Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council

National Shared Services Office’s wellness focus; Sherry FitzGerald founder’s planning woes; spicy Limerick mayoral race; and Domhnall Gleeson’s Ranelagh home

Councillors sign off on €20 million ‘Living Streets’ scheme after marathon meeting ends after 2am

Plan to reduce traffic and increase facilities for cyclists has split business community, residents and councillors

An Bord Pleanála overturns local planners’ rejection of €180m Dalguise House scheme but trims 101 apartments from the scheme

Former minister Mary Hanafin and retired garda gave evidence in support of discrimination case

Development in a repurposed shipping container would create a disorderly streetscape, council found

The south county Dublin town was built to be lived in, not to be used as a rat run into Dublin by motorists

Neighbours and the community council object to scheme

Jamie Rogerson’s sons, aged 4 and 2, remain stuck in unsafe housing as Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council decide whether to approve ‘medical priority’ transfer

Redrock Glenageary’s plan for south Dublin suburb also includes a neighbourhood centre with commercial units

Council cannot restrict numbers or guarantee silence appropriate for funerals in County Hall, officials say

Dublin City Council and Bathing Water Taskforce share concerns over potential pollution

County council’s overspending and plans

The operators of Bryan’s Coffee and Say Fish claim that ‘without warning’, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council informed them that it was revoking their casual trading licences

Council condemns ‘the continual bombardment by Israeli forces in Gaza’ and calls for release of all hostages

The Edge secures planning permission for south Dublin site has been vacant since mid-1990s

Developer wants to construct a 488-unit scheme on the grounds around Dalguise House

South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Rathdown councils join Dublin City in setting 15% reduction

Around the Block: The skeleton of the unfinished Sentinel building has loomed over the south Dublin skyline for 15 years

Locals argue plan will make it more difficult to access services but council says it is ‘not realistic’ to pursue ‘business as usual’ approach to managing traffic

Council declined to allow build-to-rent scheme after more than 70 objections received

An Bord Pleanála reinforces local authority’s initial refusal of planned Glenamuck Road scheme

The number of children walking, cycling or taking the bus to school has dropped over recent decades. A new project shows how formative these journeys were for previous generations

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council was the local authority that saw the largest number of commencements last month, with 527 homes starting to be built

Dog fouling ‘a huge issue for people who are blind or vision impaired’, NCBI says

Family appealing Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council decision to Ombudsman

Development had faced local opposition

Plans lodged to complete Sentinel building, left unfinished since 2008

Shop-owners in the south Dublin town are tackling vacancy and dereliction by giving their shopfronts facelifts

Colbeam is challenging Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council decision to rezone land in Goatstown from residential to open space

Andrew Lacey (35) stabbed Derek Reddin, with whom he had fallen out after a ‘drunken’ row, after Reddin attacked him with a baseball bat

Group including Cairn Homes and Johnny Ronan’s RGRE say levy would amount to €37,820 per new home in Cherrywood area

Business owners in the area claim that the Local Area Plan will ‘kill off the village’

Car drivers will not be banned but will be inconvenienced to allow space for buses, cyclists and pedestrians

Retail group plans to redevelop its gardening shop and cafe in the South Dublin suburb

Neighbours have opposed John Feeney’s plan for exclusive Dalkey address

Housing crisis: Family and landlord’s representative say council backed out of tenant-in-situ purchase due to €3,600 annual fee

‘Deliverability challenges’ remain for Dublin’s transport strategy, council meeting hears

Census data shows urban areas have fewer houses with five bedrooms or more, although Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown bucks the trend with 9.1 per cent of houses containing five or more bedrooms

Redrock plan is second attempt to build on site at Glenageary roundabout