Temperatures are high, trust is low, it's not a time for this kind of nonsense.

If the number is not based on data, then how did the Minister for Justice come up with it? Or did the Tánaiste fail to achieve what he was supposed to in the UK, and is trying to shift the blame? Either way, pretty poor.

Cycling west from Clontarf along Griffith Avenue to Finglas one day, then out to Inchicore, I wondered about the stark differences in investment in cycle lanes in different parts of the city. 1/

Thread on the Colombia Protests.

Map of Dublin, 1836

Drawn by WB Clarke for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

'The nosy public doesn’t need to know who actually did any of the things you’re writing about.'

Apparently, if you want to fit in as a journalist in Ireland, the key is to stop covering stories you think are important and follow the consensus news agenda. Do other journalists here think that's true? irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/0…

Cannot confirm nor deny: Officials coy on records on Israeli weapons contracts

The Department of Defence is under pressure to halt contracts with Israeli arms companies as the death toll in Gaza mounts, now over 34,000, most of them women and children.

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Tenants' right were once the most powerful political organising force in Ireland

Now Ireland's cultural obsession with private property rights means landlords can act with near-impunity

Can you imagine the Garda response if a tenant did this to their landlord's home?

Thoughts and prayers etc

Maybe it’s just me but I feel like not being allowed to drive a car again after you literally kill someone with one probably shouldn’t be too much to ask

Several apartments flagged by Dublin City Council for bad conditions in recent years have landlords registered to the same Portobello address.

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Here's a player in the Dublin rental market you may not have heard of before: the Ireland Israel Fund.
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Planned flood defences would protect homes and businesses along the Camac in Bluebell, Inchicore, and Kilmainham. It could also help smooth the way for the redevelopment of St Patrick’s Athletic FC’s home ground Richmond Park, which is next to the river. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/24/pla…

Brushing up: A monument to “Demolition” Dave Conway, who helped clear the way for the Luas’s Red Line. Conway, a crane operator, died in a motorcycle crash in 2001, at age 38. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/24/bru…

A performer brings Brazilian rock to the north inner-city. “I am not the same when I am on stage, I am another, I am the superhero that I would like to be,” says Dafne Kontoya, who says she’s normally a very shy person. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/24/a-p…

Council Briefs: Prohibiting swimming at Sandymount, expanding street cleaning, banning single-use cups in parks. These were some of the issues discussed at the most recent meeting of the council’s environment committee. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/24/cou…

Time to consult with groups led by disabled people on plans to make Mansion House more accessible, councillor says. “We are more than capable of speaking for ourselves,” says Leo Kavanagh, national secretary of Physical Impairment Ireland. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/24/tim…

In north Fingal, parents push for more school bus services to ease waiting lists. When choosing a school for her daughter, Ballyboughal mother Pamela Clarke says the deciding factor was which bus she could get a seat on. “It’s frustrating.” dublininquirer.com/2024/04/24/in-…

Four rental apartments flagged by Dublin City Council in recent years as in such poor condition that they shouldn’t be relet without works to bring them up to code, link back to the same investment managers and property manager. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/24/sev…