018 shows ‘virtually no three-bed or family units have been proposed or permitted’. Photograph: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/ Bloomberg
Owen Keegan questions suitability of build-to-rent for social housing

Large numbers of people on waiting list due to be housed in build-to-rent blocks

Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Dominance of build-to-rent in Dublin ‘unsustainable’, says council chief

City council to defy planning regulator’s warning against build-to-rent curbs

A study by scientists at Maynooth University confirmed the sea in Dublin Bay is rising at approximately double the rate of global sea levels. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times
Dublin’s flood defences are protection against rising sea levels

Global sea levels factored into flood defences says senior council engineer

Paul McQuaid of River Cycles in Dublin: ‘Everybody talks about the humble bicycle, but humble it ain’t – it really can have a profound effect on people’s lives.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Dublin bike shop seeks mechanics to help with repairs for Ukrainians

Paul McQuaid has received donations of more than 500 bikes in one month

The Cobblestone in Dublin.
Developer drops planning appeal over hotel at Cobblestone pub

Marron Estates Ltd had appealed decision of Dublin City Council to refuse permission for hotel at historic pub

The LDA has began initial consultation on the redevelopment of the 3.72-hectare site off Thomas Street in the Liberties for hundreds of ’mixed tenure affordable homes’.
Plans for first homes on Dublin’s Digital Hub site expected next year

Hundreds of apartments to be built on 3.72 hectare Liberties site

The pedestrian zone will end at Strand Street, with the area between Panti Bar and Jack Nealon’s pub to the quays remaining open to traffic. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill
Dublin’s Capel Street to be traffic free within weeks

Local councillors approve plans to ban cars along 400m stretch of city centre street

Minister of State for Planning Peter Burke orders provision to be deleted on the grounds it was inconsistent with national and regional policies relating to ‘compact growth’. Photograph: Tom Honan
Minister orders reversal of Dalkey/Killiney housing ban

Restrictions on build-to-rent also removed from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown development plan

The LDA’s Project Tosaigh scheme is focused on sites with the potential for more than 150 homes. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Developers surge to offload sites to Land Development Agency

More than 100 submissions made to sell large scale housing sites to State agency

Traders’ organisation DublinTown, which runs the city’s Business Improvement District (BID) scheme, has been given a mandate to continue for another five years, after it won a plebiscite of city businesses. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Businesses vote to keep DublinTown organisation until 2027

City firms back retention of body behind capital’s Business Improvement District

In a statement, Dublin Town said its services would not be replaced it if was disbanded. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Final votes to be cast on future of Dublin business group

DublinTown runs capital’s Business Improvement District scheme

Man and dog on a beach in Dingle, Co Kerry. Photograph: iStock
Dog faeces the most ‘potent’ polluter of Dublin’s coastal bathing water

‘One dog foul can contaminate a water body the size of a tennis court,’ says expert

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

The State-owned National Monument buildings at 14-17 Moore Street are already designated for protection. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Moore Street buildings linked to 1916 Rising designated for protection

Dublin city planners recommend buildings be added to Record of Protected Structures

Councils need to ensure development plans became ‘action plans’ for the delivery of homes. Photograph: Alan Betson
Councils must avoid ‘back of fag packet’ approach to zoning, says deputy planning regulator

Rate of housing construction on zoned land is ‘shocking’, Anne Marie O’Connor says

The O’Devaney Gardens social housing complex near the Phoenix Park in Dublin 7 under construction last year. Photograph: Alan Betson
Council seeks O’Devaney Gardens apartments for cost-rental scheme

An Bord Pleanála lifts clause banning bulk sale of apartments following Bartra legal action

The €2m redesign involves the reconfiguration of the under-utilised park at the southern end of the village to create a green with an ‘amphitheatre-style space’ and bandstand.
More than 7,000 objections to ‘shameful’ revamp of Lucan village

Councillors will on Monday vote on revised proposal criticised over loss of parking spaces

The think-tank’s report also recommends increasing planning levies, a greater use of master plans for large sites, and limiting CPO prices to 25% above the existing value of the land. Photograph: Getty Images
Think-tank says Land Development Agency needs powers to buy private land

Think-Tank for Action on Social Change claims housing policy is ‘a major failure’

Just one successful prosecution for human trafficking has been completed since legislation was introduced 14 years ago. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos
Gardaí liaise with Europol over potential human trafficking from Ukraine

Total of 44 trafficking victims recorded by Garda last year, two thirds were women

Minister for Housing Darragh O Brien (left) and Peter McVerry Trust chief executive Pat Doyle at the launch of the trust’s scheme on Shaw Street, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Former pubs and banks being used to deliver housing for homeless

Up to 5,000 homeless people, about half of total number, need one-bed accommodation

Illustration of plans for almost 1,000 homes at the site of the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, south Dublin.
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

Maria Mezhenska was gifted bicycles for herself and her children, Mirra 8 and Mark 13, so she can take them to school. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Dublin repair shop seeks unwanted bikes for Ukrainian refugees

Paul McQuaid will repair donated bikes for arrivals in need of transport

Once the works are completed there will be bus lanes and segregated cycle lanes. File photograph: Getty
Dublin road changes to be ‘painful’ for drivers, says Lord Mayor

Road space needs to be ‘rebalanced’ to provide more room for sustainable transport

Owen Keegan recently told a cycling symposium the private car remains the preferred choice in Dublin ‘for too many residents and for too many journeys’. Photograph: Alan Betson
Dublin City Council chief seeks to ‘aggressively restrict’ space for cars

Road and on-street parking spaces need to be reallocated to cyclists, says council chief executive

Artist’s impression of the project showing the view towards Fairview.
Construction of Clontarf to Dublin city cycle route begins

Scheme part of €62m project set to take two years and includes civil engineering works

Current and former Dublin city councillors together owe more than €146,000 to Dublin City Council in overpaid travel expenses. Photograph: iStock
More than €146,000 owed by Dublin city councillors in overpaid expenses

Council claims responsibility as audit finds excess travel rates had been paid since 2018

Construction work on the metro’s terminus at Charlemont alongside the building of an office block has already started. Photograph: Alan Betson
Work on Charlemont metro station begins before planning application for line lodged

Construction work costing €12.5m has already gone ahead

Most of the homes, a total of 8,057, have been upgraded with cavity wall insulation; attic, tanks and pipes insulation; roof and wall ventilation; draught-proofing; and cylinder lagging jackets. Photograph: iStock
Retrofitting of 2,690 Dublin council houses to cost €83 million

BER to go from F to B2, with potential savings of up to €800 a year amid rising fuel costs

Questions also focus on changes in work patterns.
Public urged to review questions ahead of census night

Topics added to inform planning of public policy and services in years ahead, says CSO

Inside one of the new chillers used to produce chilled water for cooling patient areas, theatres, wards and diagnostic equipment at St James’s Hospital are Edel Wyse, Carbon and Energy Fund Ireland; John Lambe, Veolia Ireland; Vincent Callan, director of campus development at St James’s; and Kyle Wylie, engineering manager at St James’s
Largest ever retrofit of Irish hospital completed

St James’s €15 million upgrade facilitates exit from emissions trading system

Illustration of planned Kilcarbery estate
Almost 300 people apply to buy 16 homes in Dublin affordable housing scheme

Kilcarbery, Clondalkin: South Dublin County Council selling houses from €245,600 to €285,300

Charlotte Sheridan, new president of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland: ‘When it comes to build-to-rent, we have to make sure we get that mix of tenure and multigenerational homes in urban areas.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Planning needs more public input, new RIAI president says

Strategic Housing Development scheme a ‘knee-jerk reaction’ to accommodation crisis

The city council’s southeast area committee was expected to consider the renaming proposal on Monday, but the motion has been dropped. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos
Proposal to change name of Orwell Road to Independent Ukraine Road to be dropped

Many locals did not want the move for site of Russian embassy, councillor says

Mr Richmond said the decision to run trams to Sunday timetables over the two days amounted to a “direct dereliction of responsibility of duty by LUAS. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Luas St Patrick’s timetable ‘ludicrous and dangerous’, says Fine Gael TD Fine Gael TD

Tram operator Transdev rejects Neale Richmond’s comments

Dublin City Council will now prepare a report for councillors on how to fill the vacant seat. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Vote to replace Anthony Flynn on Dublin City Council defeated

Councillors voted against nominee to fill seat vacant since Independent’s death last August

Citizens’ assembly meeting in Dublin in 2017 debate climate action. Photograph: Tom Honan.
Thousands of invitations issued for citizens’ assemblies

Directly elected mayor for Dublin to be discussed at forum

The new bus route was to run from Heuston Station to Broombridge Station in Cabra. Photograph: Bryan O Brien
Phoenix Park bus route delayed as gates found to be too narrow

Cabra gate on park’s north side ‘too narrow’ for planned service

The strategy will also focus on finding a solution to the problem of illegal parking. Photograph: Alan Betson
New 30km/h speed limit and car restrictions for Phoenix Park from Monday

Park can no longer be ‘quasi-dumping ground for parking’, says OPW Minister

Emma Brereton, market director of We Love Markets, Digital Hub chief executive Fiach Mac Conghail and Tara McGuinness of We Love Markets at the launch of a new monthly Sunday market to take place at the Digital Hub in Dublin’s Liberties. Photograph: Shane O’Neill/Coalesce
Monthly Sunday markets set to return to Dublin’s Liberties

Digital Hub market begins on March 20th

Kilcarbery development: Online applications will open at noon on March 1st and close at 4pm on March 11th.
Online application set to open next week for affordable homes

Kilcarbery, Clondalkin: South Dublin County Council selling houses from €245,600 to €285,300

South Dublin County Council plans to redevelop the centre of the historic village, with a new ‘shared space’ for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers being created beside the village green
Proposed €2m revamp of Lucan village branded a ‘disgrace’

Objectors to village green plan fear it will create a pedestrian wasteland

Hundreds of people take part in a cycle in Galway on February 13th to support the proposed new cycleway in Salthill. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy
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 (...)

City planner John O’Hara last month said the policy changes were an attempt to return a ‘diversity’ of housing types to Dublin City. Photograph: iStock
Planning regulator knocks back Dublin build-to-rent curbs

Dublin City Development Plan sought to restrict rental-only apartment blocks

A digital image of what the Kilcarbery cost-rental scheme in Clondalkin in Dublin will look like when completed. Photograph: Tuath Housing
First cost-rental schemes for south Dublin available soon

One-beds to rent for about €1,000 a month with two-beds at €1,200

Permission is being sought for 162 apartments on a Prussia Street site that was at the centre of protests last October when alleged squatters were ordered to vacate the land. File photograph: The Irish Times
Proposed 13-storey build-to-rent Prussia Street tower ‘monstrous’

Randelswood Construction wants to build 107 one-bed, 53 two-bed and two three-bed units

A 2019 image of how the proposed plaza on Liffey Street might look. Photograph: Dublin city Council
Cars set to retain access to part of Capel Street

Liffey Street plaza plan requires southern end of Capel Street “to be kept open” to traffic

Just one large scale BTR scheme has been granted in the docklands, 702 apartments at Castleforbes off Sherriff Street.
Dublin City Council seeks to turn back the clock on build-to-rents

Moves to restrict rental-only schemes come amid a rash of applications for BTRs

The Richmond Road complex would have 104 one-bedroom and 79 two-bedroom apartments.
Tolka River plans among last of BTR schemes

Rental-only blocks of 10 and 13 storeys proposed for Drumcondra and Grangegorman

Artist’s impression of the project showing the view towards Fairview
Clontarf to Connolly cycle track and bus lane project to cost €62m

Project was priced at €20m three years ago but 'public realm upgrades' drove costs up

The increase in parking charges of about 10 per cent across all zones was approved by Dublin city councillors in late 2019. File photograph: David Sleator
Dublin city street parking charges to increase next week

City centre on-street parking to cost €3.50 per hour from February 1st

Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan: traffic ban had been ‘transformative’ for the town. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Group wants Malahide reopened to traffic as Covid restrictions lifted

Council says it has secured funding for permanent pedestrianisation of New Street

Nearly €30 million will be used to replace and upgrade “first generation cycle and walking facilities”. Photograph: Getty Images
Dublin receives lion’s share of State’s €300m cycling and walking funding

Vital we do not allow return to traffic gridlock, Minister for Transport says

A widened footpath on Capel Street last summer ahead of pedestrianisation trials at weekends. Photograph: Alan Betson
Civic plaza may stop Capel Street pedestrianisation

Liffey Street plaza plans likely to prevent full pedestrianisation of northside street

Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland: The policy change aims to encourage “high-standard, long-term, secure and sustainable housing”. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Dublin City Council to curb build-to-rent and small apartment developments

Under new capital city development plan complexes must include apartments for sale

The council secured 12 repossession orders in the courts last year, while three ‘lump sum settlements’ of €30,500 in total were made.
Dublin City Council owed €38m in unpaid rent

Just over 64% of council’s 25,000 tenants in arrears and 41 owe more than €27,000

Computer-generated image of metro for Dublin
Italian ambassador concerned by Dublin MetroLink delay

Dublin should follow example of Rome, Paolo Serpi says

“The rationale for restricting access of domesticated animals to beaches is that among the most common hazards in bathing waters are microbial pathogens introduced by faecal contamination from humans and animals,” says Ian Diamond, An Taisce’s coastal awards manager.
Blue flag beaches must be kept dog-free, An Taisce says

Local authorities advised of international health and safety standards on bathing areas

St Teresa’s Gardens: The number of homes expected to be delivered as part of the development is estimated to be reduced from 700 to about 540. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
Plans for St Teresa’s Gardens redevelopment scaled back

Number of homes delivered in development to be reduced, councillors told

New LDA chair Cormac O’Rourke was previously chairman of Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Cormac O’Rourke appointed chair of Land Development Agency

Appointment ends nine-month search for John Moran replacement

Moore Street: Patrick Pearse surrendered to British forces from this terrace of houses on the street at the end of the 1916 Easter Rising. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Approval of plans for O’Connell Street and Moore Street scheme likely to be appealed

UK group Hammerson secures first permissions for former Carlton site in Dublin city

An image of the development for Moore Street including a planned archway as envisaged in June. Illustration: Hammerson
Plans for development of O’Connell Street and Moore Street get green light

Local campaigners to appeal approval for mixed scheme which would ‘destroy’ Moore Street

Legislation will put the Construction Industry Register Ireland on a statutory footing but it will continue to be operated by the Construction Industry Federation. Photograph: iStock
Legislation aimed at keeping ‘cowboy’ builders out of industry published

New Bill requires builders to sign up to statutory register but not for two more years

The number of homes in a new Dublin City Council housing scheme will have to be halved to accommodate tram ‘stables’ for the new Luas line extension to Finglas. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Number of homes in Dublin council housing scheme to be halved due to Luas plan

Local authority had been given permission for 120 social and affordable homes at Cabra site

While the situation had since stabilised to a degree, staff absences remained at a level that would ‘impact on service delivery’, chief fire officer Dennis Keeley said. Photograph: Aidan Crawley
Some 200 Dublin Fire Brigade staff unavailable over New Year amid Covid surge

‘Number of appliances’ could not be operated on New Year’s Eve, says chief fire officer

Dublin City Council plans to install speed ramps on Strand Road after an analysis found that some 1,800 lorries and cars broke the 50km/h speed limit daily. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell
HGV ban for Strand Road in Dublin suburb Sandymount

No lorries using the road had permits, according to Dublin City Council

An OPW contractor cleans the glass on one of the gas-lit street lamps in Phoenix Park. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell
From candles to LEDs – the transformation of Dublin’s lights

Multimillion investment will result in environmental savings for the city

Dublin City Council will this year begin a four-year programme to replace some 40,000 old street lights with LED technology. Photograph: Alan Betson
Lighting upgrade costing €55m could leave Dubliners seeing stars

Orange streets lights so familiar overhead in capital city to be replaced by LEDs

The Irish Business Against Litter (Ibal) report shows PPE waste at record levels, with an increase in the presence of both masks and gloves. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Covid-related waste adds to deteriorating levels of urban litter

Dublin’s north inner city dirtiest place in the State – An Taisce report

Howth Presbyterian church clerk of session Margaret McKenna Clerk and minister Alastair Dunlop are criticising Fingal County Council plans for a cycle lane. Photograph: Alan Betson
Right to worship being overtaken by right to cycle, church elder claims

Cycle lane decision ‘plain wrong’ as Howth Presbyterian church parking will be blocked

Principal Naomi Rousseau, centre, with, from left, parent Tara Clarke, special educational needs co-ordinator Hannah Goulden, and parents Jonathan Bell and Susan Connolly in the school playground, at St Matthew’s National School in Sandymount, Dublin. Photograph: Laura Hutton
Sandymount school to take court action against apartment development

Apartments on former petrol station site would overlook playground and classrooms

A report claims there are at least 100 ‘crack houses’ in Tallaght, where smoking, injecting, selling and manufacturing of the highly-addictive drug is occurring. Photograph: Getty Images
Two Tallaght projects tackling crack cocaine use to close today

New funding does not cover the services for drug users in Jobstown and Killinarden, says task force

The Magazine Fort complex in the Phoenix Park. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Hold the fort: Phoenix Park's military ‘town’ to get facelift fit for a Magazine

Dublin city landmark, which has fallen into dereliction, to be restored and opened to public

Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force co-ordinator Grace Hill: ‘The supports which Jadd and Carp are providing are essential to keeping people alive.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Tallaght drug services face New Year’s Eve closure

Two projects support users of crack cocaine, and will run out of funds by December 31st

Clúid launched the State’s first cost rental homes in Taylor Hill, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Cost rental: Bridging the gap between social housing and the market

Despite slow start, cost rental has potential to lower rents and create more mixed estates

Musa Tshikota and Emma Lebogang Rakgotho with two of their children, Cassie (1) and Kaylie (4), who are happily renting in Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson
Winning the rental lottery: How securing a cost rental home changed a family’s life

‘There was only one four-bed house, and we had been picked out. It was so very, very lucky’

The Peter McVerry Trust was granted a waiver by Dublin City Council from having to seek planning permission to use 99 and 100 Lower Baggot Street for 74 emergency accommodation beds. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Businesses challenge homeless accommodation decision

Baggot Street firms say McVerry Trust should not have been granted exemption

Local organisations held a protest on Thursday night outside the Archbishop’s Palace on the Drumcondra Road, appealing to be permitted back into the hall. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Locals concerned church will sell Drumcondra parish hall

Community groups denied access to Corpus Christi hall due to ‘fire safety concerns’

A Dublin City Council conference on vacant buildings heard there was a need to attract the suburban shopper back to the city centre with a more diverse offering. Photograph: Getty Images
‘Disappointing’ uptake for scheme to redevelop vacant Dublin buildings

Property consultant says more diverse offering needed to attract suburban shoppers back to city centre

Deansgrange Cemetery. The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s director of services, Robert Burns, said the route would be implemented in a ‘sensitive, tasteful and respectful manner’. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Children’s cycle route diverted through Deansgrange Cemetery

Using the graveyard will avoid the need to disrupt traffic, says council

Under the plans grants of more than €25,000 will be offered to individual householders to help pay for increasing their home’s energy efficiency. Photograph: Getty
Dubliners cite cost as major barrier to retrofitting

Households want to use renewable energy but need more State support

The preliminary business case was also approved for the wider Dart+ programme. Photograph: Tom Honan
Dart to Maynooth approved by Government

Application to be lodged with An Bord Pleanála next year

Storm Barra hits the coast in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Swimmers take to Dublin waters during Storm Barra despite warnings

Trees, trampolines and debris removed from roads across the capital

George’s Dock at the IFSC: It was the white-water rafting plan’s champion, council chief executive Owen Keegan, who pulled the plug when funding did not come on stream. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
White-water rafting scuppered by costs, delays and icy sentiment

Alternative water project for Dublin’s George’s Dock might not be dead in water

Anthony Flynn, the former chief executive of Inner City Helping Homeless, had been under investigation by gardaí in relation to two alleged sexual assaults at the time of his death. Photograph: Alan Betson
Selection of Anthony Flynn’s replacement on Dublin council deferred

Seat vacant since Independent’s death last August could remain empty until 2024

Dun Leary House at corner of Dun Leary Hill. A new proposal aims to add four storeys to the protected structure. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill
Build-to-rent plans for Dún Laoghaire yellow brick house

Developer wants to remove roof and add four storeys to protected 19th-century property

The Lyric Theatre stands on a sloping site at triangular junction between the grid pattern of Belfast’s brick streetscape and the serpentine parkland of the river Lagan.
O’Donnell + Tuomey receive highest Irish architectural award

RIAI ‘exceptional merit’ award for the ‘open and welcoming’ Lyric Theatre in Belfast

A road sign at Fairview, Dublin, showing the new city centre speed limit of 30km/h. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Public can object to inappropriate speed limits under new appeals process

New street signs to direct motorists to drive very slowly in shared spaces

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