Some experts worry about the impact of the new rules, especially on more vulnerable households, as they await guidance on the details of how they will be implemented.

Dublin City Council's planning committee backed a motion on Monday to call on the Minister for Housing to broaden the legal definition to include long-term vacancy.

The chapel on the ground floor is too small for a theatre “but it's the kind of place where you could have recitals, a piano player or string quartet”, says Diego Fasciati, the executive director.

Like, what'll be the route to dig up the footpath and lay down a wire?

Grazing in public parks means other uses are being pushed out, and adding momentum to calls for an equine centre and stable club to properly support horse culture in the area.

Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution

Court hears of ‘significant’ and ‘out of blue’ change of practice by Minister for Justice

The musician says her new album, Draw the Outline, brought her “great solace and peace in writing it. I hope it can do the same for whoever needs it.”

Reviving 114 to 116 Capel Street is part of the council’s wider effort to meet recommendations around tackling vacancy made by the Dublin City Taskforce, a council spokesperson said.

"We shouldn't be having a shit fight about who is getting the scraps of our housing system," says one researcher.

What actually differs between those fleeing the wars on the edge of Europe in the 1990s, and today?

“Any organisation that does not rigorously enforce Garda vetting for every adult working with children is failing in its fundamental duty of care," says Terry Dignan, of the Children's Residential and Aftercare Voluntary Association.

An Post has been struggling to find a new contractor in the area, said its spokesperson on Monday. “Even finding a suitable premises has been a huge issue.”

More than 10 percent of the notified homes turned into, it seems, holiday lets.

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Climate Minister Darragh O’Brien on Tuesday morning defended the upcoming fare increases

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Sculpture at Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, described as ‘a gravestone for the international brigades’ of Irishmen

Problems at Buckingham Village extend to common areas, including pitch-dark hallways and various obstructions

More than two-thirds of respondents say they support Ireland’s ‘current model of neutrality’

Switching to the US big tech provider, for phone systems and more, comes at a time of fierce debate about tech sovereignty.

About 38 percent of the club’s adult membership saw active service during that war, and 18 were killed in it, club president Brendan Smith said at an event Wednesday night.

Ross McClean’s new documentary is playing on Saturday as part of the Irish Film Institute’s Documentary Festival 2026.

"So, unfortunately there was no goals ordered," Derek Farrell, a council manager, told councillors at a meeting this week.

At a recent meeting, councillors tabled three motions calling on the council to renovate the pitch, but council managers said there is no plan to do that at the moment.

"I think the public do understand that prison isn't addressing the underlying issues for those people who are committing minor offences but can't get the help that they need to stop that cycle."

It'll fill it with water, and decorate it with lights this winter, a council manager said at a recent meeting. But it'll take years to come up with long-term vision.

Together we have kicked Israel Bonds out of the EU! This is an historic victory and we salute all involved.

The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere.

One of the most pressing issues continues to be the impact of Ireland's work-permit regime, which make it risky for employees to speak out if exploited.

One of the most pressing issues continues to be the impact of Ireland's work-permit regime, which make it risky for employees to speak out if exploited.

Peaking plants such as these are needed to replace dirtier coal, gas and peat – and balance out the fluctuating supply from renewables on the grid, says Ireland's climate action plan.

It would be a bypass to the Station Road, and consist of a road, cycleway and footpath, according to a petition that was launched by the campaign on 27 July.

Proposed changes include dropping three-bedroom homes, in favour of more smaller ones in the block of future social housing.

In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’

"If you ask, you'll be told this is part of the BusConnects project, we can't touch it until then," says Ray Cunningham, a Green Party councillor.

Changes to the timeline are particularly sensitive because of wider concerns about a lack of council investment in the north-west of the city.

She didn’t expect to become "Facebook famous" at 61. “It's gas. I don’t like front-of-house,” she says, “keep the head down.”

Once known as "Bolton House", and later the "Bolt Hostel", the building has a troubled history.

Will they be gone? Should they be kept?