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Thousands march in protest on homelessness crisis
Thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin and Cork last week in protest of Ireland’s continued homelessness crisis.
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IGNORANCE: Are councils failing to enforce ‘Airbnb’ laws?
Only 3% of thousands of eligible properties have applied for planning permission or registered under new short-term letting regulations.
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BusConnects: “environment and traffic proof”
Dublin City Council has been working hard this year to ensure that BusConnects is “environment and traffic proof.”
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Warm For Winter – The man behind the campaign
Currently, there are 10,514 homeless people in Ireland, according to Focus Ireland. They put the official number of those sleeping on Dublin’s streets in November as 92. Ireland’s homeless crisis has been getting worse; in September 2019, 9,698 people were homeless. Just a…
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Student anxiety levels at all-time high
According to My World Survey 2, the National Study of Youth Mental Health in Ireland, the number of students suffering from anxiety has doubled since 2012. The findings show that in comparison to the previous study conducted in 2012, the amount of teenagers…
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Local communities remain worried over the impact of BusConnects
The National Transport Authority’s (NTA) BusConnects proposal recently finished its latest round of public consultations. However, many people are still concerned about the impact it will have on local communities.
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HPAT hinders diversity in medicine
Students from the most well-off parts of Dublin are 14 times more likely to progress to university, compared with students from some schools in the city’s more disadvantaged areas.
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Parking in disabled spaces: 361 cars clamped in Dublin
In 2018, there was a rise in the fixed charge for drivers who park in a disabled zone without a licence, from €80 to €150. However, that still hasn’t stopped people from using these spaces illegally.
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“Education is life-changing, it gives us opportunities”
Travellers’ unique status as an ethnic group within Irish Society was recognised by the Irish Government in 2017.
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Response time targets not being hit by emergency services
The average response time for National Ambulance Services is under 19 minutes, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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