Gardaí needs to draw up a policy for combating prolonged racist harassment, a new report says. “You can’t have people living in that psychological fear all the time,” says Lucy Michael, who co-authored the report from the Irish Network Against Racism.
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Chósta’s downtempo electronica is chilly, mellow and hauntingly beautiful, writes Dean Van Nguyen. His first album, Twilight Transmissions, is “an impressive manifesto from a premier voice in Irish electronic music right now”. dublininquirer.com/2023/03/21/dea…

“Junior fell into our lives at the start of 2020. Like, literally fell into the Guinness yard,” writes Maxi McDonnell, about the fox who's the subject of the image that's won our Photo of the Month contest for March. dublininquirer.com/2023/03/21/pho…

Vacancy Watch: A row of derelict buildings at the entrance to St James’s Hospital has a new owner. Over 25 years, the buildings have emptied and been allowed to crumble. dublininquirer.com/2023/03/21/vac…

In the documentary 'The Artist and the Wall of Death', Stephen Skrynka's obsession with a death-defying carnival attraction brings him into conflict with a couple of hometown heroes from Granard, Co. Longford, writes Luke Maxwell.
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The council has “no interest” in a plan for new library proposed as part of a redevelopment of the Crumlin Shopping Centre – it's already working on a plan for a new library just up the road.
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Councillors have passed motion after motion to do something, anything, with Broadstone Plaza. They say they hope that bringing more activity to it will reduce anti-social activity there – and also just put an underused space to better use. dublininquirer.com/2023/03/22/cou…

In Inchicore, pieces have been falling off a big old concrete wall. A 2021 report said it should urgently be removed and replaced to keep it from collapsing and possibly injuring someone. Some work has been done since then to patch it up. dublininquirer.com/2023/03/22/in-…

Only tenants in registered tenancies can claim the rent tax credit, Revenue says. But social policy lecturer Rory Hearne says it doesn’t seem fair that tenants are effectively being punished if their landlord doesn't register their tenancy. dublininquirer.com/2023/03/22/onl…

On Dundrum Rd, a former asylum seeker and her children faced a short-notice eviction from an emergency shelter. She'd stayed in the shelter since she'd got her status because she couldn’t find another place to live. But she’s no longer welcome. dublininquirer.com/2023/03/22/on-…

#JournoRequest May be too specific, but I'm hoping to speak to tenants or landlords who've had dealings with the RTB's Investigations and Sanctions Unit, in relation to enforcement of rent pressure zone laws. If you're willing, please DM, or Whatsapp on 0873924796. Thank you.🙏

Photographers, amateur and professional: You're invited to submit to our ongoing Photo of the Month contest, and there's a €50 prize for each month's winner. dublininquirer.com/photo-of-the-m…

Would anyone find it useful if we started maintaining a page with a schedule of Dublin City Council meetings you could watch via webcast, and public consultations you could submit to, and other things like that?

Gardaí needs to draw up a policy for combating prolonged racist harassment, a new report says. “You can’t have people living in that psychological fear all the time,” says Lucy Michael, who co-authored the report from the Irish Network Against Racism.
dublininquirer.com/2023/03/21/gar…