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DCC to meet with gardaí over anti-immigrant flag campaign

Dublin City Council has said it will meet with gardaí in response to concerns expressed about the erection of tricolours across the city by anti-immigration campaigners.

Ireland • 01 Sep

Dublin City Council offices on Wood Quay

Planning retention refused for rental operator in Dublin

Dublin City Council (DCC) has refused planning retention to a significant short-term rental operator close to Dublin Castle and Temple Bar to continue offering its apartments for short-term letting to tourists.

Business • 17 Aug

Green light for student accommodation, Independent House

Dublin City Council has given the green light to British developer Summix for a nine storey student accommodation block on the former site of the Independent Newspapers HQ on Middle Abbey Street in Dublin

Business • 30 Jun

Dublin Port Company pays €1.7m vacant site levy

The Dublin Port Company has paid almost €1.7m in a vacant site levy for an empty piece of land in its portfolio.

Business • 18 Jun

The City Council has ordered that planned pigeon protection spikes to the upper floors of the O'Connell Street branch be omitted

Approval for McDonald's O'Connell Street outlet make-over

Dublin City Council has given the green light for a makeover of a prominent McDonald's outlet on Dublin's O'Connell Street.

Business • 20 Jun

The scheme for Fortfield Rd, Terenure, D6 comprises 265 apartments and 19 four bed houses

Planning refused for Terenure development

Dublin City Council has refused planning permission to Lioncor's contentious plans to build 284 residential units on lands at Terenure College.

Business • 24 Feb

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

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

Tazbell Services Group owns Dublin Street Parking Services (DSPS) which operates the clamping contract for Dublin City Council

Profits at Dublin City Council clamping firm up by 25%

Pre-tax profits at the group which owns the clamping firm contracted to carry out clamping and parking enforcement in Dublin city last year increased by 25% to €2.15m.

Business • 14 Dec 23

An artist's impression of what the completed development would look like

LDA and DCC submit plan for 708 homes in Cherry Orchard

A planning application has been lodged with An Bord Pleanála for 708 new homes at Cherry Orchard in Dublin.

Business • 01 Dec 23

The scheme is to be made up of 87 studios, 227 one bed units, 296 two bed units and 26 three bed units across seven apartment blocks

Council grants planning for Milltown apartment scheme

Dublin City Council has granted planning permission to Ardstone for a €300 million 'buy to sell' apartment scheme near Milltown in Dublin.

Business • 11 Aug 23

Dublin's Dundrum Mental Hospital is the Land Development Agency's biggest ever development

LDA asks councils not to include sites for vacancy tax

The Land Development Agency (LDA) wrote to several local authorities asking them not to include properties they hoped to develop for a vacancy tax intended to encourage the building of homes.

Business • 25 Jul 23

The plans for a site include 688 apartments

Cairn withdraws appeal over contributions for D4 plans

Cairn Homes has withdrawn its planning appeal contending that Dublin City Council overcharged the firm by €4.1m in planning contributions for its planned mixed use development for a former RTE site in Donnybrook, Dublin 4.

Business • 24 Apr 23

Council seeks scaled back CHQ expansion plan

Dublin City Council is demanding that the owners of the CHQ building in Dublin's Docklands scale back their expansion plans.

Business • 19 Apr 23

Local Enterprise Office clients Catriona Cullen, Cullen Nurseries, Lucia McCabe, Seamoss Sublime and Frank Kavanagh, Cloudpicker Coffee

30 Dublin city events for Local Enterprise Week 2023

Small businesses and entrepreneurs will have the chance to attend over 30 events aimed at helping them to start or grow their business as part of this year's Local Enterprise Week in Dublin city.

Business • 02 Mar 23

Dublin City Council and Bartra are completing the project together

Work to begin soon on O'Devaney Gardens development

Work is to begin this month on a new development at the former O'Devaney Gardens site in Dublin.

Business • 10 Feb 23

Cairn Homes' plan would see the construction of a 192 bedroom hotel and 688 apartments at the Donnybrook site

Residents group appeals Cairn plan for former RTÉ site

A group of Dublin 4 residents has lodged a planning appeal against contentious plans for "a grossly disproportionate" mixed use apartment and hotel scheme for former RTÉ lands at Donnybrook in Dublin.

Business • 10 Jan 23

The planned redevelopment would see the shopping centre's retail space reconfigured, with offices on the upper floors

Stephen's Green Centre plans deemed 'invalid'

A planning application for the €100m redevelopment of St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre has been declared invalid by Dublin City Council.

Business • 23 Dec 22

New €100m plans to rejuvenate St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre have been lodged with Dublin City Council

Most St Stephen's Green centre retail units 'too small'

Most retail units at the "outdated" and "underperforming" St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre in Dublin are too small and the smaller units at the upper levels trade poorly and can operate only on short term leases.

Business • 19 Dec 22

The new scheme to be built across four blocks is made up of 104 one bed and 104 two bed apartments.

Plans lodged for social and affordable scheme in D12

Builders Lioncor have lodged plans with Dublin City Council for a 208 unit 'social and affordable' apartment scheme for Terenure in Dublin 12.

Business • 09 Nov 22

The council has refused planning permission due to transportation issues connected to the scheme

Council turns down scheme for Terenure College lands

Dublin City Council has refused planning permission to contentious plans for a seven storey high 364 unit 'build to rent' apartment scheme on former playing pitches at Terenure College in Dublin.

Business • 15 Aug 22

Plans to replace Carrisbrook House have been stalled

Dublin 4 residents stall 10 storey office block scheme

Plans to demolish the eight storey Carrisbrook House in Dublin 4 and replace it with a ten storey office block have been stalled.

Business • 20 Jun 22

The plan for the facade included a mock lego brick cladded entrance

Mock LEGO entrance blocked for Dublin store

Dublin City Council has told toy giant, LEGO that it can't proceed with significant features of its planned new facade to its first ever Irish store.

Business • 20 May 22

The development involves 66,718 square metres of office space in four blocks

Permission given for Ronan's docklands commercial plans

Developer Johnny Ronan's company has received planning permission from Dublin City Council for the commercial parts of its Waterfront – South Central scheme in the dockland

Business • 25 Aug 21

It comes as calls are being made for clarification on the issue outdoor drinking (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Pubs call for earlier reopening of outdoor hospitality

Publicans are calling for the opening of outdoor hospitality to be brought forward to solve the issue of on-street drinking.

Business • 07 May 21