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Dublin City Council

Last year
2025
jacks are back
Dublin City Council to spend almost €6m on four new public toilets - here’s where they’re going
6 Jun 2025
30.1k
64
bathing season
Swimming banned for entire season at Sandymount and temporary ban in place at Dollymount
6 Jun 2025
36.5k
31
sharing is caring
Dublin cyclists and pedestrians may soon be told to 'be sound' on shared greenways
2 Jun 2025
56.7k
77
Dublin 8
Construction underway to deliver over 540 homes at former St Teresa's Gardens site
30 May 2025
10.6k
Dublin City Council
New company to take over Dublin City clothes banks after last one reached 'maximum capacity'
28 May 2025
19.5k
24
transport plan
New traffic management measures for Dublin City’s Westland Row have come into effect
Updated 25 May 2025
20.7k
48
short-term rentals
Close to 70 Airbnb-style lock boxes removed in Dublin since crackdown started in mid-April
23 May 2025
25.3k
21
affordable purchase homes
Here's how much you need to earn to afford Dublin's newest 'affordable' homes
13 May 2025
33.2k
46
Dublin City Council
Parliament Street in Dublin city will be pedestrianised at the end of June
13 May 2025
14.3k
23
Taking the piss
Dublin city centre's only public toilets to stay open - for now - as council promises permanent fix
12 May 2025
11.5k
21
Dublin City Council
'Short-sighted': Dublin representatives slam plan to remove only public toilets in city centre
The toilets were set up at the height of covid lockdown in 2020.
9 May 2025
14.0k
68
Traffic management
Private car restrictions: Traffic changes to Pearse Street will come into effect on 25 May
6 May 2025
16.4k
41
community safety
Councillors flag fears with Department of Justice over government scrapping local policing fora
5 May 2025
12.1k
11
Elevation
Green light given for extra floor to be added to former U2 Hotel, The Clarence, in Dublin
2 May 2025
6.8k
36
neglected capital
Gary Gannon: Grafton and Dawson Streets don't need regeneration, they're already gleaming
Gary Gannon
Updated 30 Apr 2025
26.9k
70
Dublin City Council
Council re-takes possession of former home of 1916 rising leader after alleged trespassers vacate
29 Apr 2025
24.2k
Middle Abbey Street
Nine-storey student accommodation block planned for former site of Independent Newspapers
26 Apr 2025
17.7k
50
Dirty Old Town
Dublin social spaces: Kill off all the options to congregate and you drive young people away
Conor Brummell
19 Apr 2025
13.9k
34
Ballyboggan
Road signs to be updated to reflect the proper Irish name for Dublin's new 'Town of Softies'
19 Apr 2025
40.6k
28
Dublin city centre
'I'm dreading summer': Crowds of people drinking and no toilets are hitting Drury Street businesses
12 Apr 2025
51.9k
97
Sandymount
Court rules Dublin City Council can construct Strand Road cycle lane without planning permission
Updated 11 Apr 2025
13.0k
52
luigi malones
Prolonged street works ‘straw that broke camel’s back’ as Dublin restaurant closes after 28 years
11 Apr 2025
26.9k
The Morning Lead
The government is quietly scrapping local committees charged with holding gardaí accountable
The government is rolling out a new initiative: Local Community Safety Partnerships. Not everyone is convinced.
Only a minority of those involved in the government pilot believed it actually improved community safety, The Journal can reveal.
10 Apr 2025
14.9k
23
not for sitting
'Please don't sit on the curb' signs appear on Dublin's Drury Street
10 Apr 2025
51.8k
65
Seamus McEnaney
Dublin house where James Joyce's The Dead was set is to be converted into apartments
8 Apr 2025
12.5k
27
rapid build housing
Report into Dublin rapid-build homes finds defects and lack of oversight
6 Apr 2025
33.7k
35
Dublin City Council
Harris says FG councillor who said US economy ‘ruled by Jews’ received 'significant sanction'
4 Apr 2025
8.3k
Dublin City Council
Fine Gael suspends councillor from party for 18 months for saying US economy ‘ruled by the Jews’
2 Apr 2025
33.1k
Shrewsbury Road
DCC stalls plan for D4 superhome that would be 12 times bigger than the average three-bed semi-d
2 Apr 2025
28.5k
14
not an april fool
Molly Malone to get stewards to patrol 'groping' of the statue
1 Apr 2025
16.3k
41
On Yer Bike
Parents banned from driving kids to four schools' gates in new Dublin initiative
31 Mar 2025
102k
50
Capital Idea
Two Dublin councils form coalition in favour of tourist tax - and urge others to come on board
20 Mar 2025
20.6k
86
clean up operation
Over 440 waste management staff on hand to keep Dublin clean over busy St Patrick’s weekend
18 Mar 2025
7.9k
9
The Daily Poll
What should be developed at George's Dock in Dublin?
10 Mar 2025
28.0k
65
George's Dock
Outdoor pool back in the frame at Dublin city site of rejected whitewater rafting project
Local politicians and Dublin City Council have been trying to figure out what they want to do with the site for years.
Updated 10 Mar 2025
15.9k
30
Mater Hospital
Taxis are being repeatedly fined while helping dialysis patients at Dublin's Mater Hospital
9 Mar 2025
34.2k
45
Dublin
There's a new type of zebra crossing coming to some Dublin streets
6 Mar 2025
37.1k
52
short-term rentals
Airbnb-style lock boxes to be banned from public spaces in Dublin after mid-April
4 Mar 2025
30.1k
31
Dublin
What exactly is 'affordable' housing ... and how much should it cost?
22 Feb 2025
14.7k
3
Drumcondra
Land earmarked for apartments beside iconic Quinn's pub to be listed on derelict sites register
21 Feb 2025
16.7k
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