Dublin City Council

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Dublin City signs Memo of Understanding with Dublin, Ohio (Dublin People)

The Lord Mayor of Dublin Caroline Conroy and the Mayor of Dublin, Ohio, Jane Fox have this evening signed an agreement to renew the Memorandum of Understanding ...

An MOU between the two cities was originally signed in 2017 for a four year term. A delegation from Dublin, Ohio is visiting Dublin, Ireland from March 15th-17th where they will hold a number of meetings with the Lord Mayor of Dublin and staff of Dublin City Council. An Irish delegation visited Dublin, Ohio in 2017 and a return visit by a delegation from Dublin, Ohio to Dublin, City Ireland took place in 2019.

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Appeal over deregulation of taxi market dismissed (BreakingNews.ie)

An appeal by taxi drivers over claims that the value of their business was wiped out by the deregulation of the sector in 2000 has been dismissed by the ...

But the High Court actions were not launched until 2002, she said. Mr Justice Robert Haughton agreed with his colleagues. These were test cases for more than 1,100 similar claims by taxi drivers.

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Council overpaying for construction costs a 'significant worry ... (Independent.ie)

Dublin City Council overpaying contractors to build social homes is a “significant worry”, councillors have been told.

“To say that the costs were not managed is unfair. Every procurement process is a brand new process,” he said. In contrast, it cost a private developer an estimated €250,000 to build a one-bedroom social home. Mr O’Reilly said the reason for the disclaimer on the report was because the council was “conscious” that tenders and developers would see the costs. However, he said the “bigger worry for inflation is around cost rental, because obviously our ability to sell affordable homes that are expensive to build, means they are expensive to sell”. Overall, the report shows the council paid contractors 34pc more for a one-bedroom apartment and 44pc more for a two-bedroom apartment compared to what it cost a private developer.

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Workers unearth old Dublin city basin that was a social hotspot in ... (thejournal.ie)

The basin – which supplied drinking water to 90 streets – is located near St James's Hospital in Dublin 8.

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