"It's not even a property tax. We need to dispel that myth," said Sinn Féin's Daithí Doolan. "It is a charge on people's homes, and those living in Dublin are unfairly punished by an extremely high price of housing in the capital, and this is used as a benchmark to measure the local property tax."
Dublin is one of the most significant financial hubs in Europe, with a strong economy, favourable corporate tax rate and, post-Brexit, it has become an increasingly attractive access point for UK firms looking to trade with the EU.
Complaints have emerged regarding purchases made at Empress Fine Jewels, with allegations that customers received fake gemstones and encountered issues retrieving deposits after the jeweller's bankruptcy.
Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this incident to come forward. Any person, including road users and pedestrians, who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and who was travelling in the area between 11:00pm on Monday 7th and 2:00am on Tuesday 8th July, is asked to make it available to investigating Gardaí.
Fine Gael TD Maeve O'Connell described the drone regulation situation as "a completely unregulated area" and characterized it as "a bit of a Wild West." She emphasized the absence of limitations on noise and the number of drones that can fly, pointing out that there is no lower limit for drone altitude.
Many menus I browsed had lots of meat dishes and it initially looked like plant-based options would be few and far between. However, once I asked restaurant staff in person, I was surprised by how accommodating most places were.
Croke Park witnessed a spectacular clash as The Red Hand County advanced to the All-Ireland SFC semi-finals for the first time in four years under Malachy O'Rourke's leadership.
"Everyone in Ireland at some stage is going to come to Dublin, so there needs to be more pressure on Government to be paying some of those costs," she said.
According to pub owner Noel Tynan, Bryan visited The Celt straight after landing in Dublin. "He had his wind-up party here with about 100 in his team."
Brendan is what your granny might refer to as a "lovely young fella" (if she doesn't mind the bovine stare), but I'd rather someone a bit more engaging to guide me around the madhouse that is Dublin.
However, the retailer has reassured customers that its Grafton Street branch will remain open. DublinTown, the representative body for city centre businesses, said that while the River Island store will be a loss to the area, there may be potential interested parties in the space on Henry Street which will become vacant later this month.