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Mater Private boss warns staff over its future in face of recession
Seen & Heard: New Government’s ‘urgency’, Chinese donations and Boris Johnson promises to ‘build, build, build’
Keegan’s inflammatory homeless service comments mask hard facts
Dublin council policies prompted people in difficult circumstances to assess their options
Former Housing Agency chief says cheaper and affordable housing possible
Conor Skehan says expectations of ‘mad profit margins’ in the building industry should stop
Fintan O’Toole: 2018, year of the dark new normal
Physical and political wildfires raged across the world – and we began to get used to them
Homeless figures show families ‘not gaming system’, says charity
Family homelessness continues to rise in Dublin, new data shows
Almost one-third of newly homeless families are non-nationals
Report highlights services’ reliance on private-rented sector and HHAP to house people
Council to stop giving homeless families priority on housing list
Council hopes move will prompt families to use financial supports and rent independently
Focus Ireland urges council to keep prioritising homeless families
Homeless family should be put to the top of the waiting list – Mike Allen
Dublin City Council to stop prioritising homeless families
Families staying for prolonged periods in emergency accommodation to secure homes
Housing Agency chief defends claim families ‘may be gaming system’
TDs tell agency chairman claims ‘objectionable’ and ‘exceptionally offensive’
Housing Agency had warned about homeless ‘incentive’
Report to government predates Conor Skehan’s ‘gaming the system’ comments by two years
Protesters call for Housing Agency chairman to appear before Oireachtas committee
Coppinger to raise issue in Dáil after council backed motion calling for Government to remove Skehan from position
Over 370 vacant homes bought for social housing
Spend of €67m on 260 houses, 114 apartments under Rebuilding Ireland scheme
Councillors support Conor Skehan’s statements on homeless lists
Sinn Féin councillor says her remarks that some made themselves homeless ‘taken out of context’
Minister urged to remove Conor Skehan from Housing Agency role
Dublin City Council says Eoghan Murphy should ‘immediately’ appoint successor
Sinn Féin moves against reappointment of Housing Agency chair
SF councillor says Conor Skehan’s remarks have ‘disqualified him from the job’
Minister reappoints Conor Skehan as Housing Agency chair
Official recently said that families ‘gaming’ housing system by saying they are homeless
Homeless crisis: Clear focus on housing
The central problem remains that there is simply not enough social and affordable accommodation available
No way to end homelessness, says Housing Agency chairman
Conor Skehan calls for performance targets for homeless charities to justify State funding
Families in emergency housing ‘may be gaming the system’
Housing chief says families may be declaring themselves homeless to jump up waiting list
Baby boomers distorting housing market, agency claims
Cash buyers likely to withhold second homes from rental market, says Conor Skehan
Initiatives but few results for homelessness crisis
The issue dominated almost every aspect of public and political discourse this year
Housing Agency says homelessness is ‘dreadful’ but ‘normal’
Conor Skehan says Taoiseach was ‘dead right’ when he said figures in Ireland are low
Fintan O’Toole: Let’s imagine the homeless have foot-and-mouth
Cattle disease outbreak showed how State can use every sinew to solve a crisis
Minister’s plan to lift building height cap will backfire, experts warn
Constant changes to policy lead to market uncertainty, Housing Agency chair says
Ireland’s housing crisis is ‘completely normal’
Excessive intervention could sow seeds of next crisis, warns housing agency chief
US presidential contender Martin O’Malley to speak in Dublin
Democratic candidate will attend October Urban Land Institute convention on cities
Conor Skehan: Housing plan shows welcome signs of joined-up thinking
Emphasis on long-overdue home supply welcome but rental sector needs attention
Apartment blocks up to 10 storeys supported by Housing Agency
Dublin City Council CEO seeks apartments up to nine storeys in ‘low rise’ areas
Calls for sanction on landlords stockpiling vacant properties
Focus Ireland rejects suggestion landlords need incentives to renovate vacant houses
Housing Agency suggests grants to refurbish vacant homes
Encouraging people to make homes available would alleviate housing crisis - Skehan
Call for a housing minister to have tax powers
Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly tells committee homelessness is symptom of ‘deeper supply issues’
Dublin 2050 series considers how we will live in the future
Dublin Chamber of Commerce talks consider long-term vision for Dublin region
Kelly says Constitution blocked attempts to tackle housing crisis
Minister tells homeless forum political or financial hurdles not most pressing problem
EirGrid and council clash on power line near Tara
North-South interconnector planned to run between Meath and Tyrone
New apartment standards will help address housing supply problem
Housing crisis requires urgent action on issues of viable development and affordability for consumers
Homes ‘unaffordable’ in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow
Ratio of cost to income shows house prices close to 2008 levels, warns Housing Agency
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