Brussels News
Tenth anniversary
10-30 Sept. This design festival includes home furnishing, arts and crafts, graphics, industrial products and architecture with a series of exhibitions, lectures, workshops and fi...
Dublin News
Dublin opens Phoenix Park tunnel to passenger trains
New rail link between capital and midlands but no stop at Heuston
Work has begun to upgrade Dublin's Phoenix Park tunnel to provide a direct rail link for commuters between the midlands and Connoll...
Dublin News
National Gallery is Ireland's most popular free attraction
Dublin is home to eight out of top ten most-visited free attractions
The National Gallery of Ireland has once again topped the list of the country's most popular free attractions, although h...
Dublin News
23 new taxi locations proposed across capital
Dublin City Council (DCC) has approved draft bylaws for 23 new taxi ranks across Dublin, nine of which will be active 24 hours a day, and 14 operationa...
Dublin News
Dublin leads the way in Ireland's referendum to same-sex marriage
Referendum saw over 62 per cent vote in favour of gay marriage
Dublin South had the highest yes vote, at almost 75 per cent, in the weekend referendum to change the Irish constitution regarding sa...
Dublin News
Dart rail service increases frequency
Expanded capacity linked to economic recovery
Dublin's Dart services have increased their frequency from one train every 15 minutes to one every ten minutes. The extra capacity will affect peak ti...
Dublin News
Dublin's Poolbeg chimneys get a reprieve
Well-known landmark was at risk of potential demolition
The Poolbeg chimneys in Dublin's southside inner suburb of Ringsend have been granted a reprieve after Ireland's Electricity Supply Board (ES...
Dublin News
Irish state buys Easter Rising site
Moore St buildings bought for €4 million
The Irish state is to purchase the Moore Street site that was the scene of the rebels' last stand during the 1916 Easter Rising, an insurrection mounte...
Dublin News
First part of Sutton to Sandcove cycleway
Construction of a €5 million cycle path at Dublin Bay is to start on 1 April, as part of the planned Sutton to Sandycove cycleway.
Dublin City Coun...
Dublin News
Bewley’s closes for refurbishment
Grafton Street institution will reopen on ground floor only
Bewley’s cafè on Grafton Street has closed until the autumn while it undergoes a €1 million-renovation, to rejuvenate...
Dublin News
Traffic to be reduced in Dublin's College Green
Experimental traffic reductions in front of Trinity College
A plan to reduce traffic to two lanes around Dublin's College Green will be introduced on a trial basis by Dublin City Council next year...
Dublin News
Urban beach for south Dublin suburb
Dún Laoghaire project will include swimming pool with heated sea-water
A €2.5 million “urban beach” and floating outdoor swimming pool at the harbour in the south Dublin sub...
Dublin News
Ireland's National Museums consider entry fees
Museum board says it faces funding shortfall in 2015
Ireland's museum group is considering cost-saving proposals such as the closure of some of its sites or introducing admission charges, in an at...
Dublin News
Record numbers sleeping rough in Dublin
Highest number since official count began in 2007
The number of people sleeping rough in Dublin is the highest since official counting began in 2007, according to the Dublin Region Homeless Execut...
Dublin News
Permits and stricter regulations for street performances in Dublin
Dublin City Council has approved the publication of draft bylaws that will regulate street performances in the capital for the fi...
Barcelona News
Catalonians vote for independence
The Catalonians who went to the polls on 9 November voted overwhelmingly in favour of the formation of a state independent from Spain. About 2.2 million people, out of an eligible electorate of 5.4 mi...
Barcelona News
Catalonian vote battles legalities
Consultation on more independence still set for 9 November
According to a poll at the end of October most Catalonians would like more independence from Spain, but just less than 50 per cent would w...
Amsterdam News
Electrical taxis at Schipol airport
Over 160 electrical driven taxis started working between Schipol international airport and Amsterdam in mid October.
Two taxi services, BIOS-Groen and BBF SchipolTaxi, with support from the city, n...
Copenhagen News
Burials on private property are creeping up in Denmark, according to a report in the English language paper The Copenhagen Post.
Last year 52 families were granted permission to bury urns on their...
Oxford News
Many public buildings in Oxford will have free WiFi available by March 2015.
Libraries, community centres, museums, park and ride sites will be able to offer free broadband connections to residents...
Dublin News
Public transport fares increase in Dublin
Price hike affects Dublin Bus, Luas, regional bus and train services
Public transport fares are to increase in Dublin and across the republic, affecting services provided by Bus Éireann, Ia...
Paris News
Frank Gehry's Louis Vuitton museum opens
The new museum designed by Frank Gehry for the Fondation Louis Vuitton art collection opened in Paris on Monday 27 Oct.
The inauguration comes just a few days after the reopening of the Picasso Mus...
Paris News
Plans for Paris museums to open all week
Top museums in Paris could attract more visitors
The French culture minister has put forward plans for three top museums in Paris to stay open all week as from 2015.
If the Louvre, Versailles Pa...
Madrid News
The city's transport department has started legal proceedings against Uber, the privately run taxi-sharing service, for operating without a licence.
Uber drivers, who started work in Madrid in Sept...
Dublin News
Dublin launches interactive website
First website of its kind in Ireland
Dublin has launched a new interactive website comprising real-time and collated data relating to the capital city.
The Dublin Dashboard website incorporates...
Brussels News
Brussels residents to participate in planning
Brussels residents are being asked for their opinions on the restructuring of various areas and squares in the city centre.
The broad outlines for t...
Amsterdam News
Micropia museum opens in Amsterdam
Micropia, Amsterdam's new museum, boasts that it is the first in the world dedicated to the microscopic life of the body – the three billion microbes, such as bacteria (a million can fit on the...
Berlin News
Berliners to be consulted on Tempelhof plans
Projects for old airield to go online
Berlin residents will now be able to have their say about development around Tempelhof, Berlin's one-time airport.
The original plans were voted out by a re...
Vienna News
Ahead of next year's international conference on pedestrian traffic, Walk 21, to be held in Vienna in October 2015 the city has installed it first map (or so-called information pillar) to promote wal...
Dublin News
Dublin house prices continue to rise
Property prices in some Dublin areas rise by almost a third over last year
House prices in Dublin have risen for the ninth consecutive quarter, according to the latest survey by leading property w...
