Southside People

26/09/2025

Homelessness in Ireland has reached its highest level on record with 16,353 people counted as homeless in August. Charities including the ICSH and The Salvation Army are calling on Government to act in Budget 2026 to reduce red tape, increase housing supply, and ease the devastating impact on families and children.

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Ireland has risen for the seventh consecutive month this year, with 16,058 men, […]

26/09/2025

Soc Dem TD Sinéad Gibney has urged Tánaiste Simon Harris to explain why officials’ concern that Palestinian GAA players might not return home was omitted when he addressed the Dáil over the summer visa refusals.

The Tánaiste is under pressure to explain why he failed to disclose the main reason visas were refused for a […]

26/09/2025

A teenage DJ and her fellow deck spinners have replaced the traditional library sound of silence with techno beats.

A teenage DJ and her fellow deck spinners have replaced the traditional library sound of silence with techno beats. The […]

26/09/2025

Sinn Féin spokesperson for Dublin, Mark Ward TD, has called for major changes to how household waste is managed in the capital, saying one operator should be responsible for bin collections in each local authority area.

Sinn Féin spokesperson for Dublin, Mark Ward TD, has called for major changes to how household waste is managed in […]

25/09/2025

Radio Nova’s Morning Glory presenters PJ Gallagher and Jim McCabe are once again braving the waves in Skerries on November 8 for The Dickie Dip, and they are rallying the troops to join them!

Radio Nova’s Morning Glory presenters PJ Gallagher and Jim McCabe are once again braving the waves in Skerries on 8th […]

25/09/2025

In this op-ed for World News Day 2025 by leaders of The Green Line, an award-winning hyperlocal publication in Toronto, lay out how they engage their readers with news they can use in their daily lives

World News Day is a global news media industry campaign to draw public attention to the role that journalists play […]

25/09/2025

Breast cancer survivor Alythea Synnott from Donnybrook is encouraging the public to host a Big Pink Breakfast to help fund vital breast cancer support services and life-changing breast cancer research projects

Breast cancer survivor Alythea Synnott from Donnybrook is supporting the Irish Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign and encouraging the […]

24/09/2025

With One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio have made the first defining film of the Trump 2.0 era - for better and for worse.
The film is in cinemas from this Friday
https://dublinpeople.com/news/arts-culture/articles/2025/09/24/one-battle-after-another-review/

24/09/2025

This week in Dublin People:
• Local TDs slam the Government over the shortage of special education places
• Dublin councils decline to back independents for the Áras
• Northside TDs add their voices to the special education row
• On World News Day 2025, Martin Baron on why democracy depends on a free press
• And in culture, our review of One Battle After Another

📰 Plus our packed community Noticeboard of local events and groups.
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24/09/2025

With the traditional Budget dripfeed in full swing, Labour leader Ivana Bacik has questioned what exactly the government is planning to do to bring down childcare costs
https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2025/09/24/bacik-childcare/

24/09/2025

Several Southside TDs have sharply criticised the Government over what they say is a deepening crisis in special education, warning that hundreds of children with additional needs are still without an appropriate school place weeks into the new term.

SEVERAL Southside TDs have sharply criticised the Government over what they say is a deepening crisis in special education, warning […]