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As part of the revival of the counciltracker website, I've added a way to include more councils. We're going to start using it to record votes at Fingal as well as DCC. But if you want to use it to record councillors' votes at any other council, get in touch and I can help set you up. 5/
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As part of the revival of the counciltracker website, I've added a way to include more councils. We're going to start using it to record votes at Fingal as well as DCC. But if you want to use it to record councillors' votes at any other council, get in touch and I can help set you up. 5/
After 3 years, I've finally got our counciltracker back online, in case you want to see how Dublin city councillors voted on whether to approve the 2026 budget, and the rent increase that came with it (click in to explore full list)... or 1/ counciltracker-fdecc5cce045.herokuapp.com/dcc/motions/...
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
After 3 years, I've finally got our counciltracker back online, in case you want to see how Dublin city councillors voted on whether to approve the 2026 budget, and the rent increase that came with it (click in to explore full list)... or 1/ counciltracker-fdecc5cce045.herokuapp.com/dcc/motions/...
This must be one of our highest months of traffic on dublininquirer.com. If you are one of our 1,974 paid subscribers, you're having a big impact by helping bring our local, community journalism to all these people, thank you!
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This must be one of our highest months of traffic on dublininquirer.com. If you are one of our 1,974 paid subscribers, you're having a big impact by helping bring our local, community journalism to all these people, thank you!
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Just Mustard still defy categorisation, writes Dean Van Nguyen. On their new LP, “it is fascinating to witness how the band interpret what they see as more sunny and melodic into their established brutalism”.
Dean: Just Mustard still defy categorisation
On their new LP, “it is fascinating to witness how the band interpret what they see as more sunny and melodic into their established brutalism”.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Just Mustard still defy categorisation, writes Dean Van Nguyen. On their new LP, “it is fascinating to witness how the band interpret what they see as more sunny and melodic into their established brutalism”.
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This Saturday, a film festival in the Liberties is showcasing comedies by and for kids. “These films, short as they are, show a lot of imagination and talent,” writes Luke Maxwell.
Luke: This Saturday, a film festival in the Liberties is showcasing comedies by and for kids
“These films, short as they are, show a lot of imagination and talent.”
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November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This Saturday, a film festival in the Liberties is showcasing comedies by and for kids. “These films, short as they are, show a lot of imagination and talent,” writes Luke Maxwell.
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Here's how Dublin city councillors agreed to spend the city’s €1.69bn budget in the coming year. Fierce debate over the rate of social housing rents dominated the budget meeting, and funding for changes in the city centre, and spending on homeless services, also featured.
How Dublin city councillors have agreed to spend the city’s €1.69bn budget in the coming year
Fierce debate over the rate of social housing rents dominated the meeting, while funding for changes in the city centre, and spending on homeless services, also featured.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Here's how Dublin city councillors agreed to spend the city’s €1.69bn budget in the coming year. Fierce debate over the rate of social housing rents dominated the budget meeting, and funding for changes in the city centre, and spending on homeless services, also featured.
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A councillor has renewed calls for a community toilet scheme in Dublin city centre. Council officials say they’ve already tried and it flopped. So how have towns elsewhere managed to set them up?
Councillor renews calls for a community toilet scheme in Dublin city centre
Council officials say they’ve already tried and it flopped. How have towns elsewhere managed to set them up?
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November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A councillor has renewed calls for a community toilet scheme in Dublin city centre. Council officials say they’ve already tried and it flopped. So how have towns elsewhere managed to set them up?
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Some councillors are squeamish about the continued rise of illuminated and digital advertising signs in city. "Digital screens are impacting on our environment,” says independent Councillor Mannix Flynn. “It’s another erosion of the public domain.”
Councillors squeamish at continued rise of illuminated and digital advertising signs in city
"Digital screens are impacting on our environment,” says independent Councillor Mannix Flynn. “It’s another erosion of the public domain.”
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November 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Some councillors are squeamish about the continued rise of illuminated and digital advertising signs in city. "Digital screens are impacting on our environment,” says independent Councillor Mannix Flynn. “It’s another erosion of the public domain.”
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In Ballymun, Dubliners lined up to read and reconnect with the constitution. “Some people have said it's a bit like karaoke.”
In Ballymun, lining up to read and reconnect with the constitution
“Some people have said it's a bit like karaoke.”
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November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In Ballymun, Dubliners lined up to read and reconnect with the constitution. “Some people have said it's a bit like karaoke.”
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it can be hard work being an active citizen and lots of people don't have the time or capacity to do it. which means opportunities to participate in civic life are not equally distributed.
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
it can be hard work being an active citizen and lots of people don't have the time or capacity to do it. which means opportunities to participate in civic life are not equally distributed.
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I've written a novel, Experts in a Dying Field. It's out on Penguin Sandycove in June. It's about about a band and a tragedy & art for art's sake & aging & loss & community & Dublin. There's a fox in it. & sheet music. The beautiful cover's by Jack Smyth. You can preorder: linktr.ee/expertsinady...
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I've written a novel, Experts in a Dying Field. It's out on Penguin Sandycove in June. It's about about a band and a tragedy & art for art's sake & aging & loss & community & Dublin. There's a fox in it. & sheet music. The beautiful cover's by Jack Smyth. You can preorder: linktr.ee/expertsinady...
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I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
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Another example of the extraordinary example of the generosity of spirit shown by Irish courts to motorists who commit homicide
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
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Woman given suspended sentence over cyclist's death
A woman whose husband was killed whilst out for a Sunday cycle on the Malahide Road in Dublin last year, has said no words can ever change how brutal it has been since she lost him.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Another example of the extraordinary example of the generosity of spirit shown by Irish courts to motorists who commit homicide
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
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The council is nudging ahead with plans for playground in Portrane, despite objections from some local residents, in an informal consultation, that it could attract anti-social behaviour.
Council nudges ahead with plans for playground in Portrane
Despite objections from some local residents, in an informal consultation, that it could attract anti-social behaviour.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The council is nudging ahead with plans for playground in Portrane, despite objections from some local residents, in an informal consultation, that it could attract anti-social behaviour.
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Would Blanchardstown benefit from having a town council? The current programme for government says it will “establish town councils in large towns to provide a focal-point for raising concerns of towns”.
Would Blanchardstown benefit from having a town council?
The current programme for government says it will “establish town councils in large towns to provide a focal-point for raising concerns of towns”.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Would Blanchardstown benefit from having a town council? The current programme for government says it will “establish town councils in large towns to provide a focal-point for raising concerns of towns”.
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Fingal councillors have decided to raise rents for tenants in social housing. The council’s draft 2026 budget proposed increasing rents from 12 percent of a tenant’s income to 17 percent – in the end, councillors went with 14.5 percent.
Fingal councillors raise rents for tenants in social housing
The council’s draft 2026 budget proposed increasing rents from 12 percent of a tenant’s income to 17 percent – in the end, councillors went with 14.5 percent.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Fingal councillors have decided to raise rents for tenants in social housing. The council’s draft 2026 budget proposed increasing rents from 12 percent of a tenant’s income to 17 percent – in the end, councillors went with 14.5 percent.
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Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in a future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers. The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers”, says the Department of Justice.
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers”, says the Department of Justice.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in a future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers. The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers”, says the Department of Justice.
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An appeal seeks to block a plan for a supermarket in a long-vacant space near the Fatima Luas stop. As of April, only nine of the 23 ground-floor units across the Herberton Complex were occupied.
Appeal seeks to block plan for supermarket in long-vacant space near Fatima Luas stop
As of April, only nine of the 23 ground-floor units across the Herberton Complex were occupied.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
An appeal seeks to block a plan for a supermarket in a long-vacant space near the Fatima Luas stop. As of April, only nine of the 23 ground-floor units across the Herberton Complex were occupied.
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The council is pushing forward with a plan for 20 new artist studios and a revived theatre on Merchant’s Quay. If it gets planning permission for the €9.5 million project on schedule, construction could start next September, according to a council official.
Council pushes forward plan for 20 new artist studios and a revived theatre on Merchant’s Quay
If it gets planning permission for the €9.5 million project on schedule, construction could start next September, according to a council official.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The council is pushing forward with a plan for 20 new artist studios and a revived theatre on Merchant’s Quay. If it gets planning permission for the €9.5 million project on schedule, construction could start next September, according to a council official.
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We've been wishing, praying and attempting to manifest a real life Peruvian restaurant in Dublin for over a decade, and we'd almost given up hope when The Hoxton announced they were bringing Cantina Valentina to their new hotel... www.allthefood.ie/reviews/cantina-valentin
Cantina Valentina | All the Food: Dublin Restaurant Guides
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November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We've been wishing, praying and attempting to manifest a real life Peruvian restaurant in Dublin for over a decade, and we'd almost given up hope when The Hoxton announced they were bringing Cantina Valentina to their new hotel... www.allthefood.ie/reviews/cantina-valentin
I feel better about the world when I spend more time reading whole news articles, or books, and less time scanning headlines/scrolling social media.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I feel better about the world when I spend more time reading whole news articles, or books, and less time scanning headlines/scrolling social media.
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I wrote about our interview with Roblox's CEO and how platforms got too big to feel shame www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I wrote about our interview with Roblox's CEO and how platforms got too big to feel shame www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
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The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
I would not have the courage to write this first-person piece (with photos) about naked saunas. There are limits to what I would do for journalism. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Nude saunas in Ireland: ‘I realise I will soon be naked among these strangers’
Clothing optional or nude saunas are becoming more popular in Ireland, but what does it feel like to get naked in public?
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November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I would not have the courage to write this first-person piece (with photos) about naked saunas. There are limits to what I would do for journalism. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...