The Dublin Minute / Tuesday 17th June
Gurriers, councillors, and prisoners, all in today's issue...
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Dirty Old Town. Dublin's North Inner City is one of the dirtiest areas of the country when it comes to litter - and it won't get any better until a ban on bag collections is in place. That's according to Conor Horgan of Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL), who published their latest litter survey on Sunday - with Dublin's North Inner City falling to the bottom of the league after being ranked 38th out of 40 last year
Alex Dunne, Dublin Live
Headwinds. Mounting global trade tensions are causing deep concern across the Dublin business community, with over 80% of companies bracing for fallout from ongoing international disputes, according to the latest Q2 Business Outlook Report from Dublin Chamber.
Padraig Conlon, Dublin People
We didn’t start the fire. Dublin Fire Brigade are “in the process of acquiring” a site for a new fire station to cover West Dublin.
Ellen Gough, The Echo
Who let the dogs out? Lack of space at the State's main youth detention centre resulted in two Dublin teenagers - accused of being armed with a machine gun during a burglary - being released at the weekend. It will come as no surprise that one has gone AWOL.
RTE
Sword(s) in the stone. Councillor Tom O’Leary (Fine Gael, Balbriggan) has been elected as Mayor of Fingal at the Council’s Annual General Meeting which was held in County Hall in Swords on Friday evening.
Padraig Conlon, Dublin People
Bus-t up. Bus services in West Tallaght could soon face early evening withdrawals due to a “growing wave of anti-social behaviour,” said a member of the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU).
Alessia Micalizzi, The Echo
Fantastic festival for fun families. Kaleidoscope, Ireland’s largest summer family festival, is set to entertain thousands of families with a star-studded lineup of young Irish talent alongside international music headliners from July 4th – Sunday July 6th at Wicklow’s Russborough House.
Dublin Gazette
Money for old rope. The “Ultimate Guide to Thrifting and Salvage Yards in Dublin” is a new one stop shop guide from Catherine Carton, of Dainty Dress Diaries, where she shares the best thrifting spots, salvage yards, and antique shops in and around Dublin.
Totally Dublin
Let sleeping dogs lie. A Lucan dog park is “not designed to be used in the evenings” so no lights will be installed to facilitate evening-time use.
The Echo
Space invaders. Two major local authority housing schemes are coming to the DLRCC area, totalling 129 housing units each, councillors were told last week, but there have been concerns over the number of parking spaces available.
Liam Coates, Irish Independent
Porridge. Plans have been lodged for a new prison block at Cloverhill Prison to include up to 143 cells.
Ellen Gough, The Echo
Disastero pub? The Wright Group has secured the planning green light to transform Dylan McGrath's former Rustic Stone restaurant in Dublin into a gastro-pub. We’ll reserve judgement for now that it will be a venue run by bean-counters.
Gordon Deegan, RTE
Vital funds are being raised for a young Clondalkin woman diagnosed with a “life-changing” illness. A GoFundMe page has so far raised over €50,000 for 25-year-old Sarah Tyrrell, who has recently been diagnosed with aplastic anaemia, a rare and serious condition where her bone marrow fails to produce enough blood cells.
Ellen Gough, The Echo
Electrifying. EirGrid is to host public information events on a critical electricity grid upgrade to improve the energy system in the Kildare and South-West Dublin regions.
Padraig Conlon, Dublin People
Your (local) ad here. SMEs in Fingal are set to receive a significant boost with the announcement of a new community-focused advertising initiative by daa, the operator of Dublin Airport.
Padraig Conlon, Dublin People
Swings and roundabouts. Construction on a new playground in Chapelizod “is expected to be completed” by later this year.
The Echo
Cloudy this morning with outbreaks of rain and drizzle but that will gradually clear away by this afternoon with sunny spells developing. Highest temperatures of 19 to 21 degrees in westerly breezes.
Plenty of clear spells, dry weather and late sunshine this evening. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees and light winds.
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