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Is a Ryanair-style model the answer to Ireland’s housing crisis?

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Simon Harris has identified the right problem, but a department of infrastructure is the wrong solution

Big foreign investors are putting projects on hold because they are losing faith in Ireland’s ability to deliver. We need to do something - but what?

A week of clearing the decks at breathtaking speed in readiness for an election

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up

Coolock factory will not be developed for asylum-seeker accommodation until gardaí are satisfied the site is safe, court told

Site was scene of violence and unrest over plans to develop it into accommodation

Decisions on pay rates for semi-State chiefs needed from next government

Government pay policy for senior management viewed as too restrictive by boards of commercial State bodies

Ireland risks ‘compliance costs’ of €8bn for exceeding carbon budget

Climate Council warns Government to stop subsidising fossil fuel usage and scale up supports for people to avail of low-carbon technologies

Agent Cobalt slips off the radar as the truth comes dropping slow from Sinn Féin

Taoiseach and his wife celebrate his birthday by going to see the musical Hamilton, which contains the perfect chorus for a young and hungry leader on the brink of his first general election

General election in late November or early December looking increasingly likely

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

Sinn Féin suffers another terrible week as election speculation hits fever pitch

From a possible pre-Christmas election to Sinn Féin's avalanche of scandals: your essential end-of-week politics catch-up

Minister confirms Philip Nolan no longer ‘chief executive designate’ of new science body Research Ireland

Five senior Science Foundation Ireland staff made protected disclosures last December involving claims against Prof Nolan

‘Hospitality demand is there, but there is no margin anymore’

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

New Garda deputy commissioner to be appointed

Minister for Justice to ask Cabinet to approve appointment of new deputy commissioner for ‘policing and security’ following open competition

We didn’t have the Incredible Hulk taking on the Green Party on our bingo cards this week

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Payment dates for much-heralded double pension and child benefit announced

Co-ordinated action on biodiversity loss can help reduce risk of ‘ecosystem collapse’, climate council says

Greater focus needed on biodiversity conservation and restoration in the fight against climate change

Why are environment activists so divided on the issue of liquefied natural gas?

LNG is a hot issue within the environment movement, while most governments insist it is essential to national energy security

Ukraine arrivals from next March would not be offered accommodation under new plan

Additional options include introduction of ‘maximum stay’ rule focused on exiting Ukrainians who have been in State accommodation for the longest time first

Geneticist Aoife McLysaght due to be appointed Government science adviser by Cabinet

New national science forum to enhance ability to respond to challenges such as climate change and pandemic threats

Ireland’s anti-migrant rage lands on a hedge fund trader’s doorstep

A senior portfolio manager at Garda Capital Partners in Switzerland, Peter McGarry’s Townbe Unlimited has raised the ire of anti-immigration protesters for providing housing for asylum seekers

Consternation in the corridors of power as all on high election alert

Sinn Féin and the pricey phone pouches, being better than the ‘bloody Tories’ and the diplomacy of singing with 1990s heart-throb Peter Andre

Coalition minds focus on election dates - just not when the All Blacks are in town

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up as Greens go to the wall over budget baby boost

Irish climate to become ‘unrecognisable’ if action on emissions is delayed

Ireland has almost no pristine rivers left and is producing ‘more waste than ever’, State of Environment report finds

New media watchdog sought to spend up to €2m on furniture for Ballsbridge offices

Coimisiún na Meán's furniture budget is €500,000 but sought higher sum in case it expands in future

The Leinster Lawn bike shed of 1990s: Remember Haughey’s helipad?

Plus: Leo unleashes his inner Shinner and throws a winners’ dinner and sang Dublin in the Rare Ould Times

Could damaging stories of wanton waste become the election’s ‘events dear boy, events’?

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up

If the unholy alliance of farm bodies and industry is successful in its lobbying, the price will be our rivers and lakes

When a tribunal of inquiry is eventually set up, hopefully it will ask the right questions this time

Has Irish house price inflation peaked?

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Ireland could slash emissions by embracing circular economy - study

Country lagging behind in green construction when it could help meet housing demand, FII tells Oireachtas group

‘When Ministers get together, they do work as politicians’: North-South council fostering all-island co-operation

Ireland’s Ambassador to London believes recent council meetings have been ‘probably the best’ for 20 years

Audiovisual Ireland calls on Government to match UK screen tax credit

Ibec industry body says relief of 40% should be available to lower budget productions

Nine alleged military cargo flights to Israel used Irish airspace, investigation finds

Department of Transport says it is still working to confirm aircraft were carrying munitions of war

Plan to introduce hate speech laws has been dropped, Minister for Justice confirms

Helen McEntee has insisted she will press ahead with the hate crime part of the criminal justice legislation

Slow-motion decoupling: as an election draws closer, faultlines in Government are becoming clearer

Dividing lines are becoming unavoidable as the Coalition parties seek to differentiate themselves from each other in the eyes of voters

Miriam Lord’s week: Dáil return a damp squib as departure lounge fills with exiting TDs

Taoiseach Simon Harris surprises Paschal Donohoe with chocolate gateau as youthful Minister for Public Expenditure celebrates milestone 50th birthday

Everyone wants a share of the Apple (pie) and has Simon Harris peaked?

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Pearse Doherty let fly at over ‘crazy’ pension plans

Irish Times poll: Cost of living tops public concerns for budget

Less than a quarter of respondents to poll said they wanted the Government to prioritise increased spending on public services

Housing and transport for regional cities needed to counterbalance Dublin overdevelopment, says Ryan

State will ‘tip over’ to the east coast if building overly concentrated in capital city, according to Minister

Building blocks to a climate-just city

Policy silos, disjointed decision-making and lack of regional governance holds Dublin back from integrating housing and climate planning

Should Ireland give the Apple tax billions to poorer countries?

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Two of State’s largest landowners sign co-operation deal on restoring nature

Coillte and National Parks and Wildlife Service agree framework to co-operate on conservation

The Irish Times view on the return of the Dáil: the beginning of an ending

Tensions are likely to increase as the parties face the reality that they will soon be competing for votes

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