Fingal County Council came under fire over the use of an AI image for the launch of a new food market at Swords Castle in North Dublin.

The councils of Dublin collectively spent €1.026 million on clean-up operations in 2023 and 2024 after over 4,600 incidents involving spray painting, tagging, and messages targeting minorities.

Dublin Airport's passenger cap currently stands at 32 million, and can only be changed by way of a planning application to Fingal County Council.

Fingal County Council has written to local authorities as part of a push for legislation to allow councils to introduce the charge.

The Land Development Agency has acquired a new site in Baldoyle with existing planning permission for 1,931 homes.

In a statutory planning notice published on Wednesday concerning its Operational Application (OA), DAA stated that no works are proposed for the Dublin Airport site as part of the planning application

Kenny Jacob, chief executive of DAA, described the decision as 'bizarre'

As part of a 326-page submission, St Margaret The Ward Residents Group has told Fingal County Council that it overwhelmingly opposes the expansion of operations at Dublin Airport.

The couple plan to carry out alterations to Strand Lodge, a 'vacant and uninhabitable' house that the couple own.

The judge warned that elected members, in considering land zoning issues, “need to be aware dubious comments should be ideally identified and withdrawn”

It would be chaos if there was a decision not to abide by the law, he warned.

The Council states that the proposal cannot be considered in isolation and in the absence of the necessary upgrade to Dublin Airport's external road network, and upgrade to pedestrian or cycle infrastructure along the R108.

The airline also claims the loss of two aircraft stands, as a result of the project, contradicts the Dublin Airport Local Area Plan

The development will involve the demolition of an existing cattle pen and hard standing area and the planning notice states that the 950 spaces will include 48 spaces for persons with reduced mobility.

The site of the proposed facility is at the current informal view point on Old Airport Road

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One local woman raised concerns that the hotel could be an Ibiza-style party venue on the site of the Waterside Bar in the village

Aer Lingus argued that the Ryanair maintenance hangar would have a 'profound negative impact' on its operations

That 2021 action, which remains before the court, alleges pedestrianisation has created traffic issues in the area and more anti-social behaviour.

Concept plans for a proposed third terminal at Dublin Airport have been submitted to Fingal County Council

The notice was issued on grounds that the number of flights scheduled by the airport exceeds the terms of a planning condition for nighttime flights

The new Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) will be charged at 3 per cent of a site’s market value