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
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
General election 2024: What are the issues in housing?
Housing is a central issue in this election, from building targets and government supports for prospective house buyers to rising rents and building defects
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
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
‘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
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
The unravelling of a housing minister: Eoghan Murphy opens up about sleeping pills, manic running, anxiety and tears
Former minister for housing Eoghan Murphy’s account of his failures (and failings) is candid, unforgiving, unfiltered and utterly brutal
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
Homelessness in Ireland hits record high of 14,760 people
Child homelessness rises 17% in last year, Department of Housing data shows
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
State supports to purchase a home do not bring down the cost of building housing units
Department of Housing’s assessment on the of building homes confirms what industry practitioners have been saying for years
A law to protect the ocean should have been an easy win in the climate battle. What went wrong?
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
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
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
Expenditure on housing aid schemes poor value for taxpayer, Oireachtas committee notes
Housing assistance payment and Rental Accommodation Scheme fail to provide the State with long-term assets, report states
Doubts remain on passing of legislation on marine protected areas but €25m LIFE project to go ahead
Ministers Malcolm Noonan and Eamon Ryan say they want Bill passed before election as was agreed in programme for government
Two-bed, single-storey unit in social housing scheme could cost up to €450,000 to develop
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
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
Four takeaways from spending watchdog report
Comptroller and Auditor General review suggests thousands who claimed pandemic payment were actually employed
‘It’s completely unfair’: How a broken rung on the property ladder locks out first-time buyers
Cash buyers - often overseas investment funds - are snapping up thousands of apartments in Ireland for which others can’t get mortgages because of fire safety issues
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
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
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
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
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
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
Help to Buy scheme extension sought in Budget 2025
Minister for Housing expected to ask for hike to cap on price of homes eligible for scheme beyond current €500,000
‘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
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
Emergency fire-safety works to proceed in 600 apartments amid criticism of remediation scheme
Department of Housing confirms four ‘pathfinder’ projects to identify ‘pinch points’
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
Rise in E.coli contamination found in private water supplies
Unmonitored private drinking water supplies adding to public health risk for consumers, who are mainly based in rural areas
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘An appalling situation’: Number of homeless people rises to record high of 14,159
More than 4,316 children included in latest official emergency accommodation figures from Department of Housing
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
BAM, criticised for delays in national children’s hospital, building €100m cross-Border bridge
Taoiseach at ceremony marking breaking of ground on Narrow Water Bridge linking Omeath and Warrenpoint
Number of homeless people in State passes 14,000, the highest figure since records began
More than 4,200 children among total of 14,009 individuals in emergency accommodation, up 14% in the last 12 months
Demands for ‘go away’ money for not objecting to property developments to become a crime
Amendments to law part of sweeping overhaul of planning legislation
The Government says that two thirds of the recommendations of the Housing Commission are already in train - this is delusional
The Department of Housing’s reply to the landmark report was to say that most of what it called for is already being done, If so, why is the commission calling for a ‘radical reset’?
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’
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
Agricultural lands in urban areas must now be rezoned for housing
Innovative solutions that meet the needs of both urban dwellers and rural communities must be explored
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
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
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
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
Regeneration of Dorset Street flats to be completed by end of 2026, council says
Existing blocks set to be demolished and 163 new homes constructed on Dorset Street Upper
‘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
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