A 46 m-high black steel lattice statue by Turner Prize-winning artist Anthony Gormley is to be erected on the River Liffey at City Quay. Planning permission for the proposed sculpture of a human has been made subject to six conditions including...

Former secondary school teacher Eibhlin Byrne has been elected as the 339th lord mayor of Dublin. The Fianna Fáil councillor is the sixth woman to hold the internally elected position, gaining the support of 29 members of the 52-member city council....

Griffith Barracks multi-denominational school in Dublin’s eighth district has scored an Irish first with the introduction of primary level books featuring gay characters such as “The Sissy Duckling” and “King and King”. Sixth grade students at the same school have had...

Dublin city council in conjunction with Age Action Ireland has set up the “Getting Started” project to teach computer skills to elderly residents of sheltered housing in the city. Six housing complexes have taken part in the pilot project, which will...

Work is to begin next year on the long-awaited National Sports Campus in Abbotstown, west Dublin. The first phase of the new €120 million development will include the building of soccer, rugby and hockey pitches as well as an indoor training...

The famous Arnotts department store on Henry Street in central Dublin is to be developed into a €750 million retail, entertainment and residential area called the “Northern Quarter”. The project involves the creation of a central plaza between Henry Street and...