Rezoning greenbelt land, rather than zoning a brownfield site and right beside a train station, is bad planning with negative consequences for all of us. @fingal.ie executive and a majority of councillors are getting it wrong. Thanks @michaellanigan.bsky.social for this detailed coverage.

Fingal councillors have rezoned enough land for 5,000 homes, eating into the county's greenbelt. “I feel like, if I don’t vote [for it], I’m voting against housing. If I do vote, I’m voting against greenbelt.”

@dmleathley.bsky.social hey Darren, I'm a reporter with the Dublin Inquirer, would I be able to chat with you in DMs regarding a story I'm working on?

@wesselbadenhorst.bsky.social hi Wessel, I'm a reporter with the Dublin Inquirer, would you mind if I hassled you in direct messages for a story I'm working on

While council staff are barred from using free AI chatbots, councillors are trained on them. "Use of free and publicly accessible Gen AI tools present a significant risk for organisations," Dublin City Council guidelines say.

“What has influenced me the most here is how cinema can bring people together,” he says. “It sounds naive, but it’s to bring people together in an organising fashion.” Thanks to @michaellanigan.bsky.social & the DI crew for this. You'll find the trailer for the film pinned above! Give it a share!

A new film documents Dubliners’ resistance to subordination of social life to profit. “The market is a monster,” says filmmaker James Redmond. “It turns living spaces into dead space.”

Required to be open, a pedestrian route via a Cork Street co-living complex is frequently closed. Councillors say the council has opened a planning enforcement investigation.

Op ed for this week: NFL helmet should be permanently installed on O'Connell's plinth at city hall.

The council wasn’t hiring a municipal walker, but she took the job anyway. Once a month since September 2022, artist Lian Bell has done a full circuit of the North and South Circular Roads, observing these 14km through the seasons.

Delays and costs are mounting for the council’s Merrion Square tea rooms. A council spokesperson said they couldn’t say why the project has been delayed.

In a new album, a bodhrán shapeshifts again and again. “It’s coming during this wave when people are bringing trad music into modern spaces. But it came out of pure experimentation,” says musician Ian Nyquist. www.dublininquirer.c...

The council forfeited €600,000 available from Fáilte Ireland for Smithfield Square. The plaza needs help, says Sean Mullan, owner of the Third Space cafe. “Someone with the imagination that we could make this a vibrant space that belongs to the city.” www.dublininquirer.c...

We started this weekly Things to Do newsletter, which @michaellanigan.bsky.social is writing for us at @dublininquirer.com, a few weeks ago. This is edition #7. It goes out to 9,200+ people, 45% to 47% of whom have been opening it. We're also publishing it on the website. 1/

@hobbiet.bsky.social Hi Terry, would I be able to ask you a quick question in direct message?

In Rush, residents are campaigning to keep Postman Dave. They’ve gathered 787 signatures so far on a petition to keep David Kelly from being moved to a new route after a decade in their community. dublininquirer.com/2...

Fingal’s “flip-flop” on the airport passenger-cap increase was in line with procedures, councillors say. A letter to the airport operator explained that an initial declaration that the application was valid was contingent on further examination by council planners. dublininquirer.com/2...

One of my favourite stories I've done recently. In Rush locals are running a petition to keep their postman on his route. One has become temporarily a postman himself, delivering leaflets to to 800 letterboxes in the area. Read it, tell me about your favourite post dublininquirer.com/2025/01/22/i...

Lauren Conway's Draw a Card opens in the RHA Corner Gallery on the 31st January. Read more about Lauren in this Dublin Inquirer article by @michaellanigan.bsky.social (€). #RHA #RHAGallery #LaurenConway #DrawACard #ArtsCouncilSupported