Restriction on use of refuse sacks across Stoneybatter, Phibsborough, Smithfield and Broadstone due to come into force in October

Planning regulator says failure to rezone lands ‘risks frustrating the implementation of national housing policy’

Developer Michael O’Flynn makes fresh bid to rezone St Edmundsbury near Lucan for almost 500 homes

The future of this green gateway at the western edge of Dublin city, stretching from Chapelizod to Lucan, remains in doubt

Cllr Mannix Flynn says local authority should use key boxes to mount ‘sting’ operation against illegal short-term lets

Capital’s historic attraction is ‘a destination, not a through road’, officials say – though enforcement is difficult

Proposed apartment numbers for would-be north Dublin suburb too high, former RIAI president Tony Reddy says

Anachronistic bylaws for the park date from 1926 but plans are ‘going in the right direction’, according to the OPW

From the 1970s to the end of the 1990s Dunsink was the location of Dublin’s largest rubbish dump

Construction of 18,500 homes only feasible if Shannon-to-Dublin water-supply project and greater Dublin sewage project are built

New town of 18,500 homes planned on 1,000 acres beside what was once Dublin’s main landfill

Wheelie bin users face fines for leaving waste containers on street after collection times

Repair works at popular south Dublin swimming spot have stalled, with council no longer able to provide completion date

Large quantities of cocaine and cannabis discovered during three operations

Andrew Haire (35) remembered as a ‘quiet, nice young fella’ among homeless services providers