Monday, January 23, 2012 12:00

HUNDREDS of pupils, parents and teachers boarded buses from Ballymun last week bound for the Department of Environment where they joined thousands of others to protest against cuts to DEIS schools. The noisy and passion-fuelled protest was held outside the offices of the Department of Education last Thursday (January 19). More...

Monday, January 23, 2012 12:00

A GROUP fighting proposed bye-laws that would ban dogs completely from some Southside beaches has rejected claims that they misinformed councillors about their stance on the issue. The Dogs Unleashed campaign is opposing proposals by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to ban dogs from some beaches altogether while prohibiting dogs that are not on leashes from others. More...

Monday, January 23, 2012 12:00

A NORTHSIDE couple whose home is affected by pyrite have told how they’ve had to rent a home in Kildare, as well as having to pay a mortgage on their €285,000 apartment in Santry. Sandra and Peter Lewis are among hundreds of Northside couples trapped by the pyrite problem that has damaged their properties. More...

Monday, January 23, 2012 12:00

AN BORD Pleanala has said that it will co-operate fully with any formal investigation that might be carried out into the number of planning applications passed for Croke Park. Northside People can exclusively reveal that members of the Croke Park Streets Committee have requested that an inquiry be carried out  into planning applications for the stadium dealt with by the planing board. More...

Monday, January 23, 2012 12:00

THE catchment area of Fingal County Council is a melting pot of nationalities as figures released by the local authority indicate that its tenants are made up of 71 different nationalities. There are in the region of 200 independent states in the world, and people from 71 of them (including Irish) are living in the council’s accommodation. More...