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Local Government

Cost for design of city library could hit €10 million

Business Post reported in February original design team had been dismissed from landmark project
  • Cónal Thomas
  • May 4, 2022

91% in favour of Capel Street pedestrianisation

The local authority plans to implement a traffic-free area on the popular Dublin thoroughfare
  • Cónal Thomas
  • April 26, 2022

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
  • Catherine Sanz
  • April 20, 2022

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
  • Eva Short
  • April 14, 2022

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
  • Cónal Thomas
  • February 13, 2022

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

Local TD fears project could be ‘back to square one’
  • Cónal Thomas
  • February 11, 2022

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
  • Cónal Thomas
  • February 10, 2022

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
  • Cónal Thomas
  • January 10, 2022

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
  • Cónal Thomas
  • December 13, 2021

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
  • Cónal Thomas
  • December 2, 2021

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
  • Eva Short
  • December 1, 2021

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
  • Cónal Thomas
  • November 26, 2021

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
  • Cónal Thomasand
  • Eva Short
  • November 11, 2021

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

Some €1.77 million has been spent on the project to date
  • Cónal Thomas
  • November 10, 2021

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”
  • Killian Woods
  • September 19, 2021

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
  • Elaine Byrne
  • June 6, 2021

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
  • Paddy O'Dea
  • May 26, 2021

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.
  • Emmet Ryan
  • May 14, 2021

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
  • Emmet Ryan
  • April 26, 2021

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
  • Barry J Whyte
  • March 1, 2021

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