Dublin city councillors have taken a High Court challenge against the State in their bid to remove Belfast-born former Israeli prime minister Chaim Herzog's name from a park in south Dublin

Mary Lou McDonald made a joint appeal against the development with local Sinn Féin councillor Seamus McGratten.

The court found that planning requirements were not breached when the name of an agent for an objector to the rezoning, rather than the name of the objector itself, was listed in a report before the rezoning decision was taken.

Dublin City Council is calling on landlords and property owners across Dublin to take part in the enhanced RAS Dublin Pilot Scheme.

Dublin City Council bought the 20-bedroom Avondale House on Gardiner Street late last year, saying it was the most cost-effective solution for emergency housing.

The move would prevent anyone without a household bin collection service from reclaiming deposits on plastic bottles and aluminium cans, which it said had become a “monetary commodity” since the introduction of the scheme.

A submission lodged with the planning application confirmed that the proposal is designed for operation by Staycity as part of its “Wilde” brand.

Q-Park Ireland Ltd and Dublin Street Parking Services Ltd brought a challenge to the awarding of the new contract to Apcoa Parking Ireland Ltd.

Internal emails show that senior council officials branded the bins surrounds as 'an eyesore' and 'not fit for purpose' last month

The makers of Cadbury chocolate, Mondelēz Europe, had raised a significant concern over rodent migration from the apartment block construction site to its chocolate production plant, “of national significance” in Coolock, Dublin.

Last year, Irish Rail commenced a procurement process seeking to replace station bins with new units specifically designed to stop people from reaching inside for returnable bottles and cans.

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín said the Deposit Return Scheme deposit was “like a tax” on consumers, except it doesn’t go towards paying for hospitals, education, housing and other public services.

A briefing document said the Deposit Return Scheme had forced staff to clean up waste from city streets twice over.

Customers speaking to Newstalk said it provides a community for people.

ACP has granted permanent planning permission after finding that the MSIF would not result in an over-concentration of institutional accommodation and other social support services in the area around the Riverbank Building at Merchants Quay, Dublin.

Dublin City Council found that the cost of refurbishing the city’s empty building stock is high, with up to €2.86 billion required to bring vacant property back into use.

The planned new hotel coincides with Dublin City Council giving the go-ahead for a separate 267-bedroom hotel for Balmoral Land Beresford Ltd at Beresford Street, Dublin 7, as part of a mixed use scheme.

Businessman Deepak Sharma’s Figs Properties Ltd is seeking planning permission for the hotel at 30-33 College Green and also fronting onto Suffolk Street.

One objection lodged on behalf of the Save Stephen’s Green Campaign was backed by a petition of 20,000 signatures.

Janet Horner's call comes as a senior council engineer said that houses on Connaught Street in Phibsborough and Ferguson Road in Dromcondra should not have been purchased due to the extent of their dereliction. 

One objection to the revamp was lodged on behalf of the Save Stephen’s Green Campaign, which was backed by a petition of 20,000 signatures.

The Council has granted planning permission to Declan O’Regan’s Telfer Ltd to convert the Post Office after concluding that the reuse of the Protected Structure “is welcomed in such a central location within the Ballsbridge commercial area”.

The most recent accounts for Peachport Ltd states that its main activity is the provision of emergency accommodation services and its work in the sector has proven to be very lucrative.

“There is much more the government must do if we are to meaningfully tackle dereliction," Green Party Councillior, Janet Horner said.

One of the occupants, Jem Cleaver, has been involved since 2015 in a number of other High Court cases over alleged illegal occupations of vacant buildings in the city.

Dublin City Council is considering a tourist tax of up to €5 per night at Dublin hotels

Arran House, at East Arran Street, is close to the former market building currently undergoing major conservation and refurbishment works as part of a plan by its owners, Dublin City Council, to rejuvenate the area

Dublin City Council currently operates from Wood Quay beside the River Liffey, but plans to move to Kevin Street, taking over the former DIT campus.

Property owner and retired solicitor Mel Kilraine was prosecuted by the local authority over failings to comply with an enforcement notice to bring 9 Belvedere Place, Dublin 1, which is divided into 10 flats, up to required standards.

In August 2024, the local authority granted the exemption for the works to St Mary’s College, a fee-paying school on Rathmines Road.

Local residents have also lodged objections against the scheme.

Last week, the An Coimisiún Pleanála overturned planning permission granted by Dublin City Council in July last year to the hospital site on Parnell Square.

Opposition party leaders pushed the Taoiseach over whether or not a 2016 plan to relocate the hospital will go ahead.

The application is in the name of David Orr who is a director at the Riverdance firm, Abhann Productions Ltd, along with Riverdance co-founders David McColgan and Moya Doherty.

The updated design is now open for consultation until March 11th.

The measure, the councillors believe, will ensure these high-footfall areas are physically secured against unauthorised vehicle entry, accidental or otherwise, at all times.

Organisers said this year's theme aims to celebrate "where we come from, what grounds us, and how we continue to grow together".

Shakespeare said Dublin City Council will be asking Re-Turn for money to help pay the cleaning bills.

The drop-in facility is operated from the basement of the Riverbank Building on Merchant’s Quay, Dublin 8.

Documents seen by BreakingNews.ie show correspondence to Dublin City Council from the public, where people were divided on whether the name should be kept or not.

Calls to preserve St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre have grown as objections mount against the €100 million redevelopment plan in the heart of Dublin.

The reasons for objection included the national flag being weaponised and misappropriated, with the public also citing intimidation, exclusion and territory marking.

Dublin City Council had granted planning permission for the Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) scheme last August but the proposal was stalled by a single appeal lodged to ACP by Ciarán Lynam and Anne Loughlin of Drumcondra Park, Drumcondra.