Darragh O’Brien

Darragh O’Brien clearly thinks there is no downside to him claiming credit for bringing the Open Championship to Portmarnock but it’s not a great look in the middle of the housing crisis

21,634 dwellings completed in the first three quarters of the year, down over 3% on same period last year

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

As with an extra 1,000 gardaí proposed by the Dublin City Taskforce, many solutions offered for the capital are in the realm of magical thinking

Five months and a lot of fanfare later, we’re back to where we started

Taoiseach indicates his preference for a Friday election date with November 29th mooted as possibility

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

Taoiseach to engage with Coalition leaders next week to consider dates for dissolution of Dáil and holding of election

Mr O’Gorman said he will be telling his Coalition partners, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste, on Monday that November 29th is ‘the date to go’ to the polls

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

Taskforce report contains 10 proposals for initiatives to revive Dublin city centre

Good work of charity for homeless not in doubt but ‘numerous key compliance and governance failures’ found by Charities Regulator

Minister says legislation is ‘genuine attempt’ to start reform as university Senators claim Bill is ‘disgrace’, and will keep Upper House as ‘rubber stamp’

Controversial Planning and Development Bill a key part of plans to address housing crisis, but Opposition says it will add to delays and costs

Budget day measures such as higher stamp duty are yet another indication that Ireland is becoming a less welcoming place for international investors

Government criticised for not indexing minimum social welfare payments

Former taoiseach warns against populism and prejudice but concedes immigration a challenge for Irish society

Central Bank says scheme, which offers tax rebates of up to €30,000, cost Revenue €938m to the end of 2023

Minister for Housing backs Taoiseach’s position after Simon Harris linked immigration to numbers in emergency accommodation

Extra €250 for this year and for 2025 being discussed as deliberations continue

Project at Shanganagh Castle, near Shankill, the agency’s first direct-build scheme on publicly owned lands

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien is understood to be targeting expanded funding for the Land Development Agency to build 20,000 homes by 2030

Cabinet decision will give wealthiest workers tax-free pension pot of €2.8 million when average pot is only €111,000

Move follows barrister’s unpublished report which took more than 1½ years to finish on ‘matters of concern’ in planning board

Arrangement to fund remediation of defects for between 62,500 and 100,000 Celtic Tiger-era apartments or duplexes

The €13 billion from the Apple case will not be available to use until March, while further €3 billion from sale of AIB shares is also available

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

Taoiseach recently questioned ‘peculiar situation’ of homeless numbers rising despite high level of social homes being allocated

Minister for Housing says the planning Bill will reform and streamline the planning process, reducing delays in housing and strategic infrastructure projects

Sinn Féin’s housing plan is nothing if not detailed, but voters may be cautious of untested solutions

Amid ‘grim record’ for homelessness, Minister for Housing seeks locations for residential developments

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

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

CSO data shows prices are still rising strongly and supply remains as big an issue as ever

Into these information vacuums slip political extremists with their own agendas and solutions

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

A bonfire of Government housing support schemes is a step into the unknown - even if the promise is for a better future

Minister for Housing expected to ask for hike to cap on price of homes eligible for scheme beyond current €500,000

Even if the party can pivot the overarching political discussion from immigration to housing, the terms of engagement will not be the same as in 2020

One of the biggest pieces of legislation in the history of the State is intended to speed up housing supply and will allow for restructuring of An Bord Pleanála