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Tuesday 1 December 2020
The side effects of anabolic steroids can be serious and potentially life-threatening.
Dublin, Galway and Limerick city centres all lost their ‘clean’ status, according to a new survey.
Here’s this morning’s news to catch you up.
The carcass had been placed in a barrel and dumped on the towpath on the opposite side of the canal to the Grange Castle Business Park.
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The side effects of anabolic steroids can be serious and potentially life-threatening.
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Councils have seen an increase in littering with medical equipment.
Local authorities in the cities of Dublin, Galway, and Waterford have reported increases in illegal dumping in the past three weeks.
“They just seem to be everywhere,” SocDem councillor Owen Hanley said.
Dublin City Council has admitted there’s an “impasse” in dealing with the illegal dumping at Labre Park.
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Councillors asked if extra lights could be added to some parks. The council said this would “give a false sense of safety”.
Councillors voted last week to kick-start a process aimed at taking waste collection back into public ownership.
The council stopped household waste collection in 2012.
If a fire started in any of the three buildings it would “spread very quickly”, the High Court was told.
Dublin City Council issued the most fines at 1465.
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While a green wave overtook the local elections, the Greens’ Ciaran Cuffe topped the European poll in Dublin.
There has been a sharp increase in the number of people using this service, according to security sources and local representatives.
New legislation is set to come into effect on 1 June.
Galway City Ballybane and Dublin North Inner City came in at the bottom of the rankings, described as “seriously littered”.
Only 20 local CCTV schemes have received government funding despite €1 million being available.
Already this year, eight fines have been given out to people identified after council staff searched rubbish bags.
The area is thought to be the most littered part of Dublin.
Irish firms Urbo and BleeperBike will operate the scheme.
A senator said that she was “disgusted” at images of Dublin’s canal after Friday and Saturday night.
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Strict rules for shared-bike schemes in Dublin has made Ofo wary of an Irish expansion.
Dublin council has agreed to allow two operators run dockless for-hire bike schemes.
Dublin council has agreed to allow two operators run dockless for-hire bike schemes.
Residents have been told the laneway is not the responsibility of the council.
Residents of North Wall lodged an official appeal after planning permission was granted for a new facility.
“Some people just put rubbish on the street because they know the council will come and take it away.”
Experts say the popularity of these devices in both commercial and domestic markets has skyrocketed in recent years.
Dumping is seen around parks in the city.
Irish Business Against Litter said that overall, this year had the best result yet for Ireland in its litter survey.
Minister Denis Naughten is to launch the new project in Galway on Monday
The move aims to combat the worsening fly tipping problem in the region.
The council has defended itself against claims that it may have breached data protection laws.
There have already been more than 600 reported cases of fly-tipping in 2016.
“The council don’t appear to give the issue of illegal dumping the attention it deserves,” one councillor said.
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A representative for Dublin City Council has said that the initiative is already proving to be successful.
IT’S THE FIRST of December, which means the beginning of Christmas month.
But today’s date is also a bit more significant than in other years, because it marks the end of Level 5 restrictions that have been in place across the country for the last six weeks.
From today, retailers, hairdressers, gyms, cinemas, museums and libraries can re-open to the public.
Some shops are even making up for lost time by opening through the night tonight, and there have been reports of overnight queues outside a few retailers ahead of their re-opening today.
For the day that’s in it, we’re wondering: Do you plan on going to a non-essential shop today?
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