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Keegan orders managers to clamp down on remote work at Dublin City Council

Council chief executive wrote to senior managers in January reminding them that there can be no easing ‘in any circumstances’ of rules requiring staff to be in the office at least three days a week

Google pulls funding for upgrade of public streets around European HQ in Dublin

Dublin City Council says Google ‘remains committed to the project, but is unable to commit additional resources at this stage’

Dublin City Council spending up to 40% more to deliver homes than private developers

An audit of the local authority’s homebuilding costs showed it spent up to €150,000 more per unit than private developers to deliver social housing

Plans for more than 20,000 homes in central Dublin not yet acted on

New data released by Dublin City Council show projects with planning permission that could deliver 9,000 rental units are dormant

Climate & Environment

Dublin port and congested quays fare poorly as capital’s first air quality map released

Data project carried out by Google and Dublin City Council is a first for an Irish city and will help inform future environmental decisions

O’Devaney development can finally commence as agreement reached after years of delays

Dublin City Council and Bartra have announced that work will start on 1,044 homes at O’Devaney Gardens, in what they claim will be ‘one of Europe’s most sustainable developments’

Commercial Property

Work starts to pedestrianise Dublin’s Liffey Street

Work begins on the €6.5 million Liffey Street rejuvenation scheme which puts pedestrians at the ‘heart of city life’

O’Devaney development still on hold after legal case resolved

Bartra Capital won its bid to overturn ban on selling about half of homes to institutional investor, but said council work was delaying start of construction

Dublin City Council must re-search for records following Ronan FOI request

Information Commissioner is not satisfied that Dublin City Council has sought all potentially relevant departments for records relating to a collapsed tender process to redevelop the historic Pigeon House site in Dublin 4

Keegan gets €10,000 pay increase, backdated for inflation

The increase in the chief executive of Dublin City Council’s salary comes as council faces funding shortfall of between €46 million and €50 million

College Green car lanes to close as part of plan to remove city traffic

Move is part of three-year plan to free Dublin city centre of traffic, and similar plans in all urban areas

Top civil servant ‘shocked’ by uncollected derelict site fines

Concerns came after councillors at Cork County Council queried why the local authority only collected €10,000 of the €1 million in fines

Cost of City Library project could hit €90m

Doubts had emerged over Dublin City Council’s landmark plan after the design team were let go from the project last year

Public lido floated for Dublin but councillors in the dark over costs

Plans come after controversial white-water rafting course was shelved in December

Dublin City Council to spend €125m on ‘turnkey’ homes

The authority has issued the tender for social and affordable units to be acquired from private developers before they are put up for sale

Sports Sponsorship

Media: Sponsorship now about more than just the ‘spondulicks’ for sports stars

Top-tier athletes Kellie Harrington and Ellen Keane embody an increasing trend of sports stars demanding those they partner with should meet certain ethical and social standards

An Bord Pleanála

Keegan takes aim at Hyde’s Docklands planning decision

Dublin City Council chief executive’s criticism comes amid increased scrutiny of the planning body

Gridlock between Department of Housing and Dublin City Council over roads funding

Council repeatedly sought a meeting with the Department to discuss funding problems with its roads network. It failed to get one

Ronan consortium won’t sell part of Glass Bottle site to the state

An affordable homes plan at the site in Dublin 4 is still up in the air after the first phase was given the green light

Cost for design of city library could hit €10 million

Business Post reported in February original design team had been dismissed from landmark project