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Cost for design of city library could hit €10 million

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

91% in favour of Capel Street pedestrianisation

The local authority plans to implement a traffic-free area on the popular Dublin thoroughfare

60% of businesses vote to renew Dublin Town

Councillor requests that all ballots be retained after the vote in case they could be required due to a legal challenge

Dublin City Council considering opening new 500 seat venue in city centre

City arts officer also suggested that proposed cultural centre at Bridgefoot St could cost €16 million — €5 million higher than the cost suggested when the plan was first announced

City Library planned for Parnell Square delayed until 2027

Original design team dropped over proposed cost of ambitious project which was to form part of a new cultural quarter in the north city centre

Clarity sought on future of City Library after design team’s contract terminated

Local TD fears project could be ‘back to square one’

Dublin City Council terminates design team’s contract at landmark City Library project

The city council has so far spent €2.6 million on the delayed project at Parnell Square

Spire light replacement up in the air as Luas stops plan in its tracks

Project to replace the aviation light atop the famous structure is stuck on red due to the green line extension

Keegan urged Donohoe to support rafting plan before project was axed

Dublin City Council’s chief executive said he would ‘welcome’ the Finance Minister's support as a TD for Dublin Central

Public lido floated for Dublin after white-water rafting plan sinks

A revised proposal will be brought to councillors early next year and a public lido as well as a diving pool are likely to feature under this plan

Dublin City Council grants extension of storage lease for Victorian market

MB McNamara, a construction firm that is developing a Hilton hotel in Dublin 7, has been leasing the property for storage since June 2020

Council axes deal with UK arms firm for social housing units

The preliminary deal with Dublin City Council had been for a mix of newly-built apartments and houses that were bought by BAE’s pension fund

Victorian Fruit and Vegetable market rented out as construction storage facility for €600 a week

MB McNamara, a construction firm developing a nearby Hilton Hotel, was granted a licence by Dublin City Council to use the historic market to store fittings and fixtures in June 2020

White-water rafting course ‘on hold’ after revenue streams dry up

Some €1.77 million has been spent on the project to date

Council orders hotel to remove shipping containers from front of homes

Local authority in Meath rules that installation of containers around private homes constitutes “unauthorised development”

Elaine Byrne: Time to bin Dublin’s unwieldy mishmash of local government

As the various city authorities tie themselves in knots over bins, it highlights the need for a proper debate about the state of our capital, and for a directly elected mayor

Comment: White-water rafting project was a valid idea with a failed sales pitch

Dublin City Council had a chance to paint a picture of an exciting new facility that could add new life to the north Docklands, instead it has offered a vague and laboured defence of its plans

Jim O’Callaghan: Portobello closure will only move the problem

A government TD has said plans by Dublin City Council to fence off the plaza at Portobello this weekend will just move groups gathering to drink to other parts of the canal.

Dublin in a rare auld bind

A lack of public toilets and rubbish bins make it difficult for young people to socialise ‘responsibly’ by the canals. The council should provide basic facilities before it criticises the city’s citizens

Kildare council rapped for lack of accurate property register

Auditor warns bad record keeping is showing discrepancies in the value of the local authority’s €2.8 billion fixed assets