Lord Mayor, Alison Gilliland, invites nominations for new book celebrating exceptional contributions over the last 200 years by 80 women in Dublin city. Since the Freedom of the City was first conferred in 1876, just four of the eighty-three very well-deserving recipients have been women. One of the Lord Mayor’s stated priorities when taking up […]
Dublin City Council is pleased to announce that it has awarded the civil engineering contract for the construction of the Clontarf to City Centre project. This transformative project for the North East Inner City area will see the entire road space reconfigured, with upgraded footpaths, protected cycle tracks, continuous bus lanes as well as retaining […]
New training programme launches to assist small businesses to adopt a circular economy business model. 61% of business owners in Ireland view the green economy as a business priority for 2022. The MODOS Spring Circular Economy Programme, launched by Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council gives local businesses the opportunity to avail of […]
Dublin City Council and DublinTown have joined forces releasing a video that calls on the public to support city centre businesses in the run up to Christmas. This is a vital time of year for city centre businesses. For some, the few short weeks of the Christmas season can mean up to one third of […]
The brand new Hole in the Wall Road extension to increase access in Fingal has officially been opened by the Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Seána Ó Rodaigh, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien, TD, and the Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland. The €12m project, which was co-funded under the Local Infrastructure Housing […]
Dublin City Council is delighted to launch a range of brand new ‘Dublin Winter Lights’ installations at Merrion Square Park. The latest addition to the city’s famed festive illuminations will run on the following dates in December: Thurs 2nd – Sun 5th, Thurs 9th – Sun 12th, and Thurs 16th – Wed 22nd. The project […]
Dublin City Council is excited to announce the return of the spectacular ‘Dublin Winter Lights’, which include 5 new locations. The lights were switched on last night and will remain on from now until January 1st. 21 locations, in the form of 2 walking trails, around the city have been transformed with colourful projections and […]
Dublin City Council’s Integration and Inclusion week, Dublin A City For All, was launched by Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland at a reception in City Hall on Monday 8th November. The aim of the week is to highlight the positive work carried out by Dublin City Council and other agencies to promote social inclusion, […]
Dublin City Council, in partnership with two car park providers, have launched two new indoor cycle parking facilities in the North City Centre. In total, the new facilities will provide secure, indoor cycle parking for 244 bicycles and four cargo/accessible cycles. The locations are Jervis Street Car Park (APCOA) and Q-Park The Spire. Both […]
Dublin City Council (DCC) would like to announce that it has installed Light Boxes in Dublin’s Docklands to animate the area and enhance people’s experience of the Docklands. A total of 7 Light Boxes have been installed, with each containing old photos from the Docklands showing how the area has evolved over generations of history. […]
Dublin City Council is delighted to be taking part in Open House Dublin 2021. Running from the 15th to the 17th of October, the festival will feature over 100 free events across the city, including tours of some of the Council’s own buildings. Since 2006, Dublin City Council has partnered with the Irish Architectural Foundation […]
Dublin City Council is delighted to announce that work will soon be finished on its ‘Paint The Town’ initiative. In June of this year, the Council issued a callout for street artists to work on large-scale artworks in appropriate locations across the city. Artists were encouraged to be as creative as possible with their ideas […]
Dublin City Council would like to announce that 8 local social enterprises have been awarded funding and supports at the Dublin City Social Enterprise Awards. These social enterprises are actively working to address important issues and achieve a social, societal or environmental impact, rather than maximising profits for owners or shareholders. The issues that the […]
Dublin City Council is delighted to announce the launch of a new community pilot programme aimed at giving people an opportunity to learn all about the diverse archaeology of Dublin City. St Anne’s Park Community Archaeology Pilot Programme was officially launched on Saturday 18th September, 2021 by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alison Gilliland. This exciting day included
Dublin City Council is delighted to announce a new outdoor city-centre sculpture trail featuring 12 life-size works from one of Ireland’s top artists, Patrick O’Reilly. The trail, which has been installed in six locations, opens on Culture Night this Friday and continues for two weeks. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alison Gilliland, says she’s looking forward […]
Feature image courtesy of William Murphy Via Flickr DCC Press Release 24th August 2021 Over the course of the summer Dublin City Council (DCC) put in place a number of measures on Capel Street and Parliament Street to facilitate outdoor dining and city reopening, creating 1,300 square metres of extra public space. These measures include […]
The four Dublin Local Authorities (Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County Council) are preparing an Air Quality Plan to improve levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in ambient air in Dublin. Why Are They Doing It? In 2019 there was an exceedance of the annual limit value […]
Tonight at Dublin City Council’s annual meeting in the Round Room of the Mansion House, Councillor Alison Gilliland was elected the 353rd Lord Mayor of Dublin.
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, has written to Dublin City Council to confirm an allocation of €5m for the refurbishment and re-letting of 100 vacant or soon to be vacant homes this year in 2021. This is in addition to the 370 vacant units planned for restoration in Dublin […]
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 […]