Artane,sometimes spelt Artaine,historically Tartaine is a northside suburb of Dublin city,Ireland.
Terence Flanagan is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Dublin City Councillor from 2019 to 2024. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-East constituency from 2007 to 2016.
Darragh O'Brien is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Minister for Housing,Local Government and Heritage since June 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Fingal constituency since the 2016 general election,and previously from 2007 to 2011 for the Dublin North constituency. He previously served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2011 to 2016.
Mick Barry is an Irish People Before Profit–Solidarity politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central constituency since the 2016 general election.
Royston Mathew Brady is an Irish businessman and former politician,who was Lord Mayor of Dublin between 2003 and 2004. Once considered a protégéof Bertie Ahern,Brady fell foul of the Fianna Fáil party in the mid-2000s and drifted out of Irish politics. He left Ireland during the post-2008 Irish economic downturn and emigrated to Florida in the United States.
Andrew Montague is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2011 to 2012 and a Dublin City Councillor from 2004 to 2019.
Naoise ÓMuirí is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Dublin City Councillor since June 2004. He previously served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2012 to 2013.
Fr Peter McVerry,SJ is an Irish Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Peter McVerry Trust,notable for battling homelessness in Ireland. According to one report,the Peter McVerry Trust helped 3,600 homeless people in Dublin in 2013.
Ruth Coppinger is an Irish politician and member of the Socialist Party. She was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency in 2014. At the 2016 general election,she ran as a candidate for Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit and retained her seat in Dáil Éireann until 2020. She lost her seat at the general election in February 2020.
The Dublin–Galway Greenway is a partially completed 'coast-to-coast' greenway and partial rail trail,in Ireland,funded by the Department of Transport,which is due to become the western section of EuroVelo EV2,a cycle route from Galway,Ireland,crossing Europe and ending in Moscow,Russia. The 276 kilometres (171 mi) route was planned to be completed by 2020. It is due to be the fourth greenway in Ireland,after the Great Southern Trail,the Great Western Greenway and the Waterford Greenway.
An election to Dublin City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 52 councillors were elected from eleven local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
The Social Democrats are a social democratic political party in Ireland. Led by Holly Cairns since March 2023,the party was launched on 15 July 2015 by three independent TDs:Catherine Murphy,Róisín Shortall,and Stephen Donnelly. It promotes the Nordic model of political economy and pro-European views.
Homelessness in Ireland is an evolving social issue. During the 19th century,homelessness was a pervasive impact of the Great Famine (1845–1852). During the 20th century,homelessness in Ireland was associated with older males who may have had addiction or alcoholism issues. However,since the 1990s and into the 21st century,it has been recognised that the homeless population includes increasing numbers of women and children. Commentators have attributed the ongoing events to the post-2008 Irish economic downturn and 'subsequent fiscal adjustments',and the parallel impacts of reduced familial incomes,mortgage arrears and rental increases which followed impacts to housing supply.
The Artane Band is a marching band for young musicians based at the Artane School of Music in Artane in Dublin,Ireland.
An election to all 63 seats on Dublin City Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Dublin was divided into 11 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Patrick Bourke is an Irish Independent politician.
Independent Left is a minor unregistered Irish political party with a socialist and environmentalist outlook. It was founded in January 2019.
Mark Ward is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency since the 2019 by-election.
Barry Ward is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Senator on the Industrial and Commercial Panel since June 2020.
The Dublin Civic Trust is an architectural conservation and educational organisation founded in 1991 that works to identify,record,preserve and publicise Dublin's architectural heritage. The trust also comments and assists to a lesser extent with other buildings outside of Dublin.
