Keyword "department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage" - List of latest news (190 results)

07:25 Scheme to upgrade Dublin’s oldest flats at risk over Department of Housing funding decision

Refusal to fund council’s regeneration plan as initiative would reduce the number of units in complexes

18/04 Airbnb and other letting platforms could face millions of euro in fines under new rules

General Scheme of the Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill outlines new regulations

15/04 Officials warned of ‘uncertainty’ in housing completions outlook

Internal Department of Housing report set out 10 selected 2024 forecasts, with all but two below 40,000

09/04 Planned ban on Airbnb-type lettings in rural communities prompts concern

Tourism sector critical to jobs and economic growth in many rural regions, department notes

08/04 Power grid to be strengthened against storm threat

ESB networks to improve surveying, hazard removal and forestry management

07/04 Single mother and children face homelessness following new tenant-in-situ scheme restrictions

Young woman’s landlord recently informed her of his intention to sell Artane apartment

06/04 Lorcan Sirr: More land, housing at scale and other myths about Ireland’s housing crisis

One thing that’s certainly true: you should question everything you think is fact about the shortage of housing

02/04 Ireland’s remote islands: Only 29 apply for €84,000 grant aimed at attracting residents

Numbers moving under Our Living Islands scheme to places like Arranmore is less than expected

23/03 Why is there such a shortage of homes to buy and rent in Ireland?

As ordinary people continue to bear the brunt of the State’s dire housing shortage, we examine the reasons for the crisis and look at possible solutions

20/03 The Irish Times view on dereliction levies: why are councils failing to act?

The chasm between rhetorical commitments and the grim and apparently unchanging reality is dispiriting

20/03 State apartment scheme set to miss target by huge margin

Just seven contracts with developers have been signed so far for the delivery of 870 apartments

19/03 No derelict site levy issued in 10 local authority areas

Limerick City and County Council has more derelict sites listed than all four local authorities in Dublin combined

11/03 Pay deal worth 9.25% over two years agreed for voluntary health workers after long-running dispute

Section 39 issues took centre stage in general election campaign due to Simon Harris encounter with disability worker Charlotte Fallon

21/02 Doubt cast over accuracy of commencement notices as guide to housing delivery, says Department of Finance

Some 60,000 housing commencement notices were filed in 2024

21/02 Retrofitting rental homes in the State would cost €8bn, ESRI finds

Four–fifths have lower energy efficiency ratings and would cost up to €43,000 each to upgrade

20/02 Builders engaging senior counsel at outset of projects in anticipation of legal challenges – Ifac

Economist Niall Conroy says ‘big step change’ needed to double number of homes being delivered

20/02 House prices could increase due to relaxation of garden-room planning rules, say experts

Department of Housing is considering changes to exempt free-standing modular or cabin-style homes from planning permission

19/02 Planning rules for cabins and modular homes in back gardens set to be relaxed

Extensions up to 40m2 to a home can be built without planning permission whereas habitable structures of this size must have approval if not attached to the home itself

17/02 Three steps that could clear the housing roadblocks to boosting the supply of new homes

Residential property output is stagnating, but immediate government action on three key issues could jump-start the market

14/02 Owners of defective apartments face further delays to grants after Housing Agency oversight

Legal advice revealed ‘pathfinder’ scheme was not fully compliant with law

12/02 Taoiseach and Sinn Féin leader in Dáil row over ‘telling lies’ on housing

Government response to housing debate ‘could have been written by ChatGPT’, Labour claims

12/02 ‘Finder fee’ for new landlords entering State rental scheme proposed

Government report also recommends increasing payments to landlords in rental accommodation scheme

11/02 Rent regulations could change to ‘reference rent’ system under proposals being reviewed

New form of rent control under consideration for entire country

06/02 Government not limited to its 303,000 housing target

Department responds to Davy estimate of need up to 93,000 new homes a year

06/02 Peter McVerry scapegoating misses the bigger question about homelessness

How the State got itself into a position where it was so dependent on a voluntary organisation to provide a vital service is the real issue

04/02 Dublin councils are trying to bypass obligations to provide transient halting sites, says leading advocacy group

Capital’s four local authorities says there is no agreement among Travellers on where such temporary accommodation should be put

31/01 Homelessness numbers drop slightly in December after record November

Charities say temporary decline often seen over Christmas as people find places to stay

22/01 Peter McVerry Trust in talks with Government to give up ownership of part of property portfolio

Housing charity seeks ministerial consent for transfer of properties to relevant local authority

13/01 ‘It was the nail in the coffin’: The business that’s closing due to rising council rates

Just under half of 31 local authorities will raise rates this year. Increases range from 1.8% to 15%

10/01 Project to pipe water from river Shannon to Dublin could cost €10bn

Uisce Éireann using estimate range of €4.5bn-€6bn for 170km pipeline preliminary business case

03/01 Number of homeless people passes 15,000 for first time since records began

Some 4,658 children are in emergency accommodation as Darragh O’Brien says addressing crisis is ‘an absolute priority’

01/01 Shortage of planners affecting efforts to address infrastructure gaps, says industry group

Case not yet been made to add planning officials to Critical Skills Occupation List, says Department of Enterprise

20/12 Record 4,600 submit applications for south Dublin cost-rental apartments

Just 195 Land Development Agency apartments are available at Shanganagh Castle near Shankill

17/12 Top finance official raises risks to public finances from surge in housing body deals

Approved Housing Bodies had €7bn of borrowings at the end of last year on €8.3bn of housing stock

25/11 Election 2024: What are the issues in housing?

From building targets and government supports for prospective house buyers to rising rents and building defects, housing is a central issue in this election

22/11 Cost of refurbishments of boarded-up Dublin council homes to hit €50,000 each

Council chief Richard Shakespeare says ‘not realistic’ to keep borrowing to cover costs

20/11 Former shop of 1916 leader Tom Clarke illegally occupied by group intending to open communal kitchen, High Court hears

Dublin City Council bought 55 Amiens Street in 2018 with plans to transform it into a museum and community centre

13/11 ‘Deep concern’ over families evicted from direct provision despite gaining status - Ombudsman

Letter to ministers Darragh O’Brien and Roderic O’Gorman warned movements are having ‘devastating impact’ on children’s rights

11/11 Fine Gael pledges to deliver over 300,000 homes over next six years

Party says it will ensure about 50,000 homes are built each year under €40bn plan

29/10 Minister for Housing ‘angry’ at rogue developers but has no plans to pursue them

Darragh O’Brien says it is a ‘great frustration’ that many companies to blame have folded and set back up again

25/10 Homelessness in Ireland hits record high of 14,760 people

Child homelessness rises 17% in last year, Department of Housing data shows

23/10 Minister concedes Government’s new housing targets not yet set

Fianna Fáil TD says keeping Help to Buy and the First Home schemes would be red line issues for party in any coalition talks

22/10 Opinion: A law to protect the ocean should have been an easy win in the battle against climate change. So what happened?

A Bill to safeguard 30 per cent of Irish seas faces has broad support among the public and politicians. Yet it has faced repeated, infuriating setbacks

21/10 Building a two-bed apartment in Dublin now costs almost €600,000

Department of Housing cost study assessed cost of delivering four different building types in the Greater Dublin Area

15/10 Paschal Donohoe denies allocation of extra money is clearing the decks for general election

Minister told Cabinet of plans to allocate net €6.3bn to fund capital works, public pay costs and cost of living measures

08/10 Two-bed, single-storey unit in social housing scheme could cost up to €450,000

Most recent Department of Housing figures show such units are cheapest in Roscommon at €235,800 and most expensive in Dublin city at €449,500

04/10 New €59m reservoir will enhance security and resilience of water supply across Greater Dublin Area

Uisce Éireann says €118m investment will boost supply for housing, hospitals and Dublin Airport

30/09 Four takeaways from spending watchdog report

Comptroller and Auditor General review suggests thousands who claimed pandemic payment were actually employed

25/09 ‘It’s completely unfair’: How a broken rung on the property ladder favours big investors and locks out first-time buyers

Cash buyers - often vulture funds - are snapping up thousands of apartments for which others can’t get mortgages because of fire safety issues and delays in the introduction of the Government’s remediation scheme

09/09 Help-to-Buy scheme proposal would see more applicants able to claim highest payment of €30,000

Proposal costed at €40m would mean more applicants able to claim highest payment of €30,000

30/08 Homeless figures reach record high with 14,429 people in emergency accommodation

Over 4,000 children in some 2,000 families were homeless last month

30/08 Ageing Ireland: What can the Government do to deal with a rising and older population?

As key services in education, health, housing and transport struggle with increasing demand, plans are being devised to deal with pressures from rising immigration and people living longer

26/08 Maximum number of An Bord Pleanála board members temporarily increases from 14 to 17

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien says rise in membership will allow for reduction of cases on hand within board

17/08 Donegal homeowners moving into mobile homes as Government defective bricks scheme kicks in

Severe shortage of rental accommodation on Inishowen peninsula affecting families who want to have their defective homes rebuilt

12/08 Number of Irish pubs earmarked for home conversion approaches 100

To date a Government scheme targeting vacant commercial premises, including former pubs, has led to potential for 2,700 dwellings

29/07 ‘It wasn’t a home – it killed them’: The young couple killed in an apartment fire and the safety defects that remain

As the remediation scheme for defective homes trudges through the legal system, the families of the 2002 fire victims continue to mourn

28/07 Overheard: Limerick mayor’s ‘great frustration’ over pay during his time in Land Development Agency revealed

Plus: Cynthia Ní Mhurchú's pay cut, Irish Ambassador to the US gets a profile boost, and Simon Coveney sails again

26/07 Homelessness reaches record level in State amid call for ‘emergency action’

More than 14,000 people were homeless in the State in June - not including those sleeping rough, in domestic violence shelters or seeking asylum

26/07 Rise in E.coli contamination of private water supplies threatening public health of too many people, EPA warns

Unmonitored private drinking water supplies adding to public health risk for consumers, who are mainly based in rural areas

16/07 Darragh O’Brien says social and affordable housing targets will be met in 2024

Opposition claims Government’s Housing for All plan for 33,450 new builds this year will not be delivered

11/07 Top housing official to step down early in blow to Government plan

Bob Jordan, chief executive of The Housing Agency, had a five year deal but will step down in September

11/07 Peter McVerry Trust faces a reckoning over financial fog in its operations

Thousands of families have reason to be grateful to charity, but its recent activities have left questions to answer

08/07 Developer will not get ‘one more penny’ for higher price on Oscar Traynor homes

New prices for affordable housing scheme in Coolock relate to increased market values, says council

02/07 Harris exempts land at TU Dublin college on Aungier St from ‘social and affordable’ housing law

Developers hired to design next phase of Grangegorman campus to receive ownership of Aungier Street site

01/07 Dáil to debate SF Bill that seeks new protections for students living in digs

Memo to be circulated to Cabinet before Sinn Féin bill reaches debate stage on Tuesday

28/06 Number of homeless people rises to record high of 14,159

A total of 4,316 children included in latest official emergency accommodation figures from Department of Housing

05/06 Mary Lou McDonald shifts on €300,000 target for average Dublin house prices

Sinn Féin leader says party would sell affordable homes for that figure rather than aim to lower average price

04/06 Building firm BAM, criticised for delays in national children’s hospital, building €100m Co Louth bridge

Taoiseach at ceremony marking breaking of ground on Narrow Water Bridge linking Omeath and Warrenpoint

31/05 Number of homeless people in State passes 14,000, the highest figure since records began

Some 4,206 children among total of 14,009 individuals in emergency accommodation, up 14% in the last 12 months

28/05 Objector demands for ‘go away’ money against housing developments to become a crime

Amendments to law part of sweeping overhaul of planning legislation

26/05 Government’s box-ticking response to the Housing Commission is delusional

The Department of Housing claims that almost two thirds of the commission’s 85 recommendations are already advanced. If so, why is the commission calling for a ‘radical reset’?

25/05 Government urged to take emergency measures to address housing crisis at Dublin protest

Richard Boyd-Barrett tells Housing Fight Back rally current State policy is a ‘disaster’

25/05 Housing Commission report – the building blocks for future policy or another house of cards?

An examination of the recommendations in the divisive report that are likely to be accepted and rejected

21/05 Number of vacant and derelict homes brought back into use for social housing fell last year

According to the 2022 census there are 163,433 vacant homes in Ireland, of which 48,000 have been empty since 2016

20/05 Blue Flag beaches Ireland 2024: Dublin, Wexford and Waterford lose out. How did your local area fare

Beaches in Sligo, Meath and Galway gain flags while Rush South, Tramore and Ballymoney North lose awards due to deterioration of water quality

20/05 Blue Flags 2024: Beaches in Dublin, Wexford and Waterford lose out. Check how your local area fared

Beaches in Sligo, Meath and Galway gain flags while Rush South, Tramore and Ballymoney North lose awards due to deterioration of water quality

14/05 Only 61 defective homes fully remediated under scheme launched in 2021, committee hears

Government yet to appoint senior counsel to investigate defective blocks controversy despite promise last year

14/05 Rent increase restrictions to be extended until after next general election

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien to seek Cabinet approval for extension of Rent Pressure Zone rules until December 2025

13/05 Regeneration of Dorset Street flats to be completed by end of 2026, council says

Existing flat blocks set to be demolished and 163 new homes constructed on Dorset Street Upper

10/05 ‘Every country in Europe right now with a coastline and deep water is going after floating offshore wind.’ Except Ireland

Shannon Estuary Taskforce chairman says State making a strategic error by not backing floating wind

02/05 Lorcan Sirr: Housing is the missing link in the debate about immigration

Perceived competition for housing has always driven anti-immigrant sentiment. The reality is we have had repeated housing crises for the last 100 years, long before recent immigration increases

30/04 Dublin Airport seeks planning exemptions to bypass council controls

Such demands come as Fingal County Council separately considers the DAA’s €1.5 billion plan to bring Dublin Airport’s annual capacity to 40 million passengers

29/04 Feedback on housing centres on a lack of supply, high prices and the struggles of a generation to get on the ladder

After peaking at 24% in January, mentions of immigration have declined month-on-month, falling to 12% in the latest poll

25/04 John McManus: How long more is the Government going to cling to the fiction that 30,000 new homes is enough?

Current targets are based on published population projections from the 2016 census. Unfortunately, those projections are a serious underestimate

20/04 Other EU countries have banned foreign property buyers to ease housing crises. Should Ireland do the same?

Banning individual foreign purchases of properties would be open to ‘significant legal challenge’, official sources say

15/04 Suspension of development levies set to be extended to boost housebuilding

Temporary waiver of contributions due to lapse this month

12/04 ‘No plans’ for Dubliners to vote in June on directly elected mayor

Day of local and European elections had previously been mooted as likely date to put question of directly elected mayor to voters in Dublin

05/04 Donegal towns witnessing rebirth of homes as residents avail of refurbishment grant

County has received 662 applications for such grants, the greatest number in the entire country

03/04 Government departments and State bodies leave €532m in capital allocations unspent

Despite extreme need, Department of Housing fails to use €141 million available to it last year and carries it over into 2024

02/04 Only one in 60 applicants for vacant and derelict property grant received payment by end of last year

More than 6,000 applications received through the Crói Conaithé scheme by end of 2023

30/03 Ireland’s top civil servants at the shoulder of Government: who they are and what they earn

Departmental secretaries general run much of the country’s public administration - on salaries ranging from €230,000 to almost €300,000

29/03 The Irish Times view on Ireland’s homes: big houses, small households

It is understandable that people should wish to remain living in the homes where they raised their families and made their lives

12/03 Voluntary housing body debt levels a ‘significant financial risk’

Provider of social and affordable homes warns debt levels in voluntary sector may curtail housing projects

09/03 Dublin is running out of water. Can the Shannon help?

Water demand in the region is on a knife edge, making the prospect of tapping into the Shannon the only long-term solution

29/02 Family and care referendums set to cost €17m

Boost for Government as 37,000 apply to electoral register in 48 hours before referendum voting deadline

28/02 Nearly half of all rivers on island of Ireland below ‘good ecological health standards’

Rivers Trust, which included the Republic and North in an ecological health survey for first time, says findings underscore urgent need to safeguard freshwater environment

20/02 Migrants presenting as homeless ‘directly from the airport’, housing officials claim

Officials had ‘concern’ about increase in migrants becoming homeless, internal documents show

13/02 ‘An entire generation of young people from the Gaeltacht cannot buy a house nor a site in their own area’

Demonstrators gather at Leinster House to highlight the housing crisis in Gaeltacht areas

12/02 Action considered over 51-week student housing leases

Developers of two student housing blocks in Dublin told local planners tenants would be offered 40-week leases

11/02 Departments clash over refugees pushed from direct provision into homelessness

Senior housing official says ‘serious risk’ asylum seekers left sleeping rough after leaving direct provision

10/02 Childcare places are in short supply, so why aren’t there creches in all new housing developments?

Forcing builders to provide creches and including pre-school facilities in new primary schools could increase capacity

31/01 Why doesn’t remediation scheme for building defects apply to apartments built before 1991?

Many may have to pay large sums to make their buildings fire-safety compliant

18/01 Government face struggle to hit housing target, say experts

More supports needed to hit 33,450 target, experts argue

14/01 Ireland’s historic shopfronts: Windows into a vanishing world

Like a wonderful open-air gallery hiding in plain sight, old shops reveal layers of stories about people, their lives and their times

11/01 Garda yet to identify man found dead while sleeping rough in Dublin city

Homeless organisations told the Government they have “profound concerns” at a potential move to tighten access to emergency accommodation

10/01 Homeless man died metres away from one of Dublin’s main tourist attractions

There is nothing to mark the spot near the Molly Malone statue where a man’s body was found in the early hours of Tuesday morning at a disused former church

05/01 Homeless figures: Number of people in emergency accommodation hits new high of 13,514

Latest figures on homelessness show 4,000 children are in emergency beds

05/01 Stephen Donnelly: ‘Things are getting better, but we have a long way to go’

Minister for Health talks about Ireland’s impressive Covid record, health funding, trolley numbers, hospital waiting times, recruitment and consultant contracts

03/01 Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien: ‘Fair-minded’ people will see housing progress by election

Fianna Fáil Minister confident of significant headway on accommodation crisis even if targets revised upwards

15/12 Darragh O’Brien denies Government taking homes out of private market to boost social housing stock

Minister for Housing says ‘vast majority’ of new social housing made up of ‘new builds’ rather than ‘acquisitions’

14/12 Taoiseach ‘cannot guarantee’ that Coalition will meet all 2023 housing goals

Speaking in Brussels, Leo Varadkar says he cannot promise individual housing targets will be achieved

13/12 Government at risk of missing affordable and social homes delivery targets for 2023

Just 2,642 new build social homes built in first nine months, far short of 9,100 target for year

07/12 Macquarie and Aramark shortlisted for reboot of mortgage-to-rent scheme

Home for Life, the only private sector participant in the previous pilot scheme, is said to not currently be on the short list

06/12 Giving tenants first refusal to purchase could worsen rental property shortage, committee hears

New right could discourage landlords from investing in properties, Irish Property Owners’ Association warns

28/11 McVerry Trust overstated assets by €3m in 2022 accounts

Revised financial accounts show charity under-reported spending on property running costs

27/11 Fast-track housing collapsed amid Paul Hyde turmoil at An Bord Pleanála

Records released under Freedom of Information show board decision-making came to a halt

27/11 Almost two-thirds of households in receipt of Housing Assistance Payment were in employment

Housing representatives said this shows a recognition among those under financial pressure of their entitlements

24/11 ‘Things are getting a lot worse for them’: the rising number of lone parents without a home

Most families accessing emergency accommodation are single-parent families

22/11 Critics believe overhaul of planning system will limit spurious objections

Running to more than 700 pages, bill expected to address infrastructure deficits

20/11 Ó Broin calls for independent monitoring of homeless figures to understand ‘true level’

Figures should include rough sleepers and people in accommodation not funded by the State, Ó Broin says

14/11 Local authority loan to be available for derelict homes under Government plans

Ministers to receive update on Coalition’s Housing for All plan during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting

13/11 Plan proposed for houseboats at Pigeon House Harbour on the Liffey

IWAI scheme proposes new marina lying between new Poolbeg urban quarter and the river

09/11 Vacant Dublin council houses will remain ‘boarded up’ due to funding cuts, official says

Senior city council official says Department of Housing funding for refurbishing empty properties ‘constantly coming down’

08/11 Should I stay or should I go? Landlord exodus set to continue as supports fail to materialise

Budget tax measures aren’t meaningful enough for many small landlords to stick out the storm

04/11 Emergency funding for Peter McVerry Trust would come with conditions - Darragh O’Brien

Peter McVerry Trust has sought several million euro in emergency funding as it battles a financial crisis

31/10 Coalition considers exemptions to plans to time limit supports for Ukrainian refugees

New measures would see those with disabilities or vulnerable people exempted from new limits, while talks are ongoing around providing education

27/10 Number of homeless children in State reaches record 3,904 in September

Total of 12,827 people were in emergency accommodation last month, according to official figures

24/10 Peter McVerry Trust seeks several million euros in emergency State funding

Homelessness charity wrote to Department of Housing in recent days requesting several million euro bailout

20/10 Urgent action needed to improve private drinking water quality, EPA warns

Latest review highlights need for legal requirement to register private water supplies to protect public health

16/10 Late-night talks continue aimed at averting strike by care workers

Government and unions continued negotiations at WRC on Monday evening as prospect of strike from 8am on Tuesday loomed

11/10 Concern over ‘potential mismanagement’ of Peter McVerry Trust donations

Charity chief executive stated board of homeless charity had made his position ‘untenable’

11/10 A landlord reacts to Budget 2024: ‘I fear it’s not going to be enough to stem the exodus from sector’

Tax relief a ‘welcome recognition’ despite challenging period, says landlord

10/10 Parents stand to save up to €1,700 a year on childcare fees in budget measure

Budget 2024: Funding increase will also allow for additional supports to providers, says Roderic O’Gorman

10/10 Are the budget’s tax reliefs and supports enough to ease housing crisis?

Budget 2024: Housing charity and Opposition criticise tax relief for landlords

10/10 Renter left ineligible for new €750 budget rent tax credit increase after availing of HAP

Budget 2024: Lisa Monaghan and her family may feel some benefit of this year’s measure but any difference likely to be ‘quite minimal’

07/10 Financial crisis hits homeless charity Peter McVerry Trust after years of growth

Fears that the Dublin charity could collapse follows more than a decade of rapid expansion responding to homelessness crisis

05/10 An Bord Pleanála reports sharp rise in legal fees with €10m paid out during ‘particularly challenging’ year

Planning appeals board also paid out €1.34m in penalties to developers for failing to process ‘fast-track’ applications

03/10 Planning Bill seeks to reform the process and reduce number of court challenges

Legislation, running to almost 700 pages, will set up new legal aid bill and seek to address wider concerns arising from threats of judicial reviews

02/10 Environmental NGOs and renewables sector call on Government to scale up funding

Country’s renewable energy and environmental objectives at risk due to lack of resources and expertise, Government told

27/09 Peter McVerry Trust did not request emergency funding, says homeless services co-ordinator

Inspectors were appointed to charity over financial concerns this week, after trust disclosed cash flow problems

26/09 Regulator appoints inspectors to investigate Peter McVerry Trust

Housing body regulator orders statutory investigation of homeless charity

25/09 State will fall short of its housing targets, Sinn Féin claims

Local authorities, housing bodies and LDA delivered 123 affordable purchase homes in first half of 2023, says Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin

21/09 Lorcan Sirr: The hidden ways our housing could be making us sick

From air pollution to lack of footpaths, decisions made about how and where to build houses have a long-term impact on the health of those who live there

11/09 Fake letters claims Ukrainian men in Ireland face extradition to fight in war

Department of Justice confirm it is not behind the correspondence

05/09 Retained firefighters vote to end strike action and accept deal

Deal brokered at WRC accepted by 63% of Siptu members in ballot but work still to be done, union says

04/09 Report recommends 7,000 homes at site of former Dublin dump

Fourteen Dublin locations, including rail hubs, identified for ‘intensive’ development of 130,000 homes

31/08 New guidelines may limit households to one parking spot in some developments

Draft proposal also recommends increased housing density to boost supply

25/08 Homeless figures rise again with almost 13,000 in emergency accommodation

More than 3,800 children living in homeless accommodation last month, an increase of 64 on June

24/08 Housing commencement notices for last month 22.4% ahead of previous July

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council was the local authority that saw the largest number of commencements last month, with 527 homes starting to be built

16/08 Department of Housing informed of ‘cashflow pressures’ at Peter McVerry Trust

Housing charity told Dublin Region Homeless Executive about its financial difficulties in accordance with its obligations

10/08 When the diagnosis is homelessness, what is the cure?

The Lynn Clinic offers a holistic care package for children at risk of social exclusion

07/08 Heritage groups urge State to buy last great Georgian mansion built in Dublin

Call comes as permission expires for Aldborough House office redevelopment

02/08 Michael McDowell: Right-to-housing referendum would not lay a single brick

Enshrining the right to housing in the Constitution won’t make the executive suddenly able to solve the housing crisis - all it will do is enrich the legal profession

29/07 A third of households who became homeless in recent months evicted from rental housing

Numbers living in emergency accommodation, such as homeless hostels, family hubs, hotel rooms or bed and breakfasts, increased by 159 last month to a record 12,600 people

26/07 Firefighters strike: retained workers continue industrial action

In many cases the firefighters, who are technically part time, say they are on call 24/7 and are paid a retainer of between €8,000 and €12,000

26/07 Interim measures to assist owners of defective apartments not expected until autumn

Minister has received Cabinet approval for a scheme to address historic fire safety issues and other defects

23/07 Only 50 properties available to rent under HAP rate in June, report finds

Simon Communities of Ireland ‘snapshot’ of 16 areas finds only a fraction available for under amount local authorities will fund under HAP scheme

21/07 Housing completions to decline this year, say estate agents

Prices expected to rise by 2 per cent in coming 12 months, survey shows

21/07 Land Development Agency to start buying privately owned sites

State body to expand activity so public, social and affordable housing projects can move quickly to construction

20/07 New-build home starts up 25% on same month last year, says Department of Housing

Figures cautiously welcomed by homeless charities who emphasise ‘delivery of social housing must be maintained’

20/07 Sea bird protection plan clashes with proposed wind farm

Industry criticises Government failure to consult

19/07 Large budget overspends in Department of Health cannot continue, Donohoe warns

Department has needed supplementary funding ‘for every year I can remember’, Minister for Public Expenditure says

13/07 Direct provision may not end if Government does not act now, Coalition warned

Ministers pledged to end the system by 2024 but updated report finds some vital steps have not been taken

12/07 Rapid-build technologies to facilitate delivery of 1,800 social homes

Department signals plan to target more innovative prefabricated construction processes to speed up housing delivery

10/07 Mortgage-to-rent reboot promised after months of limbo

Government says it is looking for suppliers that can deliver ‘at scale’ as its actions slow number of deals sharply in first half of 2023

03/07 Further delay to Bill seen as ‘largest overhaul’ of State’s planning system in decades

Government had originally hoped the Planning and Development Bill would be on the statute books before Easter

01/07 Fáilte Ireland dramatically drops estimate of number of occupied beds after review

Pressure on tourism sector not as acute as previously thought after occupancy rate drops from 28% to 13%

28/06 Government approves €104 million for long-awaited social housing scheme in Dublin

853 housing units will be developed at a site on Oscar Traynor Road in Coolock

26/06 Labour Court expected to issue recommendation in firefighters dispute next week

Both sides attended court on Monday but there was no suggestion of breakthrough on dispute

22/06 Housing activity ramps up as commencement notices increase by 11.4%

Figures from Department of Housing show 12,987 new homes commenced in the first five months of this year, with Dublin, Cork and Galway seeing biggest jump

19/06 Government fails to spend €1bn of housing budget in 2022

New figures highlight substantial underspend in housing at time of acute shortages

17/06 The piecemeal plan to fix the housing crisis: what have Darragh O’Brien’s schemes delivered?

The Fianna Fáil Minister for Housing’s political style faces a reckoning with the substance of delivery: his affordable housing initiatives create headlines but are not backed up by volume

15/06 Limerick and Waterford councils lead in converting derelict properties, TDs told

Performances of the State’s 31 councils have been mixed to date

14/06 Four country towns win ‘Town Centre Living’ awards for their architectural plans

Winners announced in a joint Department of Housing RIAI competition to design urban, social homes

13/06 Housing spending more than €80m behind target for first three months of year

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien due to update Cabinet as Government departments struggle to spend entire budgets

12/06 Residential construction slowed in May as inflation bites

Price increases hitting apartment developments before they can start, says report

11/06 ‘We need more people in their 20s and 30s’: Bere islanders see potential for repopulation in new building policy

The Our Living Islands initiative is a chance for the West Cork island to attract permanent residents - young people and families - and not just holiday homeowners

09/06 Up to 6,000 Ukrainians could be housed in refurbished accommodation by end of 2024, Ministers hear

Government response to refugee accommodation crisis to date has been to rely mainly on hotel accommodation

04/06 Dublin fire and emergency plan raises concerns about age of vehicles

Dublin Fire Brigade ‘looking at leasing’ to reduce age of fleet

01/06 Department of Housing had to return more than €380m to exchequer amid underspends

Despite the ongoing housing crisis the Department has struggled to spend it’s full allocated budget, PAC will be told

25/05 Stardust: over 80 new witnesses found in trawl of documents at Department of Housing, inquest told

Des Fahy, acting for a number of the 45 families bereaved by the 1981 disaster, said his legal team was ‘concerned’ by the volume of previously unknown material, and the time at which it had come to light

24/05 Government should speedily implement RTB recommendations on illegal evictions, says Eoin Ó Broin

Recommendations from Residential Tenancies Board include issuing of significant fines for landlords for carrying out an illegal eviction

15/05 Gardaí have sufficient resources to stop violence against refugees, Harris says

Taoiseach says he does not believe there are enough gardaí on streets of Dublin to combat attacks

15/05 Not enough gardaí in Dublin to stop violence against refugees, Varadkar says

Taoiseach said he was ‘shocked and horrified’ by burning of tents in capital

15/05 Number of planning cases dealt with by An Bord Pleanála drops by half

Draft data shows that by the end of March, the appeals board had disposed of 366 cases – a 49 per cent reduction on the 719 cases it dealt with in the same period last year

11/05 ‘Downsizing is overrated. Creating a family home is a lifetime’s achievement’

We need to respect the real value of a home to the older generation. They have paid their dues

11/05 Eoin Ó Broin: What happened to Micheline Walsh will happen to others

The perception that only young people rent and are at risk of homelessness is wrong. What happened to Micheline Walsh will happen to others

08/05 Fact-checking the Government’s claims on social housing provision

The Government has made social housing delivery more expensive while gifting large landowners huge inflation in their assets’ value

08/05 Calls for larger deer culls after record 55,000 shot dead last year

Respondents to public consultation said animals negatively affecting biodiversity, damaging crops and causing road safety issues

08/05 Only 1% of vacant site levies collected in 2021

A total of 12 councils do not have a vacant sites register and have never imposed a fine on any landowner