They might be frustrated by Dublin’s failings, but they are equally optimistic about how the city could be improved. Five Dubliners give their views on how the capital can fulfil its potential

Pauline O’Reilly helped to table a motion of no confidence in Hazel Chu after she decided to run as an independent in a Seanad by-election

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

Hazel Chu insists there is ‘no squabble’ with Eamon Ryan, the Green Party leader, but time and the next general election will tell

Green Party chair publicly toyed with joining Social Democrats and had said she would run for Dáil ‘one way or the other’

Senators Pippa Hackett, Pauline O’Reilly and Róisín Garvey argue that the Dublin Lord Mayor needs to restore confidence among the membership after she defied a party decision not to run a candidate for the Senate

The capital’s Lord Mayor wants the council to introduce ‘clear thresholds’ to prevent ‘over-concentration’ of hotels in certain areas of the city

To mark International Women’s Day and the launch of our new podcast, we bring you extracts from the first three interviews in the series, with Hazel Chu, Anne O’Leary and Catherine Martin