Sir, – Your Editorial (“A public inconvenience”, August 15th) raised some serious points about the lack of public facilities in Dublin. However, it might interest your readers to know that over the last couple of years the elected councillors have at least twice voted in favour of providing such facilities. Once in conjunction with the Dublin more...
By Alice Leahy, Director & Co-Founder, TRUST One after the other they arrived in the first hour: 22 Men 1 Woman 6 people turned away (1 having excluded himself by his behaviour) Our Centre too small to accommodate all at that time, some needing at least 30 minutes, all having a hot cup of tea or coffee with fresh brown bread, lost in their thoughts, more...
Sir, – Interesting to note (Olivia Kelly, Home News, August 11th) that Dublin City Council is providing portable toilets at weekends for men only in two city locations. Meanwhile, perfectly good toilet spaces remain locked up in various locations in the city. Can we now expect Dublin City Council to reconsider a detailed proposal for public showers, more...
