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Housing remains a big problem, but I worry the real disaster lies ahead

About seven years ago I was lucky enough to buy my own apartment in Dublin. As a normal Irish person who didn’t come from...

A Dublin scam: After more than 10 years in New York, nothing like this had ever happened to me

As Wednesdays go, this was a busy one. I had a doctor’s appointment, followed by my first-ever pedicure. “You’ll love it,” my friend said....

My Belfast friends can buy a house and start a family more easily than those in Dublin

“Let ambition fire thy mind”Those words, allegedly spoken by William of Orange to his troops on the eve of the Battle of the Boyne,...

‘We’re getting closer to it being realised’: Ambitious plans for Dublin lido gather momentum

Driven by a grassroots initiative, Dublin is taking the next step towards having a public lido in the heart of the city – with...

David McWilliams: What about essential workers being given access to subsidised homes in Dublin 1?

The only people doing great business in Dublin’s north inner city these days are the fellas selling metal shopfront shutters. Dublin, particularly off the...

Goodbye George Berkeley, hello Eavan Boland: why has Trinity renamed its biggest library?

Remind me why the name Berkeley was so controversial?George Berkeley, born in Kilkenny in 1685, was a theologian and philosopher who spent most of...

‘More like a palace than a house’: Locals join dig at ruins of Guinness mansion in Dublin

Gas masks from the second World War, a glass ink well, monogrammed tiles and marbles – just a few of the treasures unearthed by...

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