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234 projects to receive funding under ‘Additional Outdoor Infrastructure Fund’

By Jack Mullen 15 June 2021

Image courtesy of @Feljin_J via Twitter Allocations for the new ‘Additional Outdoor Infrastructure Fund’ have been announced by Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. The fund, which will help ensure a Safe Outdoor Summer, will support 234 projects across 30 local authorities to the tune of over €13 million. Local authorities were invited to apply […]

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Manufacturing facility APC to create 120 jobs to support growth

By Jack Mullen 10 June 2021

Feature image courtesy of approcess.com APC, an Irish pharmaceutical R&D company, unveils €25m investment and 120 jobs to accelerate development and manufacture of Covid Vaccines and Advanced Therapeutics Manufacturing facility will have annual full-scale capacity for hundreds of millions of vaccine doses and other therapeutic doses Enterprise Ireland supports APC’s

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Portrait of Dublin’s First Female Lord Mayor Commissioned by City Council

By Jack Mullen 27 May 2021

The Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu would like to announce that, following a limited competition, a commission for a portrait of Kathleen Clarke, the first female Lord Mayor of the City, has been awarded to artist Gareth Reid. The portrait will hang in the prestigious Council chamber of Dublin City Hall, alongside that of […]

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Lord Mayor officially launches ‘Dublin Cycle Buddy’ app to support Dublin’s growing cycle community

By Jack Mullen 20 May 2021

Dublin, Thursday, 20th May 2021 –  Dublin Cycle Buddy, the new cycling community app developed to help Dublin City Council use cyclists’ shared data to identify cycling routes in the city for development and upgrade, has officially launched. The app launched by Dublin City Council’s Smart City Programme is part of the Smart Dublin Initiative. […]

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Google and Dublin City Council Launch Innovative Partnership to Capture Dublin’s Air Pollution Street-by-Street

By Jack Mullen 10 May 2021

Image courtesy of Dublin City Council The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu, today launched “Air View Dublin”, an initiative that will see Google’s Street View car take to the streets of Dublin to measure air quality across the city. This initiative will be rolled out in Dublin in collaboration with Dublin City Council as part of […]

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More than 200 new homes get the go ahead for Dublin City

By Jack Mullen 16 April 2021

Dublin City Council has advanced the construction of more than 200 new homes in the city.  Under its Housing Delivery Programme, City Councillors approved the following key proposals at their recent monthly meeting: Part 8 Planning Permission for the construction of 46 quality new one-bedroom apartments for older persons. The scheme is located on the site of

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Dublin City Council given the go ahead to proceed to the design and planning stages of the Dalymount Park Redevelopment

By Jack Mullen 9 April 2021

Dublin City Council has announced that a grant agreement has now been signed with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (DTCAGSM) in relation to the Dalymount Park Redevelopment Project. The allocation of €918,750 from the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) will part fund the design and planning elements of the […]

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Dublin’s smart bins find new purpose during the pandemic

By Jack Mullen 5 February 2021

Image courtesy of @DublinChamber Dublin’s solar-powered Bigbelly bins were already smart, sending alerts when they are almost full to streamline collections. Now, they’re also being used to measure busyness in the city and to house small cell infrastructure to improve connectivity across Dublin. This is the latest example of cities repurposing existing smart infrastructure

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Planning application for Old Bakery Site at Cross Guns Bridge in Dublin 7

By Jack Mullen 3 February 2021

Image courtesy of @Emmett_Scanlon An application to An Bord Pleanála has been made for 205 apartments within 3 blocks up to height of 12 storeys at Old Bakery Site at Cross Guns Bridge. A summary of some of the details of the development are included below. An Bord Pleanála application An application was made on […]

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Home working prompts shift in house-buying trends, surveyors say

By Jack Mullen 18 January 2021

A move to home working during the pandemic is driving a shift in house-buying trends away from urban areas, surveyors have reported. More people are looking for larger properties in regional locations with good broadband coverage, according to the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI). The SCSI’s annual residential property review and outlook predicts property […]

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Green light given for ‘game changing’ Connolly Station development that will see more than 700 homes built

By Jack Mullen 15 January 2021

Image taken from @ballymoregroup.com Two local sports clubs will also get new state-of-the art homes as part of the plan for the area dubbed ‘Connolly Quarter’ Permission has been granted for a “game changing” development beside Connolly Station that will see more than 700 homes being built and create 1,000 jobs. The new Strategic Housing […]

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DRHE Launches New App for Public to Alert Teams to Location of Rough Sleepers

By Jack Mullen 22 December 2020

The Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) has launched a new free app which will enable members of the public to alert them to the location of anyone sleeping rough so that outreach teams can make contact with them. Up to now the only options open to the public were to call a phone number or […]

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Lord Mayor of Dublin Paul McAuliffe launches the 2019 programme for the The Dublin Festival of History

By admin 27 August 2019

Lord Mayor of Dublin Paul McAuliffe and Dublin City Councilor Mairead Owens launch the 2019 programme for the The Dublin Festival of History. The Dublin Festival of History is an annual free Festival, brought to you by Dublin City Council, and organised by Dublin City Libraries. The Festival has gained a reputation for attracting best-selling […]

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E-Scooters and Their Contested Future in Dublin

By admin 18 June 2019

If you step out onto Dublin’s streets at any point of the day, you will likely see packs of bikers passing by as they travel to work, school, the shops, or chase the sun on a warm day. However, there has been a new addition to the city’s bike lanes. Though biking has been the […]

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Extending the Cultural Quarter

By admin 11 September 2018

Designs for the new Dublin City Library on Parnell Square have been unveiled. The 11,000 sq m design is set to be a key component to the newly-branded Cultural Quarter. The Cultural Quarter includes: the Irish Writers’ Centre, the Dublin Writers Museum, the Gate Theatre, Poetry Ireland and the Garden of Remembrance. The build is […]

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Sustainable Deliveries with Dublin City Council

By admin 10 September 2018

Dublin City Council has drafted new bylaws extending an environmental scheme known as the ‘Last Mile Delivery’ plan. The scheme has been previously tested last year with UPS delivery company in collaboration with Dublin City Council. In decreasing the use of around 200 vans deliveries throughout the city, the scheme’s success hopes to ease traffic […]

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Dublin City Council Proposes Pedestrian, Cycle-Only Bridge

By Jack Mullen 12 June 2018

Dublin City Council has proposed a pedestrian and cycle-only bridge to cross the River Liffey from Blood Stoney Road to New Wapping Street along the Dublin Docklands. The bridge, being called the Blood Stoney Bridge, would feature a cycling path in the center with walking paths on either side. It would also be an opening […]

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Upgraded Free Cycle Parking Facility Opens In Drury Street Car Park

By Nick Fitzgerald 12 June 2018

Dublin City Council’s upgraded free cycle parking facility was opened today in Drury Street Car Park by Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mícheál Mac Donncha. The expanded unit now has a capacity to hold 332 bicycles. This is twice the capacity of the original facility opened in 2009, the Council have said. Facilities which have been upgraded […]

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Nicholas O’Dwyer Ltd Appointed To Lead Design Of Poddle Relief Scheme

By Nick Fitzgerald 29 May 2018

South Dublin County Council have appointed Nicholas O’Dwyer Ltd to lead the design of the landmark Poddle Flood Alleviation Scheme. The project, expected to cost a total of €7 million, aims to address past extensive flooding, costing life and causing damage to resources and businesses along the River Poddle and to protect property. Funded by the […]

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Tall Ships Sail Into Dublin Over Bank Holiday Weekend

By Nick Fitzgerald 29 May 2018

Seventeen Tall Ships will sail into Dublin Port this bank holiday weekend from Friday, June 1st to Monday, June 4th. The spectacle comes as part of the Tall Ships Regatta 2018 which feature the ships racing from Liverpool all the way to Dublin. They will then continue on to the historic Bay of Biscay, finishing […]