Posted by Cian Ginty
Comment, Drimnagh, Dublin City, Featured Updates, Walkinstown
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
“30kph limit for rush hour cars on Long Mile” cried the Evening Herald’s headline yesterday. Why is the zone only for certain times of the day? Only half way down the Herald’s news report is a council official quoted saying that the limit applied during the school year. No other mention that the limit is there because of school children or that there are school buildings [...]
Posted by Jessie Magee
Blogs, Dublin City, Dublin Observed, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Features, Fingal, South Dublin
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Joe Higgins, searing political wit and staunch defender of the working classes, is a tough act to follow. But 27-year-old Paul Murphy is quietly confident that he can fill the shoes of the great Socialist when he takes over as Dublin MEP next month. A native of Ballinteer who has been assistant to Joe Higgins [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
Dublin City, Dublin Observed, Featured Updates, Features
Friday, March 25th, 2011
Dublin Bikes has gone from predictions of mass theft and vandalism, to one of the most successful on-street bicycle rental schemes in the world, so the big question is: “When will it expand?” On the back of the scheme smashing all expectations in its first year, Dublin City Council has drawn up a plan to expand across the [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
Comment, Featured Updates
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
What’s the difference between the first cyclist and the last two in this video? Helmets? High-vis? No. Firstly, the second two are lacking lights and, just as important secondly, is road positioning. The first cyclist takes a far better road position — he cycles in a straight line, following the road how other traffic does. [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
Comment, Dublin City, Featured Updates
Monday, March 14th, 2011
The term “details supplied” appears over and over again in the appendixes of Dublin City Council minutes. It’s the council’s equivalent of blacked-out text. “Details supplied” appears 64 in the latest minutes published online, those for the January 2011 council meeting. For December, the term comes up 114 times. For November, 88 times. For October, [...]
Posted by Niall Farrell
Fingal, More, News, Sport
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Sporting Fingal have today announced that they will immediately cease operations, after a week of intense speculation about their future in the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 2007, were due to compete in the League of Ireland and Setanta Sports Cup- with their opening fixture against Lisburn Distillery originally set for next Monday. [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
Comment, Featured Updates
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
New York City’s Department of Transportation has made some dramatic changes to some of its streets in the last few years. One of the most iconic is that somewhere close to half of the traffic lanes on Times Square were given back for people to use and enjoy: The streets became easer to cross. Tables and chairs [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
Comment, Featured Updates
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Last Saturday 50,000 people protested in Dublin against cuts and the IMF/EU bailout… or was it 100,000 people? Or maybe it was 40,000? Or 150,000? Most media outlets said 50,000 people, or up to 50,000 — including RTE, The Irish Times, and Breakingnews.ie. Some said it was below 50,000. Few reported 100,000; The Guardian was [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
Comment
Monday, September 20th, 2010
Dublin City Centre’s problems won’t be solved by a new law banning aggressive begging if people are unwilling to even pick up their phone. Even after a ban on begging was ruled unconstitutional, much of the problems with with beggars and ‘junkies’ are already covered by law. Any act of aggression or intimation is covered. Begging at Luas stops and on [...]
Posted by Alan Farrell
Comment
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
COMMENT: On a recent Saturday afternoon I sat and read The Irish Times. On page three of the Weekend supplement, my party colleague Olwyn Enright smiled back at me. The Deputy, having served the people of Laois/Offaly for the past eight years had come to the decision that her family commitments and the demands of [...]
