Council says €6m guesthouse will pay for itself due to cost of homeless accommodation
Dublin City Council bought 20-bedroom Avondale House on Gardiner Street in north inner city for emergency housing
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Plans to be lodged for 1,510 apartments at Irish Glass Bottle site
Ten-year planning permission is being sought
Doubling of hotel development levy will hit tourism targets, Irish Hotels Federation warns
Move follows backlash against proliferation of new hotels, often seen as coming at expense of housing projects
DCC suggested limiting return scheme to those with registered waste collection to reduce bin scavenging
Dublin City Council questions claims by Re-turn regarding scheme’s success in increasing recycling, saying there had only been a ‘modest decrease’ in litter
Johnny Ronan gets go ahead for Dublin docklands hotel
Developer switching plans to hotel from office building
Dublin’s historic James Weir Home to remain in State hands
Early 20th century structure had provided nursing accommodation for decades before closure in 2021
Council asks court to lift suspension on awarding of Dublin clamping service to new operator
Dublin City Council’s decision to award €51m contract to Apcoa Parking Ireland Ltd is being challenged by current clamping operators
Residential Tenancies Board chairman Owen Keegan resigns, two years into five-year term
Former DCC chief said he has ‘done my bit’ at renting watchdog
Permission granted for 618 apartment development in Coolock
Dublin City Council signs off on plans for former Chivers factory site despite Cadbury concerns
Mother awarded €12,500 after judge rules mould in Dublin council flat aggravated asthma
Judge awards damages to mother-of-three Danielle Hogg who lived in north inner city flat
‘Irish only or it burns’ – the rise in racist attacks on Dublin council houses
In the News podcast: Anger over who should be entitled to council housing boils over into criminal damage
Oliver Bond residents are suffering the slow violence of State neglect
A constitutional right to housing would give residents of the inner-city Dublin complex a tool to pursue their rights
Ireland’s housing statistics are meaningless without wider context
The State remains focused on abstract output figures that are disconnected from lived reality
Reconstruction starts on Dublin City Council house previously occupied by squatters
Derelict Fairview house ‘structurally unsound’ and will cost at least €200,000 to refurbish
€80,000 Luke Kelly statue in need of extensive repairs due to visitors taking mementos
Attraction on Dublin’s Sheriff Street has had pieces of copper snapped off
‘Irish only or it burns’: Rise in racially-motivated attacks on Dublin council homes
Far-right incidents often follow rumours about ethnic-minority families being allocated a home ahead of white Irish families
‘Very disturbing’: How Ireland’s far right has opened new front by targeting Dublin’s council homes
The far right is hijacking anger on working-class Dublin estates over a shortage of council houses by vandalising vacant properties
All quiet on the Fianna Fáil front for now, but growing ructions on the left
Inside Politics: Galway West and Dublin Central byelection results raise questions over a future left-wing government
Dublin council chief wanted ‘generational civil servant’ Robert Watt for €280,000-a-year secondment
Former Department of Health secretary general appointed to €280,000 role without competitive process as it was a secondment
‘Absolutely traumatising’: Ireland sees surge in arson attacks on council homes
‘New epidemic’ affecting communities while costing local authorities millions of euro
Dublin bank holiday traffic and rail restrictions: Full list as major disruption expected
Women’s Mini Marathon among major events planned in Dublin this weekend with temporary road closures in place
Application for College Green plaza to be submitted by summer amid strong public approval
Supporters praise pedestrian and cyclist priority in new €80m project, though concerns surround public order and maintenance of space
Activists occupy Dublin pub closed since 2010, planning to reopen as community space
Revolutionary Housing League entered former Ardee House pub in Liberties which is owned by an investment company
Housing crisis: Grants to turn space above shops into homes could be ‘game changer’
Government hopes grants of up to €165,000 will mean thousands of vacant properties return to use
DublinBikes scheme to be discontinued after 18 years with plans for new service
Under the council’s new scheme, it will own the stations and possibly also the bikes
Gardaí notified over Gerry Hutch stencilled graffiti near polling station
Dublin Central Returning Officer aware of matter and appropriate action being taken
Dublin Literary Award 2026: Ali Smith wins €100,000 prize for Gliff
Novel follows young homeless siblings as they try to survive a bewildering new world
‘We must see action’: Resolution of Oliver Bond flats regeneration impasse expected in coming weeks
Minister for Housing James Browne says conditions in inner city complex ‘absolutely atrocious, totally unacceptable’
Dublin building vacant for more than six years to be used for homeless families
Avalon House, a protected structure, was previously earmarked for largest Peter McVerry hostel
Dublin city councillor posts anti-Semitic video calling for a ‘real final solution’
Philip Sutcliffe says he ‘probably shared something I shouldn’t have’ after being questioned on video featuring Hitler
Kenilworth Square residents get leave to appeal over school’s rugby pitch redevelopment
Judge says proposed works are matter of ‘serious public disquiet and dispute’
Number of apartments under construction in Dublin rises, but house building slows
Decisions on planning applications awaited for 13,600 housing units, down from backlog of 34,400
Dublin city centre playground damaged by fire for the second time
Blaze began at Diamond Park playground, on corner of Gardiner Street and Sean McDermott Street, on Saturday
‘Way more than just drinking outside’: Young people on reclaiming Dublin’s Drury Street
Dublin drinking hotspot has been the subject of a polarising debate about the purpose of the street
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