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A report prompted by the Grenfell tragedy in London should pave the way for a rejuvenated fire safety regime, according to the body representing the country’s Chief Fire Officers.

The public inquiry into London’s Grenfell Tower fire tragedy has opened.

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The response to the Grenfell Tower fire was branded a "disgrace" after the British Government revealed the majority of the families who lost their homes have not been permanently rehoused.

Patrick O’Reilly, one of Ireland’s most celebrated artists, was one of 31 contemporary artists to donate works of art for an auction to raise money for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

Cladding has been found in some 262 multi-storey residential and non-residential buildings in Ireland.

Community leaders are appealing to the head of the council at the heart of the Grenfell Tower fire in London to cut ties with the organisation responsible for managing the high-rise block.

Over the last several years, there has been numerous reports of buildings, built primarily during the boom, not meeting fire safety or other building regulations or being deemed unsafe, writes Paul Mills,

Looking at the Grenfell Tower disaster is "like peeling the layers of an onion", the leader of a nearby residents' association has said.

The majority of residents made homeless after the Grenfell Tower fire remain in emergency accommodation seven weeks on from the devastating blaze.

A crowd of Grenfell survivors and residents applauded as a member of public told the retired judge leading the inquiry into the disaster that he did not think he would do them justice.

Since the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in London, concern has grown over the use of polyethylene cladding on buildings in Ireland, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

THIS week marked two anniversaries of tragedies — or atrocities if you’d prefer to be more direct — where too many lives were needlessly lost. 

Grenfell community leaders have demanded to know how money collected for victims of the blaze will be distributed.

A young survivor of the Grenfell Tower fire has been treated for cyanide poisoning.

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Councillors have warned Conservatives against selecting a "continuity" candidate to become the new leader of the local authority at the centre of the Grenfell Tower fire.

The State-owned Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has said the prestigious Terminal 2 built less than seven years ago is safe, following a review of the aluminium cladding and polyethylene composite tiles on the building’s exterior.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has said home-owners who foot the bill to make their homes fire safe could get tax breaks.

The same cladding used in the multi-fatality Grenfell tower block in London was installed at County Hall, the headquarters of Cork County Council, writes Sean O’Riordan.

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The same cladding used in the multi-fatality Grenfell tower block in London was installed at County Hall, the headquarters of Cork County Council.

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Since London’s Grenfell catastrophe the air has been thick with accusations. 

Downing Street has since confirmed that 11 blocks of flats in eight local authority areas in England have been found to have flammable facades.

The Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald says there will be a re-evaluation of fire safety here in the wake of the Grenfell tower fire in London.

Grenfell Tower fire survivors are to be rehomed in a housing development where prices start at more than £1.5 million, the Government has announced.

FOR centuries those who were certain that they knew best comforted the struggling, the doubtful, the poor and the not-so-poor with the promise that the meek shall inherit the earth. 

ANY link between the Grenfell inferno — at least 58 dead — and a black plastic bag made by a company that has not existed since 1956 being unearthed, in pristine condition, on a beach may seem tenuous. 

Latest: A criminal investigation has been launched in the wake of the fatal fire.