Bord Pleanála deputy chair can not access systems until investigations end – Taoiseach
Paul Hyde stood aside from role amid investigations into alleged conflicts of interest
Bord Pleanála deputy chair can not access systems until investigations end – Taoiseach
Paul Hyde stood aside from role amid investigations into alleged conflicts of interest
Call for Minister to revise restrictions on local authorities’ home purchases
Restriction on social housing acquisitions designed to avoid competing with first-time buyers
Working group examines housing defects in apartments and duplexes in survey
Group examining scale of defects constructed between 1991 - 2013
Time to move from promise to delivery on housing and infrastructure
Opinion: Government strategies changing little on the front line of delivery
Fast-track planning process won’t be wound up until June next year
Sinn Féin accuses Government of delaying the abolition of SHD legislation
Changes being made to rental market ‘will endure’, says Minister
No fear that new regulations will be undermined by big investors, insists O’Brien
Less than half of rental terminations and increases from landlords valid
One third of renters feel uninformed about rights as tenants, Threshold survey shows
Construction begins on €139m wastewater treatment plant in Arklow
Raw sewage discharges to be eliminated into river Avoca in Co Wicklow
State increasing reliance on ‘costly’ social housing leases
To date this year, 918 new social units leased, while 1,000 leased in all of 2020
More than 2,000 unsold affordable housing units still on council books
Units delivered prior to economic crash have cost State €86m in debt-servicing costs
Tenants cannot be forced to pay deposits of more than two months’ rent
Government also extends Covid-19 eviction ban for further six months
Big rise in number of social housing units leased to councils despite costs criticism
A total of 726 new social units were leased in first three months of 2021
Help to Buy scheme used by more than 22,000 first-time buyers
Estimated value of approved claims under the incentive since 2017 is about €389m
Siptu claims outdoor council staff are being forced to work despite health warnings
Union urges Minister ‘to reinforce Nphet’s message asking employers to prioritise the safety of staff’
Former minister for housing backs co-living ban
Eoghan Murphy says Darragh O’Brien is ‘right to act’ over such planning applications
Covid-19: Irish zoos awarded €1.6million funding to stop closures
Dublin Zoo’s appeal highlighted it faced shutting down permanently due to dwindling finances
Storm Ellen hits with ‘severe and potentially damaging winds’ expected in coming hours
Cork is only county with status red warning as rest of Munster and Galway, Mayo at orange
Irish boxing reveals how it voted in AIBA election
‘Decision made following careful consideration of what was in best interests of the sport’
GP service requires extra half a billion a year, HSE chief says
Report calls for substantial investment to move away from ‘hospital centric’ system
Micheál Martin reveals Fianna Fáil frontbench lineup
Leader says he has blended experience and energy but SF says ‘Fine Gael B team’ unveiled
US visa applicants warned of online scams
Fraudsters are claiming they can increase odds of winning lottery for a fee, lawyer says
O’Brien makes appearance at broadband panel
O’Brien a senior player in the UN agency for information and communication technologies
State needs stronger connection with emigrants, says agency
Crosscare calls for Emigrant Register to keep Irish abroad informed of job vacancies
War Command wins Dewhurst for Aidan O’Brien
‘There is only one Dewhurst and we had to get him out. I’d say he’s done for the year now'
O’Briens confident Ruler of the World can best Derby field
‘We have been very happy with him . He impressed us at Epsom and we think the Curragh will suit him even better’
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