Dublin Bus has said it has put forward recommendations "to allow for accessible public transport" at College Green.

Swimmers have been banned at Dollymount and Sandymount strands.

Domestic violence plays a key role in some families becoming homeless — with one support agency claiming it could be a factor in as many as a quarter of all cases.

Gerard Howlin (Opinion, March 30) rightly praises the early leaders of this State for cementing our Parliamentary Institutions.

THE media was all over the news last week, says Michael Clifford.

The go-ahead for the Poolbeg plant over the objections of councillors shows that in some areas of public life, democracy is simply unworkable in this country, writes Michael Clifford

A proposal to turn the Poolbeg chimneys in Dublin bay into twin observation towers could net a turnover of €20m a year it has been reported.

The ESB will decide by the end of this year whether it will knock down the Poolbeg chimneys.

Labour look set to be left with just eight seats in Dublin city wards as voters move to Sinn Féin and Independents, according to latest tallies.

The Charlemont Street flats in Dublin are set to be demolished from today.

Hopes of renaming Dublin’s Millennium Spire after Nelson Mandela have been dashed after councillors unanimously rejected the idea.

Dublin's newest bridge has been named after the trade unionist and Irish Citizen army activist Rosie Hackett.

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has said a project aimed at helping families being intimidated over drugs debts is succeeding, with the Government saying the scheme could be expanded across the country.

Labour Councillors in Dublin are to meet with the City Manager today, in an attempt to find a resolution to a dispute over bin collections in the city.

NO doubt the recent calls for a national government were well intentioned, as were the calls from many citizens that political leaders should set aside their party politics.

A PIPER led a symbolic march by over 100 people, including relatives of the 1916 Rising leaders and politicians, through Dublin city centre yesterday to commemorate those that died during the Rebellion.

DUBLIN is on course to have a directly elected mayor this summer after legislation was produced to make it possible.

A POSSIBLE bust-up among the Government coalition partners over the decision to scrap e-voting machines has been downplayed by Green Party leader John Gormley.

Several Dublin City councillors are demanding the local authority explain why the vast bulk of Sean Dunne's ambitious Ballsbridge development was initially given the green light.

An Bord Pleanala has reportedly received 87 submissions supporting plans by Sean Dunne to build a high-rise development in the Ballsbridge area of south Dublin.

LORD MAYOR of Cork Brian Bermingham is reportedly lined up to speak at a health conference at Cork City Hall which is being organised by the controversial religious group, the Church of Scientology.

THE school water bills controversy once again highlighted the total abdication of responsibility by the Government for the maintenance of essential public services.

AS we contemplate the formation of a new government, it is striking how governance itself and the role of the public service have been so absent from the debate.

JULITTA CLANCY (Irish Examiner letters, December 4) highlighted the future transport needs of the greater Dublin region.

A CROSS-PARTY group representing the four Dublin local authorities has rejected proposals to establish the Dublin Transportation Authority and called for new proposals modelled on the London system.

IN January 2003, Martin Cullen arrogantly threatened to abolish Dublin City Council because we could not agree on a budget, and in particular €15 million of that budget over which we had in fact little control.

The Government must designate an annual day of commemoration to remember the victims of the Famine, it was claimed today.

NOT for the first time, Fergus Finlay (Irish Examiner, February 14) is spot-on in his analysis of the curtailment of free speech here.

Dublin City Council will decide next week whether to save the last refuge of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders.

THE Government’s failure to live up to its transport commitments was attacked yesterday as Martin Cullen became the third Fianna Fáil transport minister in a row to promise a transport authority for Dublin.

The outcry over Saint Patrick's Day public disorder and drunkenness has provoked criticism of the media.

I’M disappointed that the Labour Party appears to be ruling out co-operation with Sinn Féin on Dublin city council.

JUST one Joe Higgins is immensely more effective than all five of the Sinn Féin TDs, according to Labour leader Pat Rabbitte.

A GROUP of all-party politicians is bidding to change the law to stop the State’s “crown jewels” falling into the hands of private owners.

Dublin Lord Mayor Dermot Lacey has formally opened the city's Spire monument.

Dublin Lord Mayor Dermot Lacey is due to formally open the city's Spire monument later today.

THE spire lit up for the first time last night, six months after it was first erected in Dublin’s O’Connell Street.

Dublin was today celebrating Bloomsday – the 24 hours when Leopold Bloom, the hero of James Joyce’s Ulysses masterpiece, roamed through the streets of the Irish capital.

LOCAL authorities are considering introducing a 10,000 levy on all new homes which would push up the price of an average house by at least 4%.

Fianna Fail has chosen Royston Brady as its candidate for the post of Dublin Lord Mayor.

London Mayor Ken Livingstone was today signing a friendship agreement with the Lord Mayor of Dublin aimed at promoting culture, tourism and business in both cities.