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Dublin City Council move to former DIT site from Wood Quay expected to cost €670m
Deal to buy Kevin Street site expected to be finalised in weeks with former offices expected to be replaced with housing
Changing names of places like Herzog Park may be ‘legally unsafe’ due to ‘extraordinary’ legal gap
Department of Housing and Local Government’s failure to revise legislation ‘undermining’ regional authorities, says barrister
Expanding the Rotunda
Dublin maternity hospital founded in 1745 should be allowed to change with the times
Dublin tenants in their 80s seek explanation over rent increase
Long-term Dublin City Council tenants say circumstances unchanged since retirement
Why does it take Kellie Harrington and Troy Parrott to say children need places to play?
State has money for American football and Ryder Cup, but little to provide youngsters with amenities
The trouble with the Deposit Return Scheme: ‘They’re sitting on a pile of unclaimed deposits’
As Irish households get used to retaining empty receptacles, smaller producers raise concerns about the workload
‘I was furious’: How flood defences are dividing Clontarf
North Dublin suburb’s coastal road has been repeatedly flooded, but locals cannot agree on a solution
More councils boycott X over Grok AI sexual images controversy
Thirteen local authorities cease using site or are reviewing use after non-consensual sexual images created by AI tool
Horse manure piles up near Guinness Storehouse after change in Dublin council policy
Bags of waste from carriage horses no longer accepted at Liberties depot due to health and safety concerns
Companies owned by ‘Banty’ McEnaney and his wider family were paid €35.6m for homeless accommodation
Fifteen companies connected to former Monaghan manager and his family on list of private groups providing emergency accommodation
Mary Lou McDonald among objectors to development of former pub
Sinn Fein leader objecting to student housing planned for site of former pub in Cabra
Council stalls plan for Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre revamp
Dublin City Council seeks more information on planned part-demolition and rebuild
Crowd raves in protest outside Dublin hotel seeking injunction against Yamamori Izakaya
Venue owners say they find it ‘extremely difficult’ to accept recent claims made by neighbouring Hoxton Hotel
Co Cork again the biggest winner in €718m regional and local roads budget
Grants for climate adaptation and resilient road works, introduced in 2020, total €16.5 million this year
Dublin 4 residents opposed to St Michael’s floodlights raise concern for Brent geese
Elite private rugby school sparks objections with plan for new sporting facilities
Hot Box seeks to retain saunas at Killiney and Inchicore
Sauna business has applied to Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and Dublin City Councils
Company refused permission to retain 10 Dublin apartments for short term rental
Olympia Real Estate controls 10 homes close to Dublin Castle
Sally Rooney and Niamh Ní Mhaoleoin longlisted for Dublin Literary Award
Award-winning writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alan Hollinghurst and Ocean Vuong are also nominated for the award
‘It’s going to be very difficult’: 18 weeks of roadworks on Dublin’s northside to disrupt traffic
Raheny residents express concern about impact of construction works on water main when schools return next week
Mother refused social housing priority fails in bid for legal costs against council
Judge accepts council offer of house not a result of litigation by mother and daughter
Tens of thousands of Dublin social housing tenants to be notified of rent increases
Letters to be issued from Monday will detail average increases of 30 per cent
The Irish Times view on College Green plaza: Dublin’s belated gift
The project will restore a sense of civic grandeur to a messy traffic interchange
Dublin water levels still elevated as temperatures could dip to minus 4
Fresh weather alerts for heavy rain and snow after major flooding in Dublin
Moya Doherty and John McColgan seek to revamp Merrion Street building
Riverdance founders want to redevelop building in heart of Georgian Dublin
Plan for €100m critical care extension at Rotunda maternity hospital blocked on appeal
Four-storey critical care building would cause irreparable damage to the character of Parnell Square, An Coimisiún Pleanála concluded
Planning permission granted for 241 homes at Dolphin’s Barn
The plans will necessitate the demolition of commercial and warehouse buildings and has attracted some opposition from nearby residents.
Renewed plan to develop south Dublin site faces opposition
Ardstone subsidiary makes third application to build on site in Dublin 6
College Green civic plaza design revealed eight years on from last plans
Traffic-free scheme in Dublin city centre includes several water features and 75 trees
Sandymount flood defence application to be submitted next year
Strand Road defences recommended more than 20 years ago
Dublin City Council seeks €114m in funding to kickstart Taoiseach’s taskforce plan
City centre rejuvenation to focus on vacant and derelict buildings and sites
Brenda Fricker to be awarded Freedom of the City of Dublin
Actor’s career high came in 1990, when she won best actress at the Oscars for her performance in My Left Foot
Kennedy Wilson plans for Stephen’s Green delayed by fresh appeal
Dublin City Council had granted permission for revised office campus scheme
Social Democrats TD misses out on €1m from Palantir share boom off the back of Ice contracts
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