Samantha Libreri

Eastern Correspondent

Dublin City Council says Molly Malone could be moved

Dublin City Council has said it will consider moving the Molly Malone statue if the installation of flowerbeds around it does not deter people from touching the bronze sculpture's breasts.

Dublin • 22 Jul

Dublin metro cost not clear until 'some time in 2027'

The cost of a planned metro for Dublin will be higher than estimated but the exact price tag will not be clear for another two years.

Ireland • 22 Jul

Householders in three of Dublin's four locals authority areas will see their property tax increase from next year

Dublin City Council agrees to raise local property tax

The majority of Dubliners will see their property tax rise next year following a vote by Dublin city councillors to increase the tax.

Dublin • 18 Jul

Increase to night-time flights 'reckless', say residents

Residents living in the vicinity of Dublin Airport have said the decision to increase the number of night-time flights will "subject thousands of people to unnecessary noise and pollution".

Dublin • 17 Jul

The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland has been tracking down copies of documents lost in the Four Courts fire in 1922

'New lease of life' - Project digitises archive documents

Some 175,000 new historical records lost in a fire at the Four Courts in Dublin during the Civil War in 1922 are being made available online, including 60,000 names from the Irish 19th century censuses.

Ireland • 30 Jun

Homes were due to be delivered at this site in Whitehall, Dublin

Minister would 'be before PAC' over delayed housing costs

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the cost of almost 3,000 social homes which were to be delivered, and have now been delayed over value for money concerns, were so high that if they had gone ahead then the Minister for Housing would have been "up before the Public Accounts Committee".

Ireland • 28 Jun

Regeneration work will be overseen by a stand-alone entity working under Dublin City Council

Body overseeing Dublin revival approved by Government

The establishment of a new body to oversee the rejuvenation of Dublin City Centre has been approved by Government.

Dublin • 24 Jun

DART network to be extended as judicial reviews withdrawn

Two judicial reviews for the DART+ West project linking Dublin city centre and Maynooth and the M3 Parkway have been withdrawn, paving the way for work to begin on the project next year.

Leinster • 23 Jun

Castletown House group agree to trial for OPW vehicles

A group that had been objecting to vehicles entering Castletown House in Kildare via a traditional pedestrian entrance on Lime Avenue have agreed to two weeks trial of service vehicles entering the site this way.

Ireland • 21 Jun

Enforcement notice for daa over breach of passenger cap

Fingal County Council has issued an enforcement notice to the operators of Dublin Airport for breaching the cap of 32 million passengers a year.

Ireland • 20 Jun