RT @LiveDrive: Church St Bridge will be closed tonight and tomorrow night from 7.30 until 6 AM, Merchants Quay will be down to one lane # RT @LiveDrive: Works on Chapelizod Bridge have been extedned until the 10th of September #livedrive # RT @PaulMcauliffe: Post photos of litter black spots in Dublin here @litterspotter and [...]
. A fully complete railway station is to remain closed when services start next week because developers have yet to build an access road. Rail Users Ireland said it was unacceptable that Hansfield Station in Dublin 15 will not open when train services to Dunboyne start next Friday. “It is unacceptable, many of the residents [...]
. Dublin residents have until September 15 to give their views on the amendments to the Dublin City Draft Development Plan 2011-2017. Amendments include the comprise plan on building heights, identification locations for off-street car-parking for coaches and on-street parking for motorbikes, the assessment of pedestrian crossings along the city’s canals, and extending the pedestrian zone in the Grafton Street area. Submission and [...]
Owners of a cat which travelled on a Dart across the city to Pearse Station are being asked to contact Irish Rail. The cat — pictured above — is believed to have travelled on the train from Malahide to the Southside city centre station. It got on the Dart somewhere on the Northside, although the exact station [...]
A new billboard campaign featuring players from the three Dublin Airtricity League teams is to be launched today in the city as part of Dublin’s status as 2010 European Capital of Sport. David McGill of Shelbourne, Ken Oman of Bohemians and Ian Bermingham of St. Patrick’s Athletic are to feature on the billboards to be [...]
Demand on the Dublin Bikes scheme is proving so overwhelming Dublin City Council and partners JCDecaux are secretive on the number of subscribers at the same time as announcing the expected one millionth journey. On street-bicycle rental system Dublin Bikes is expected to hit a milestone of its one millionth journey this weekend. Launched just [...]
Dublin has a wealth of parks, gardens, and other outdoor areas. Here’s some of our picks — if you think we’ve overlooked any places that we should have included then comment below and tell us where you’re favourite outdoor areas in Dublin are. Parks Highly recommended is a visit to Glasnevin for the National Botanic Gardens. [...]
The two men arrested after the attempted robbery of a Bolton Street shop appeared in the Courts of Criminal Justice this morning after Gardai charged them in relation to the attempted robbery. See our earlier story
In the first of a series of articles Dermot Looney, a Labour Party councillor on South Dublin County Council, looks at the proposals for a directly elected Mayor of Dublin. It won’t have come as much of a surprise to anyone involved in Dublin politics to read recently that John Gormley’s deadline of 2010 for [...]
Dublin is to host the inaugural Dublin Latin American Festival from August 11 to 15. The Latin American Native Community in Ireland (LANCI) is organising the festival to commemorate two hundred years of Latin American independence as part of Dublin City Coucil’s ‘Summer in Dublin’ programme. Speaking at the launch of the festival, Deputy Lord [...]
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