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# Grand Canal

Last week
14th July 2024 - 27th July 2024
Waterways Ireland says fencing on Grand Canal costs €30,000 per week
20 Jul
18.4k
Protestors who tore down Grand Canal fencing call for ‘end to hostile architecture’
19 Jul
12.3k
Waterways Ireland facing prosecution after homeless man paralysed by digger clearing tents
15 Jul
32.6k
This month
July 2024
Minister has no current plans to discuss Grand Canal fencing with Waterways Ireland
Updated 8 Jul
9.3k
Fences will continue to be erected along canal if more tents appear, says Waterways Ireland boss
4 Jul
10.3k
Last month
June 2024
Grand Canal fencing to be removed 'within weeks', says Harris
30 Jun
15.4k
May
May 2024
Tents cleared at Grand Canal for the third time as over 100 asylum seekers moved on
One young man who was offered State-provided accommodation today said he was fleeing conflict in Somalia.
Updated 30 May
19.1k
Taoiseach indicates asylum seeker tents to be cleared from Dublin's Grand Canal this week
Updated 27 May
23.2k
Mary Lou McDonald: Fences erected in Dublin can't stay indefinitely, proper accommodation needed
22 May
11.9k
Some asylum seekers told to get bus to tented IPAS site, while others left by Grand Canal
The clearance comes following a similar operation on 9 May.
Eimer McAuley
Updated 21 May
41.0k
Govt working to create more accommodation for asylum seekers as tents remain on Grand Canal
20 May
6.7k
Gardaí 'categorically reject' claims that school group was escorted near canal due to tents
15 May
45.0k
Tributes paid to 15-year-old boy who drowned in Grand Canal, Co Kildare
14 May
18.0k
4
Teenage boy dies after getting into difficulty in the Grand Canal in Kildare over the weekend
13 May
32.4k
McGrath says tents should be provided to asylum seekers for use at State-run facilities
Updated 10 May
35.7k
Man charged over incident at Grand Canal Square in Dublin is released on bail
10 May
14.0k
It's a 'criminal offence' to pitch tents on public land, govt says, after removing Grand Canal camp
Updated 9 May
21.1k
Asylum seeker tents cleared from Grand Canal as Taoiseach says 'Team Ireland' response needed
Asylum seekers were told they are committing an offence by camping on the canal.
Diggers have cleared all the tents from the area.
The Government has confirmed that 163 individuals were moved to Crooksling and the former Central Mental Hospital (CMH) in Dundrum.
The Taoiseach said an all-of-Government approach is needed and that he has "no doubt" further issues will arise.
Updated 9 May
62.1k
Criticism of ‘monstrosities’ as barriers erected in place of tents at Grand Canal
Taoiseach Simon Harris said he doesn’t know how long the barriers will be in place for.
Updated 9 May
14.0k
Asylum seekers expected to be moved from Citywest amid concerns over tents on Grand Canal
Updated 8 May
40.8k
This year
2024
'These are not boats, these are families': Committee hears fee hike for fixed income houseboat dwellers 'too high'
30 Jan
19.1k
40
All time
Denis O'Brien firm secures planning permission for 15-storey docklands office block scheme
28 Feb 2022
30.8k
23
Witness appeal after body of man (20s) found in Grand Canal in Dublin
27 Sep 2021
27.3k
1
Two arrested after attempted theft in Ballyfermot, Dublin
9 Feb 2021
31.0k
Government advisory group on planned €1 billion 'innovation district' in Dublin hasn't met in over a year
24 Aug 2020
24.6k
35
Heritage Minister confirms Waterways Ireland will not remove barge homes from canal
9 Jul 2020
18.5k
25
Plan to move people's barges off Dublin's Grand Canal stalled by heritage minister
8 Jul 2020
29.7k
33
People living in barges on Dublin's Grand Canal could be evicted from their homes this week
7 Jul 2020
88.8k
73
Man who disposed of chainsaw used on body of Kenneth O'Brien jailed for 18 months
17 Feb 2020
26.0k
18
Witness appeal after homeless man seriously injured as tent removed during clean-up
16 Jan 2020
17.5k
27
Homeless man in serious condition after tent removed during clean-up in Dublin
Updated 15 Jan 2020
109k
151
The government wants to make Dublin more like Boston, Barcelona and Paris
3 Jan 2020
79.2k
95
Gardaí promise response as Dublin cyclists share images after attacks by teens with metal poles
10 Dec 2019
89.1k
84
Temporary dam to be built after Grand Canal partially drains following collapsed sewer
24 Jul 2019
29.7k
32
Boy jailed for 12 months as Dublin cyclists blighted by canals menace
12 Jul 2018
93.1k
Dublin City Council received 19 complaints on Friday about litter
26 Apr 2018
17.1k
51
This horse was rescued from the Grand Canal before Storm Ophelia... See how Polly's doing now
12 Nov 2017
20.0k
7
Man in critical condition after being pulled out of Dublin canal after All-Ireland final
6 Sep 2017
24.1k
14
'My life is being ruined': Young homeless woman living in a tent on the Grand Canal
20 Apr 2017
53.9k
74
Man's body found by Garda divers in Grand Canal
18 Dec 2016
36.0k
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