Anyone out there with a sense of how long it is taking the Office of the Info Commissioner to decide FOI cases at the moment? I've a few pending for several months and wondering if the end is in sight.

What is a news desert and what dangers might they present?
Dr Eileen Culloty Eileen Culloty, Assit Prof School of Comms DCU and Deputy Director FuJo, joined Morning Ireland, to discuss the findings of a new study into Ireland’s local media landscape.
Listen: launch.dcu.ie/3JPBfmH

A new programme would help learner drivers get their practice in – legally and more safely – between lessons. At the moment, even though it’s illegal, even though they’re putting others at risk, many learners simply drive on their own. dublininquirer.com/2024/05/08/a-n…

Why is Sinn Féin running so many candidates for Dublin City Council?
With as many as 28 candidates in the city, its list is double that of many other parties. Is that good strategy? dublininquirer.com/2024/05/08/why…

Why are so many women councillors choosing not to run again? A third of women now on Dublin City Council aren’t standing again, while only an eighth of men on the council say the same. dublininquirer.com/2024/05/08/why…

As delivery drones whirr through the skies of Dublin 15, councillors are considering further regulating them. Drones might get people faster fast-food, but they also create noise, and raise privacy concerns, councillors said. dublininquirer.com/2024/05/08/as-…

19 years ago, Terence Wheelock went into Store Street Garda Station alive. Hours later, he came out in a coma – and subsequently died. His family are calling on Dublin city councillors to pass a motion of support for a public inquiry. dublininquirer.com/2024/05/08/19-…

The passage of a new European directive aimed at fighting violence against women came after a clause banning police from sharing data with immigration officials was removed from its text. Read more here: dublininquirer.com/2024/05/08/new…

There's a new EU directive aimed at fighting violence against women, but a clause banning police from sharing data with immigration officials was removed before the directive was adopted.
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Government targets push councils to inspect private rental properties, but not to force landlords to fix them up. And three Dublin local councils have done little other than send letters pointing out problems – they’ve rarely followed up with enforcement. dublininquirer.com/2024/05/08/gov…

The Invisible Institute won two Pulitzers this year. What is it? poynter.org/business-work/…

So many truly great books on this ⁦The Pulitzer Prizes⁩ list! nytimes.com/2024/05/06/bus…

At TU Dublin’s recital hall recently, a group of artists performed the city’s housing crisis as music. “Housing Data ~ Sonified” is a work in two parts. An introductory overture, and the main composition which is spread across 10 short movements. dublininquirer.com/2024/05/01/at-…

HIND’S HALL. Once it’s up on streaming all proceeds to UNRWA.

I miss yesterday's sunshine.

Good, if true. 'Scoop: U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel' axios.com/2024/05/05/isr…

Dublin’s water and energy infrastructure are at breaking point, senior executives from Eirgrid and Uisce Éireann have warned

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New Dublin Inquirer business model ;-)

Question for the city planners, spacial planners, architects, academics off our city! How do you plan for the effects of building 1800 homes and increase the population on 'these spaces' by approx 5000 citizens? What are the likely outcomes of this sort of pop increase this size?