Aisling Hedderman

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Children at the Christmas event in Darndale Community Centre. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
A Christmas gift for children in emergency accommodation

More than 500 people living in emergency accommodation, direct provision centres and domestic violence refuges gathered for Christmas food, dancing an(...)

The event took place in the Light House cinema in Smithfield.
Re:publica Dublin keeps focus on technology and society

Like its parent event, Re:publica Dublin – the spin-off of the hugely popular annual Berlin-based Re:publica digital society festival – proved again t(...)

Dublin’s Grand Canal Docks by night: The surrounding area is home to several tech giants with large and often well-paid workforces. Photograph: iStock.
Tech giants contributed to Dublin housing crisis, activists say

The influx of technology companies and their well-paid employees have contributed to Dublin’s housing crisis, and both companies and individuals could(...)

Apollo House on Poolbeg Street, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Apollo House occupiers lose High Court application

The High Court has dismissed an application by the occupiers of Apollo House in Dublin city centre for an extra week before they have to leave the bu(...)

A Wednesday deadline has been set by the High Court for campaigners, who took over the building on December 17th, to vacate Apollo House following a case taken by developers who propose to knock the building for redevelopment. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Apollo House residents set to move into new facilities

Apollo House homelessness campaigners expect the remaining 30 residents in the former office block to move into facilities “appropriate to their needs(...)

At the High Court on Tuesday, Dublin City Council sought injunctions against two members of the Irish Housing Network, Seamus Farrell (pictured above in the Bolt Hostel) and Aisling Hedderman, whom it claims are trespassing on the property. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times.
Removal of ‘trespasser’ activists sought by Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council has launched High Court proceedings aimed at removing alleged trespassers from properties occupied earlier this month by housing a(...)