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Plazas, trees and a car-free Mary Street Little: the council’s plan for the streets around the fruit market
Dublin City Council's draft Markets Public Realm Plan would greener and pedestrianise the streets around the Victorian Fruit and Vegetable Market. You can have your say now.
Business
New Restaurant Gets the Green Light for Old Ulster Bank on O’Connell Street, but No Takeaways Allowed
The former Ulster Bank on O'Connell Street Lower is set to become a restaurant with offices upstairs, and Dublin City Council has made it clear that it can't be another takeaway.
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Work Begins on €173m Parnell Square City Library, Due to Open in 2030
Parnell Square City Library is finally taking shape, with construction now under way on the €173 million project that will replace the Central Library, which has operated from the Ilac Centre for four decades. The new library is due to open in 2030.
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26 new social homes open in Dublin 4, but the Glass Bottle “affordable” homes row rumbles on
New residents have moved into 26 social homes on York Road. A short distance away, at the huge Irish Glass Bottle site, councillors say a promise of affordable homes to buy is being rewritten.
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Sunday stalls, late Thursdays and a vape ban: Dublin’s street trading shake-up explained
Dublin City Council wants to rewrite its street trading rules for the first time since 2013. Think longer hours, new pitches, a smaller Moore Street layout and a ban on stalls selling alcohol and vapes. Here's what's on the table and how you can have your say.
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Calls for Dublin rickshaw ban after death of mother of two
The death of Danielle O’Keane following an incident involving a rickshaw on Dublin’s North Wall Quay has prompted renewed calls for a ban and...
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Food & Drink
McDaid’s changes hands: the Doheny & Nesbitt’s family takes on the Harry Street literary pub
After four decades, the Cosgrave brothers have sold McDaid's and the Druid's Chair in Killiney to Eoghan and Paul Mangan Jnr.
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Plazas, trees and a car-free Mary Street Little: the council’s plan for the streets around the fruit market
Dublin City Council's draft Markets Public Realm Plan would greener and pedestrianise the streets around the Victorian Fruit and Vegetable Market. You can have your say now.
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Swans keep flying into the Samuel Beckett Bridge, and at least 17 have died since 2024
Kildare Wildlife Rescue says the harp-shaped bridge's cables are killing swans on the Liffey, mostly at high tide, and wants a study into how to stop it.
Music
Dónal Lunny, the musician who changed the sound of Irish music, has died aged 79
The bouzouki player, arranger and producer behind Planxty, the Bothy Band and Moving Hearts died in Dublin on Friday. Tributes have come from the President, the Taoiseach and the musicians he worked with.
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Austen soaked Dublin and moved on. Now Storm Boelo arrives for the bank holiday
Dublin Airport took more than 20mm of rain from Storm Austen without any repeat of the Dodder flooding. Storm Boelo arrives on Saturday, and Met Éireann's orange warnings are focused on the west and north-west. Here's what it means for getting around the capital this weekend.