Planning Plans to transform Dublin’s Hendrons Building into residential hub filed with local councilProposed redevelopment of the long-abandoned workshop includes plans for 93 apartments, outdoor seating and a retail unit
Dublin Revealed: Dublin City Council spent millions in breach of procurement rules Authority hired additional consultants, engineers and architects on key projects, leaving it exposed to increased costs
Property Temple Bar pub owners hit out at council as it blocks bid for boutique hotel Tom and Jackie Cleary had applied to DCC for permission to convert Shamrock Chambers on Dame Street into a 47-bedroom hotel
Arts How Bord Fáilte is hatching a plan to make Halloween as big as St Patrick’s Day Ireland is embracing the spooky season more and more every year – and now the tourism body is hatching a plan to claim it as ‘the place Halloween comes from’
Planning ‘Recipe for disaster’: Mary Lou McDonald hits out at O’Connell street redevelopment plansSinn Féin leader asked planning authority to block plans to create new pedestrian link between O'Connell Street Upper and Henry Place
Politics Plans for Dublin mayor require ‘careful consideration’ and public sector reform, DCC warnsDublin City Council says creation of Dublin mayor office is ‘achievable’, but would warrant a ‘complete restructuring’ of political systems
Dublin Owners of historic Georgian mansion ordered to pay €200,000 in vacancy finesAldborough House on Portland Row in Dublin’s north-east inner city is the largest Georgian residence in the capital after Leinster House
Local Government External consultants brought in to find new Dublin City Council chief after process criticisedDarragh O’Brien says third party to be engaged to carry out ‘executive search process’ for ‘highest calibre’ candidate
Planning Dalata given green light for €22m hotel expansion in Dublin’s DocklandsPlans approved for 10-storey extension of existing Clayton hotel beside Ferryman pub
Housing Big Read: How Dublin became ‘a city that nobody lives in’Decades of poor planning, not enough homes and too many offices have combined to make Dublin a city in dire need of housing
Transport Dublin streets set for ‘most consequential’ change since Grafton Street pedestrianisationThe draft plans would see cars removed from the city’s quays, except for taxis
Planning Council to ban demolishing central Dublin buildings in climate moveDublin City Council spokeswoman says it will encourage developers to retrofit rather than demolish in a bid to reduce carbon emissions
Comment John Walsh: Sordid streets of San Francisco a grim warning of what could happen to DublinStripe co-founder John Collison’s warning about the state of the planning system here should be heeded as the root of the California city’s problems with soaring homelessness and crime rates is instructive for Dublin
Dublin Council officials reject plans for George’s Dock swimming poolProposals for public lido were brought forward by campaigners after Docklands white water rafting course was voted down by councillors in 2021
Trade Irish Rail fears over future access to Dublin Port dismissed Port operator lodged plans last year to construct several new roads and increase capacity for heavy goods vehicles
Planning Council denies Eamon Waters’ Chancery Hotel planning for penthouse suite Dublin City Council says adding ninth story to hotel would detract from Dublin Castle grounds
Planning Wetherspoons appeals decision blocking ‘Berlin Wall’-like sound barrier around Dublin pubProposal attracted complaints, with parents of children attending a nearby crèche comparing the structure to ‘the Great Wall of China’
Bonkers bureaucracy Bonkers bureaucracy: catch-22 hinders property grant applications; hiccups over Bolands MillsThe Business Post takes aim at the macro and micro inefficiencies and inconsistencies in administration that are holding Ireland back
Dublin Dublin City Council submits proposals to radically change Meath StreetThe street, in Dublin’s Liberties, is set to be made more welcoming to the public
Bonkers bureaucracy Bonkers bureaucracy: landmark’s tragic decline, light on the Spire, council’s staff shortageThe Business Post takes aim at the macro and micro inefficiencies and inconsistencies in administration that are holding Ireland back
