Samantha Libreri

Eastern Correspondent

Manna drone delivery service makes up to 300 deliveries a day

Drone delivery aims to serve 1m in Dublin this year

A Dublin drone delivery service has said it will be able to reach around half a million people in the capital by the summer as it expands to two new areas and is aiming to have ten bases serving a million customers in Dublin by the end of this year.

Dublin • 09 Feb 25

Manna drone delivery service makes up to 300 deliveries a day [file image]

Drone delivery aims to serve 1m in Dublin this year

A Dublin drone delivery service has said it will be able to reach around half a million people in the capital by the summer as it expands to two new areas and is aiming to have ten bases serving a million customers in Dublin by the end of this year.

Ireland • 09 Feb 25

Aisling Earley, Library Assistant in Coolock Library, hopes using Lightboxes will be beneficial

Dublin libraries hope Lightboxes can tackle SAD

Dublin City Council libraries have introduced a device to help tackle winter blues and Seasonal Affected Disorder.

Dublin • 08 Feb 25

Passengers have described the services as 'ghost buses'

'Ghost buses' partly due to mechanics shortage - operator

Bus operator Go-Ahead Ireland has said that all services it runs in the Greater Dublin Area have had issues with buses failing to turn up in recent weeks.

Dublin • 06 Feb 25

An international architectural summit being hosted in Dublin

Lots of potential for regeneration in Dublin - architects

The architects behind the construction of Dublin's Temple Bar say there is plenty of potential for regeneration in the capital but that new projects need to encourage more people to live in the city's core.

Dublin • 30 Jan 25

The Health and Safety Authority has been notified about the incident in Arklow

Man dies in workplace accident in Co Wicklow

A man in his 30s has died in a workplace accident in Arklow, Co Wicklow.

Leinster • 30 Jan 25

Saunas have become a regular sight at swimming spots around the capital in recent years

Dublin council mulls floating sauna as popularity grows

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has said there is huge interest in a proposal to build a floating sauna in the area.

Dublin • 24 Jan 25

The development is expected to deliver 850 homes

Water ingress among issues found at Coolock development

Water ingress, the quality of some brickwork, moisture on some internal plasterboards and the incorrect storage of materials are among the issues that have arisen at Dublin City Council's largest social and affordable housing development in Coolock.

Dublin • 22 Jan 25

The number 11 route has serviced Glasnevin since the 1970s but this Sunday the route will no longer serve the area

Concerns raised over roll-out of Bus Connects service

The National Transport Authority has said that as the roll-out of the Bus Connects programme in the greater Dublin area passes the halfway mark this weekend, resistance to change is common but the project has resulted in an increase in bus users.

Leinster • 21 Jan 25

It is estimated that around 24 volunteer food services are operating on the streets of Dublin

Concerns permit system threatens Dublin soup kitchens

Dublin City Council has said its plans to bring in a permit system to regulate volunteer food services for the homeless in the capital is not designed to ban so-called soup kitchens.

Dublin • 17 Jan 25