Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council

What is in the proposed new Dundrum Local Area Plan?

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

Dunnes Stores wins planning battle over new Monkstown outlet

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

Plan for home on front lawn of Sorrento Road house must be scaled back

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

‘I can’t sleep. I can’t eat’: south Dublin family facing eviction ‘due to apartment management fee’

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

Driver shortages, not funding, the biggest problem facing strategy, transport boss says

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

Galway and Donegal have highest number of ‘McMansions’ in Ireland

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

Glenageary 140-apartment scheme faces local opposition

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

Veteran Labour councillor elected as Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown council cathaoirleach

No other member nominated to run against Denis O’Callaghan, who has served on local authority for over 30 years

Pensioners urged to ‘be your own pharmacists’ through breathing exercises and hitting goals

‘Do not let the old man or woman in’, psychologist tells audience at Age Well Expo

Sculpture of 2,000 recycled cans unveiled in Dublin ahead of World Environment Day

PixelCan installation in Dún Laoghaire by recycling programme Every Can Counts is part of its International Recycling Tour

Lifeguard shortages: Recruitment problems to limit patrols at Irish beaches

Shortage of skilled and qualified swimmers will hit safety patrolling of quieter beaches at busy times

Dodder greenway may require purchase of some golf course land, Milltown meeting told

Eamon Ryan outlines stretch routed through property owned by Milltown Golf Club that would help link Grand Canal docks to the Bohernabreena reservoirs

Dublin City Council already ‘close’ to meeting tenant-in-situ targets for year

Council may seek sanction to exceed 450 target of purchases from landlords

UK investor pays €31.5m for south Dublin social housing scheme

Apartments at Butter Yard in Blackrock are let to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council for 25 years

State should be building houses and not buying existing ones

The only way we can reverse the decline in home ownership and avoid turning the country into a nation of renters is to engage in a massive social housing building programme

Dublin ‘noise maps’: How noise-polluted is your neighbourhood?

Tyres, road surfaces and speed being considered in noise reduction plans

Plans for Shanganagh Park at centre of legal action now under review by council

Dún Laoghaire council’s plans to relocate Cuala GAA club’s pitches in Shankill park strongly resisted

Deansgrange locals express joy as cemetery cycle route is dropped

New route will take parking spaces from the western side of Deansgrange Road

Wrights group in running to operate Dún Laoghaire’s Pavilion Cafe

Hospitality group eyes lucrative €7.7m contract to run restaurant and cafe unit

Charlie Chawke’s Goatstown pub returns to profit after Covid impact

Company is at the centre of planning row between publican and local planners

Councillors voice concern over costs and delays in converting former Dún Laoghaire ferry terminal

Leaseholder faces a doubling of costs to almost €8m, councillors told

Niamh Bhreathnach obituary: One-term TD and minister for education had a transformative impact

Teacher was elected for Labour in the 1992 Spring Tide and at once set about reforming the way the conservative Department of Education operated

Limerick leads rest of country in collecting parking fine money

Illegal removal of vehicle clamps increased sixfold in Dublin from 2021 to 2022

Street art in Ireland: The thorny issue of what is permitted

Spray-painted walls aren’t always welcome but striking the right balance is proving tricky for artists and inflexible local councils

Dun Laoghaire baths will reopen after 17-year campaign but ‘shockingly’ without pool, Dáil hears

TD highlights ‘mad proposals’ activists fought against in debate to create Dublin Bay authority to protect water from Baily Lighthouse to Sorrento Point

First Look: Dún Laoghaire Baths are finally set to reopen. It’s a breathtaking sight

After years of dereliction, then a seemingly never-ending build, the outdoor areas of the Co Dublin town’s renovated baths are due on December 13th

Stillorgan residents ‘mithered’ by traffic noise offered hope

County councillors says new road ‘pavement’ could reduce noise levels

Sallynoggin hoarder’s body lay undiscovered despite visits by council and gardaí

Michael Whiston’s body was found shortly after an unexploded hand grenade from the Irish Civil War was discovered at his house

It’s depressing that two big trends driving Ireland’s housing crisis continue unabated

Two decades on and the State’s housing woes are as bad as ever while the arguments about what the solution is continue

Blue light district: Dublin authorities replace thousands of faulty streetlights after they turn blue

Three local councils contact manufacturers after some public lighting shifted from warm white to blue

Dublin councils plan cheaper, greener Christmas

Cuts to lighting hours and use of HVO generators part of efforts to reduce costs and carbon output of displays

Planning to be sought for 491 apartments in Monkstown in south Dublin

High Court had quashed previous application

Dublin councils prepare for winter with plans to tackle severe weather

Regional mobilisation procedures and protocols are in place for emergencies such as floods and storms

Commercial rates increase in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown expected to hit 15% of businesses

Increase will largely be offset by widening of bands for the Ratepayers Support Grant, council says

Ice-skating rink at Dundrum Town Centre gets green light for Christmas

Appeal by local resident to planning permission for the ice rink is withdrawn

Blackrock build-to-rent scheme for over-60s approved

Bartra to develop five-storey ‘Later Living’ building at Woodlands Park

An Bord Pleanála will not oppose challenge to permission for 115 Dundrum apartments

It is understood the board concluded that it erred in how it applied a section of the local plan

Dublin councils predict dramatic shift from leased social housing to new-builds

Dublin City Council (DCC) and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council estimate they will deliver 19,000 new units over the next five years.

Ann Cleeves: ‘As a crime writer in England, you have to write about class’

Despite six million sales and three successful TV adaptations, creator of Vera and DI Perez still feels like an imposter

Bono-backed company wins Dalkey planning battle

U2 frontman has one-third share in developer of Tramyard site

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