James Browne

Developer facing jail benefited from Minister’s planning ruling on same day as sentencing

Sligo developer Cathal O’Connor faces two years in prison for violent assault on three teenagers

Oliver Bond residents are suffering the slow violence of State neglect

A constitutional right to housing would give residents of the inner-city Dublin complex a tool to pursue their rights

Lidl’s claims of planning system exploitation ‘factually inaccurate’, says competitor

Owner of McInerney’s SuperValu Loughrea claims to have ‘legitimate legal argument’

Lidl claims planning system is being exploited by rival

Supermarket chain wants measures similar to fast-tracking of large infrastructure projects

The Irish Times view on the Government’s data centre argument: how not to make the case

The figures earnestly recited by Minister for Finance Simon Harris deserve scrutiny

School holidays ‘highly challenging’ for thousands of homeless children as rates rise again

Weekly snapshot does not consider overcrowded housing, refuges, couch-surfing, sleeping rough or IPAS

‘Absolutely traumatising’: Ireland sees surge in arson attacks on council homes

‘New epidemic’ affecting communities while costing local authorities millions of euro

John Magnier and JP McManus could see rich returns if €4m Liffey Valley lands are rezoned

Council chief recommends 16 hectares of protected lands at St Edmundsbury, Lucan, be rezoned for housing

Housing crisis: Grants to turn space above shops into homes could be ‘game changer’

Government hopes grants of up to €165,000 will mean thousands of vacant properties return to use

Planning rules for one-off housing to be eased under new proposals

Changes will be a ‘loosening’ of current restrictions but ‘not a free for all’, Government source says

Why are rents in Ireland at record levels?

Increase in rents has coincided with Government’s new rent control system coming into force in March

Taoiseach called ‘slíbhín’ for defence of changes to rental system amid record rent hikes

Micheál Martin accuses Mary Lou McDonald of ‘empty rhetoric, no solutions’ during testy exchanges and heckling in Dáil

‘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

Planned short-term letting register delayed by six months

Plans have been the subject of much internal Government debate

‘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

Cork’s Counting House complex to house new city library after €35m purchase

Former Beamish and Crawford site will replace existing Grand Parade library, which opened in 1930

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

Minister gets more authority to object to developers who try to turn creches into housing

Minister for Children will now be designated as a prescribed body under planning laws

‘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

‘Get the posters up’: Dublin Central, Galway West byelections to be held on May 22nd

Writs moved in Dáil as Electoral Commission appeals to public to act now to ensure they are registered to vote

Here come the posters, but there’s lots to look forward to in Dublin and Galway byelections

Polling day for Dublin Central and Galway West to be set this morning for May 22nd

Is the cost-rental housing model broken?

Apart from the fact that there is not enough of it, the system is all positives for tenants but cracks are emerging for providers

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

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 Central and Galway West byelections expected to be called this week

Once polling day has been set, nominations for candidates will be opened

Agreement in principle on plan to allow tax-free rental of back garden cabins

Government spokesman says some Ministers have ‘a few questions’ about how plan will work practically

Infrastructure Bill to fast-track big projects could be enacted by summer

Minister for Infrastructure Jack Chambers will tell Cabinet that all public bodies will be required to identify suitable projects

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

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

No large Irish town is likely to achieve city status in the foreseeable future, Minister says

Population of towns seeking city status would have to greatly increase, Minister suggests

Revelations about Limerick plant’s exports to Russia leave Government in awkward position

Next move will have implications for meaning of Irish neutrality

Office of the Planning Regulator faces overhaul amid concern over delays

Jack Chambers to brief Cabinet on plans aimed at speeding up critical infrastructure delivery

The Irish Times view on one-off housing: planning for failure

The most extraordinary aspect of the case is how protracted and arduous the process of enforcing the law proved to be

Ireland’s plans to deliver housing and infrastructure are a roll of the dice

Judicial reviews are increasing – but it is not Nimby residents’ associations who are behind them

Bigger extensions, dormers, subdivided homes, bike sheds: What planning changes are coming?

Proposals being made to shelve, or ease, requirements for a range of minor works

Irish at ‘Davos of real estate’ spot shift in investor interest in State after reforms

As much as €140bn in public and private funding will be needed to reach the Government’s housing delivery target of 300,000 homes by 2030

Ireland has no known legal commercial peat extraction. Yet it exported €40m worth last year

More than 370,000 tonnes of material sold to 21 different countries in 2025, including Israel

Eviction notices served on 36 homes in Wexford withdrawn

Landlord company Patchflow Ltd acknowledges ‘stress’ caused to tenants, says further discussions will take place

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