Beacon South Quarter apartments evacuated after fireFour fire engines attend scene at South Dublin complex already subject of safety concernsTue Apr 04 2017 - 20:57
OPW seeks permission for €8m Leinster House refurbPermission also sought for Seanad relocation during works set to continue until late 2018Tue Apr 04 2017 - 01:01
Objections to hotel plans for Loreto hostel on St Stephen’s GreenDepartment of Foreign Affairs says it would be ‘gross over-development’ and affect securityTue Apr 04 2017 - 01:00
Councillors approve PPP plans for 500 homesDublin, Wicklow and Kildare homes to be built over three- to four years for €100mMon Apr 03 2017 - 21:08
Refurbished private housing to be used for Dublin’s homelessProperty owners to get €40,000 grant to restore homes before leasing to local authoritiesThu Mar 30 2017 - 01:00
Historic cultural quarter for Dublin’s Moore Street endorsedSide streets, lanes recommended for designation despite State fight against protectionWed Mar 29 2017 - 18:28
Local authorities to share €226m for housing infrastructureHousing activation fund will go to 15 councils for large road, water and sewerage schemesTue Mar 28 2017 - 18:23
Conversion of historic Dublin building to homeless hostel stoppedWork to convert protected building halted following heritage department interventionThu Mar 23 2017 - 05:00
Hell Fire Club visitor centre costing €19 million plannedCouncil asks Bord Pleanála to make environmental directionWed Mar 22 2017 - 21:08
Former Clerys workers come face to face with Deirdre FoleyEx-Clerys workers make their feelings clear about how they were treated by NatriumTue Mar 21 2017 - 19:01
Financial deal agreed for 130 former Clerys workersSacked workers to get undisclosed ‘good will’ payment as long running dispute endsTue Mar 21 2017 - 15:45
Siptu withdraws appeal against €150m Clerys redevelopmentDeal terms reached for former Clerys staff with building owner Natrium/OCSMon Mar 20 2017 - 18:42
Dublin planners raise concerns over DIT student digsCouncil says two schemes near Grangegorman could unbalance demographics of areaMon Mar 20 2017 - 01:00
Rapid-build housing plan will not meet Coveney’s deadlineDublin City Council revises construction deadline for homeless accommodationMon Mar 20 2017 - 01:00
UCC engineer elected Royal Irish Academy presidentProf Michael Peter Kennedy succeeds first woman president Prof Mary E DalySat Mar 18 2017 - 16:17
Landlords seek tax system ‘overhaul’ under Department reviewGovernment examines ‘policy rationale’ for introducing new tax reliefs to boost supplySat Mar 18 2017 - 16:09
Residents’ bill for fixing Beacon South Quarter set to climb€10m fund makes no provision for internal works in Sandyford apartmentsFri Mar 17 2017 - 01:00
Beacon South Quarter residents vote to pay €10m to fix defectsAlmost two-thirds majority of owners decided to resolve fire and structural defectsThu Mar 16 2017 - 08:25
Fire safety: Beacon apartment owners warned of legal actionOwners voting on management company plan to charge €10m for defects at complexWed Mar 15 2017 - 20:46
No return to home ownership levels without higher subsidiesState supports once so large that ownership was ‘effectively socialised’, conference hearsTue Mar 14 2017 - 20:45
Single PPP consortium sought for 500 social homesCouncillors raise concerns due to collapse of developer-led social housing in 2008Sat Mar 11 2017 - 01:00
Dublin Airport runway gets five-year planning extensionDAA’s €320m north runway project, stalled by downturn, now due to be built by 2020Fri Mar 10 2017 - 14:35
No planning needed to change commercial buildings to housingNew rules: Vacant-building owners can convert to apartments without planningFri Mar 10 2017 - 01:00
Impact joins Siptu in Dublin Fire Brigade strikeTwo 24-hour stoppages planned for later this monthTue Mar 07 2017 - 15:10
Dublin could be without fire service as two 24-hour strikes announcedTransferring 100,000 calls from brigade to call centre would ‘jeopardise public safety’Tue Mar 07 2017 - 08:52
Dublin Town’s future to be determined by ballotBusiness group could face dissolution if city centre traders do not vote for its renewalMon Mar 06 2017 - 01:00
European Investment Bank to lend €200m for social housingHousing Finance Agency to bring funding to approved housing bodies to €405mThu Mar 02 2017 - 20:50
Historic monument in Dublin to be used for the homelessUse of one of Dublin’s oldest buildings for shelter ‘unacceptable’, says Civic TrustThu Mar 02 2017 - 12:18
Commission highlights ‘gaps’ in crime victims BillState failed to meet deadline 15 months ago to transpose EU victims directive into lawMon Feb 27 2017 - 20:57
Scorsese tells Irish film-makers to ‘reinvent cinema’Acclaimed director receives John Ford Award from President HigginsMon Feb 27 2017 - 12:58
Business organisations slate car ban on parts of Liffey quaysPlan to divert cars to make way for Luas line is ideologically driven, says parking lobbyThu Feb 23 2017 - 19:02
Poolbeg incinerator to fire up after 20 years of oppositionWaste-to-energy plant fitted with latest fire detection technology, says directorThu Feb 23 2017 - 00:01
Warning of inner city traffic chaos if cars banned from quaysDublin City Council plans to prohibit cars and lorries from three quays north of LiffeyWed Feb 22 2017 - 19:51
More than 12,000 cyclists a day commute into Dublin cityCycling and walking in to town centre is at record levels while large lorries fall by 91%Tue Feb 21 2017 - 01:00
Grangegorman residents fear ‘overconcentration’ of studentsHousing for 8,000 students near new DIT campus will ‘inevitably change’ Dublin areaMon Feb 13 2017 - 07:37
Safety fears scupper meeting on €10m Dublin complex defects billRoom at hotel not big enough as 350 Beacon apartment residents try to attend agmTue Feb 07 2017 - 01:00
State paid €39m to house Dublin homeless in hotels in 2016New data shows total cost of emergency accommodation in the city last year was €50mFri Feb 03 2017 - 01:00
State has 13 empty homes for each homeless adult, says charityHalf of repossessed homes offered for social housing rejected by authority, committee toldWed Feb 01 2017 - 16:19
Motorists support introduction of 30km/h speed limitsSurvey shows many drivers blame badly run insurance firms for premium risesWed Feb 01 2017 - 02:00
Dart Underground could be derailed by plans for office blockIarnród Éireann says it had no funds to purchase warehouse on Pearse Station siteWed Feb 01 2017 - 01:00
National Transport Authority will not implement rickshaw lawTransport body claims regulations not sufficiently robust to restrict rickshawsTue Jan 31 2017 - 18:42
Dublin Port firm abandons plan to reclaim Dublin Bay landMasterplan review shows the company is no longer considering infilling 21 hectaresTue Jan 31 2017 - 01:04
State’s biggest landlord backs €10m levy to fix Beacon defectsIres Reit owns 25% of the apartments affected by structural issues at the Dublin complexTue Jan 31 2017 - 01:00
Irish Water told to carry out 'stoat survey' in south DublinShane Ross asks Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to refuse permission for €80m reservoirThu Jan 26 2017 - 13:09
Beacon resident describes ‘streams of water’ inside homeApartment owners at south Dublin complex face €10m in costs to fix structural defectsWed Jan 25 2017 - 16:54
Social housing body faces €500,000 bill at Beacon blockCluid owns one of four blocks with fire safety issues at Beacon South Quarter in SandyfordTue Jan 24 2017 - 20:27
South Dublin apartment owners face €10m bill to fix defectsBeacon South Quarter properties found to have fire safety and structural deficienciesTue Jan 24 2017 - 01:00
No room for film studio in Poolbeg planning scheme documentDublin Bay Studios fails to secure 20-acre site on former Irish Glass Bottle/Fabrizia landMon Jan 23 2017 - 17:46
100-year-old council flats in Dublin to be redeveloped by private sectorHotel, apartments and office scheme proposed for Moss StreetSun Jan 22 2017 - 15:48
Longfield’s Hotel to become homeless hostel after rulingCouncil hopes to complete €4m conversion of Fitzwilliam Street buildings by end of 2017Fri Jan 20 2017 - 01:00
