Staying child-free

Community workers and politicians in Dublin's north inner-city area are concerned that some parents from migrant backgrounds have been reluctant to send their children back to school following the Parnell Square school knife attack last week. "Some of the children from migrant backgrounds haven't returned to school. They're genuinely terrified," local TD Gary Gannon told Prime Time.

Something curious is happening in the Irish property market. Bucking age-old trends, house prices are dropping in Dublin and rising outside the capital. The latest Residential Property Price Index data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Wednesday showed that in the 12 months to September, property prices in Dublin decreased by 1.9%, while outside Dublin they went up by 4%.

Dozens of zero-emission buses ordered by the National Transport Authority (NTA) 18 months ago are not yet in service, partly due to delays in installing charging infrastructure at two Dublin bus depots. The NTA ordered 120 electric buses in June 2022, as part of a framework to provide 800 zero-emission buses for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann over five years. Of the 120 buses ordered, 100 were for Dublin Bus and 20 were for Bus Éireann.