Dublin Inquirer

01/08/2024

In Clonsilla, residents say the council should finish its plan for the village before further development is okayed. Fingal County Council hasn’t said when it expects the vision it is working on to be done.

Fingal County Council hasn’t said when it expects the vision it is working on to be done.

31/07/2024

“This woman perfectly captured a dichotomous duo of ennui and expectation, which reflected a similar feeling I was having towards my own life at the time,” writes Kmla Sharma, of her image, which has won our Photo of the Month contest for July.

31/07/2024

In East Wall, there's a renewed push for a creative way to deal with dangerous scramblers. Seizures are up since a change in the law – but those running Dublin City Motocross Club want to ramp up another approach.

Seizures are up since a change in the law – but those running Dublin City Motocross Club want to ramp up another approach.

31/07/2024

In Crumlin, local are teaming up with academics to gather details on the area’s trees. To figure out how much carbon the trees sequester, oxygen they release, stormwater they can soak up – and more.

To figure out how much carbon the trees sequester, oxygen they release, stormwater they can soak up – and more.

31/07/2024

Here's the story of the Mr Catra mural on Marlborough Street, which the artist says is an invitation to share a love of favelas and their music, and a way of saying thanks.

Think of it as an invitation to share the love of favelas and its music as a way of saying thanks, says the artist.

31/07/2024

Two plans are (slowly) progressing to give Dubliners better bike storage at home. Dublin City Council is moving to provide public bike bunkers, and the government’s changing rules to make it easier to install private ones in front gardens.

Dublin City Council is moving to provide public bike bunkers, and the government’s changing rules to make it easier to install private ones in front gardens.

31/07/2024

The council has ordered a Clonsilla drone delivery service base removed: it issued the owner of the Clonsilla Inn with a planning enforcement notice on 19 June, giving two months to remove the landing pads.

It issued the owner of the Clonsilla Inn with a planning enforcement notice on 19 June, giving two months to remove the landing pads.

31/07/2024

In Coolock, a missed opportunity for a lower-cost, lower-carbon heating system for the area: data centres in the Clonshaugh business park are producing extra heat, but it’s not being put to use warming homes and businesses nearby.

Data centres in the Clonshaugh business park are producing extra heat, but it’s not being put to use warming homes and businesses nearby.

31/07/2024

Frustrated by watching vacant sites on Werburgh Street rot, a guerilla architect anonymously posts plans for them. Dublin City Council too, is working on plans for these historic sites next to Dublin Castle.

Dublin City Council too, is working on plans for these historic sites next to Dublin Castle.

30/07/2024

If you've taken a great photo around Dublin, we'd love it if you'd consider submitting it to our Photo of the Month contest. The prize is publication + €50. We particularly like photos with people in them. More details here:

Each month we run a competition to choose a great photo of Dublin to publish. Here's are the rules and how to submit your photo, if you'd like.

30/07/2024

Should the new local community safety partnerships meet in public? They’re being set up with the aim of getting more people and agencies working together to make neighbourhoods safer.

They’re being set up with the aim of getting more people and agencies working together to make neighbourhoods safer.

29/07/2024

We hope you're staying safe out there, but if something does happen, don't forget to report it. https://www.collisiontracker.ie/

29/07/2024

“The Smallest Gallery in Ireland” is in Ringsend: the Phoney Gallery, a recent addition to the neighbourhood, gives artists, some active for decades, a chance to stage their first solo shows.

The Phoney Gallery, a recent addition to the neighbourhood, gives artists, some active for decades, a chance to stage their first solo shows.

28/07/2024

In Bridgefoot Street Park, a community of gardeners is experimenting with ways to increase biodiversity. They’re growing, composting, and adding a wetland to Taplin’s Field.

They’re growing, composting, and adding a wetland to Taplin’s Field.

28/07/2024

Flying drones are delivering food in Dublin, so where are companies allowed to build drone bases? Neither the Fingal development plan, nor the Dublin city one, set out where drone bases are allowed and where they aren’t.

Neither the Fingal development plan, nor the Dublin city one, set out where drone bases are allowed and where they aren’t.

28/07/2024

As the city's rosehips begin to blush, Dubliners are digging out old recipes. Along the Grand Canal, and in parks, people are quietly gathering them to make syrup, to dry to make into tea, to flavour gin, or to add to hedge ketchup.

Along the Grand Canal, and in parks across the city, people are quietly gathering them to dry to make into tea, flavour gin, or add to hedge ketchup.

27/07/2024

Using CCTV to tackle illegal dumping, and pushing for better parks in Ballymun were two of the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their North West Area Committee.

Dublin City Council is looking at putting CCTV outside the recycling centre at Finglas Library, said a council official last week.

27/07/2024

Fires in Crown Paints warehouses haven’t triggered the release of asbestos, fire brigade says. Five of the seven buildings have asbestos roofs, says an estate agent’s brochure.

Five of the seven buildings have asbestos roofs, says an estate agent’s brochure.

26/07/2024

Vacancy Watch: The old Ardee House pub near Newmarket. Owned, via a company, by Teeling Whiskey Company founder Jack Teeling, it’s been sitting empty for years. “It’s an awful waste,” says a local councillor.

Owned, via a company, by Teeling Whiskey Company founder Jack Teeling, it’s been sitting empty for years. “It’s an awful waste,” says a local councillor.

25/07/2024

In Balbriggan, there's a weekly meet-up for artists that’s “like a warm hug”. Artist Alison O’Grady has been running Sketchbound on and off for 12 years now.

Artist Alison O’Grady has been running Sketchbound on and off for 12 years now.