Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Dublin council chief wanted ‘generational civil servant’ Robert Watt for €280,000-a-year secondment

Former Department of Health secretary general appointed to €280,000 role without competitive process as it was a secondment

Turnout at elections higher than previously thought

Larger register mistakenly used to calculate turnout

‘We must see action’: Resolution of Oliver Bond flats regeneration impasse expected in coming weeks

Minister for Housing James Browne says conditions in inner city complex ‘absolutely atrocious, totally unacceptable’

These figures tell the real story of Fianna Fáil’s impact on housing

In 2020, about half of all houses appeared in an estate agent’s window for sale; in 2025, that figure was fewer than one in three

Number of apartments under construction in Dublin rises, but house building slows

Decisions on planning applications awaited for 13,600 housing units, down from backlog of 34,400

‘Powerful and heartbreaking’: A couch is what Ireland’s homeless children say they want most

Focus Ireland says the desires of children in homelessness accommodation – for more space, better beds and sheets, and that staff don’t shout at them – are ‘very basic’ demands

‘Units’ over people: public housing policy in a nutshell

Government policy, in thrall to the property lobby, supports higher numbers of very profitable smaller units

‘Two of the kids can’t stay overnight’: Mother of seven on her overcrowded Dublin council flat

Dublin woman, who shares a bed with three of her sons, says she has been waiting for a bigger council house for 14 years

Property industry experts weigh in on back-garden modular homes – from tax to potential income

Government’s proposal to exempt free-standing modular homes in back gardens from planning permission continues to generate debate

Council’s Oliver Bond plans would have cost up to €700,000 per flat, housing committee told

Regeneration funds of €20 million still available for complex, senior civil servant tells TDs

Spending on scheme to fix defects in Celtic-Tiger era apartments could be capped

Caps on scheme would be ‘wholly unacceptable’, says Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin

Department of Housing proposes fewer beds in Oliver Bond flats complex in Dublin

Fewer people would be housed in inner-city complex than proposed by city council

The Irish Times view on Oliver Bond House: State has a moral obligation

Residents are entitled to something better than an endless cycle of deferred promises

Residents of decaying Oliver Bond flats to meet Minister after renewal scheme shelved

Oliver Bond Thursday

Thousands told to leave Ipas centres by July as ‘no longer entitled’ to live there

Correspondence issued to 475 families and more than 1,000 single adults with legal right to remain in Ireland

Ireland rejects EU allegations of failure to protect marine habitats

EU commission has given Ireland two months to respond to notice of infringement proceedings on sea life and on plastics pollution

Once-off housing, garden cities and garden sheds

What Ireland needs, by some country mile, is single-occupancy flats

New legislation regulating Airbnb rentals bogged down over planning permission issues

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns accuses Government of prioritising proposals that would ‘have renters living in sheds’

Ipas head questions claims large numbers are going from direct provision to homelessness

John Harding said ‘vast majority’ of those leaving Ipas accomodation have not needed homeless services

‘Beds in sheds’: Will looser planning rules on garden homes lead to shoddier housing?

Local authorities will be in charge of enforcing building regulations when it comes to modular homes

Government plans to introduce register of short-term lets facing delay

Legislation underpinning reforms, aimed at bringing more Airbnb style properties back to long-term market, still being drafted

Child homelessness up by 19% since last year, new figures show

Number of people in emergency accommodation in Ireland reaches 17,517, another record high

Minister urges housing bodies to engage on finance difficulties for cost-rental schemes

Most schemes undertaken by approved groups or Land Development Agency due to high debt burden

Councillors to meet housing body over its decision to scrap cost-rental scheme in Cabra

Some 40 houses in Cabra site were to be used for workers who earn too much for social homes but can’t afford rents

New Dublin regeneration role for Robert Watt is secondment with no competitive process

Senior Department of Housing civil servant to lead authority in charge of revitalising key areas in city

Fire safety issue forces Peter McVerry homeless service to move tenants from Dublin property

St Stephen’s Green hostel being emptied in stages as a precaution

Robert Watt set to be paid €280,000 a year to lead Dublin city regeneration body

Former Department of Health head expected to be approved by Cabinet on Tuesday

Dublin council to borrow €36.5m to fund additional affordable homes at O’Devaney Gardens

Move would prevent sale of any private market housing in Dublin 7 development of more than 1,000 apartments

Dublin apartment builds up 13% but 40,000 units granted planning not ‘activated’, data shows

‘This uplift signals that permissions granted in recent years are increasingly moving into the build phase,’ Government says

Dublin cost-rental scheme dropped over rising costs

Housing body Clúid says it will have to switch to 100 per cent social housing at Bannow Road development in Cabra

Concern that housing commencements might not result in new homes coming to market quickly

Internal papers say builders rushed to take advantage of levy waivers by registering commencements but that some projects were not progressing

Plan to rezone land at south Dublin stately home for housing scrapped

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown council chief recommends rezoning of Woodbrook house be dropped

Only 13% of houses built with defective concrete blocks have finished remediation

Cost of State-funded scheme has swelled from €122.3m at the end of February 2025 to €283.1m at the end of February this year

More than 10,000 buyers approved by First Home Scheme

Arrangement offers funding to first-time buyers unable to afford new-build home despite deposit and mortgage approval

Ireland’s retrofit reality: From ‘amazing’ home energy results to ‘miserable’ and costly experiences

Retrofitting offers cosy home and energy cost cuts but can also come with financial burdens and bureaucratic nightmares

‘Nobody wants to live like this’: Pearse House residents say they live with rats, mould

Dublin City Council received project and funding approval to proceed with the first phase of the regeneration

Back-garden living incentives could expose older homeowners to abuse, charities warn

People renting under such arrangements are known as licensees rather than tenants and have far fewer protections

‘Intensive upgrade’ for Dublin’s Pearse House flats approved after rethink by council

Previous application would have combined small flats into larger ones, reducing overall numbers

Church of Ireland ‘less likely’ to let vacant rectories due to rent reforms

Church’s representative body sought meeting with Ministers to discuss ‘possibility of an exemption’ from new rent rules

Homeless figures rise again to 17,308, a 12.5% increase in one year

Latest data does not include sofa-surfers, those sharing overcrowded homes, in domestic violence refuges or sleeping rough

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