Local Authorities

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<p>Paradyn chief commercial officer Fergal Meehan with Cavan County Council head of information systems Enda Tiernan.</p>

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Paradyn secures €500,000 contract with six councils

The deal will see the Cork and Dublin firm provide access to technical engineers and managed IT support

<p>Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien was flanked by his junior ministers Kieran O’Donnell and Malcolm Noonan during Tuesday's media briefing at Government Buildings. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins</p>

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Paul Hosford: Darragh O’Brien is banking on unproven schemes to solve housing crisis

<p>Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has personally contacted the chief executives of all 31 local authorities in recent weeks and told them to identify a priority list of so-called ‘pathfinder projects’ — big-impact bike and walking schemes that could be delivered within two years. He wants responses by mid-September. File picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie</p>

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Eamon Ryan orders councils to spend unclaimed €129m fund for bike lanes and walkways

news

Thousands of local authority workers are to become employees of Irish Water

Irish Wildlife Trust and Extinction Rebellion protest

outdoors

Anja Murray: Up to our knees in dead canaries

Elaine Loughlin: It's sick that Ireland doesn't have illness benefit for low-paid workers

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Elaine Loughlin: Without radical reform, local government will remain toothless and useless

At 85 weeks, Cork city has longest turnaround for reletting properties

Cork County also performed poorly for the condition of its regional roads

Fri, 01 Oct, 2021

Sinn Féin wants taskforce on 'void' housing units in Cork

The National Vacant Housing Reuse Strategy 2018-2021 has failed Cork, Sinn Féin said as it unveiled its plan on Thursday.

Thu, 05 Aug, 2021

Almost two-thirds of Nama homes offered for social housing 'lost to private sector'

Under-delivery of social and affordable homes by Nama described as an own-goal in the context of a national housing emergency

Wed, 03 Mar, 2021

Irish Examiner view: Rivers must be protected from development

The reaction of Fine Gael councillor John Paul O’Shea to the fact that development along the Blackwater Valley may have to be reimagined because of environmental obligations is, unfortunately, typical of the destructive culture that has done so much ...

Tue, 23 Feb, 2021

Local authorities 'too small' to produce climate change measures, warns economist

Under the Climate Bill, councils are required to produce local plans to combat emissions — but they are too small to make such a significant impact on their own, John FitzGerald has warned.

Fri, 30 Oct, 2020

Register finds almost 20,000 homes could be built on vacant sites nationally

Eight local authorities have yet to collect levies on idle properties

Fri, 24 Jul, 2020

Ten local authorities across Ireland to roll out free public Wi-Fi programme

In total, 22 hotspots will be funded in Galway, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Meath, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, South Dublin, Westmeath and Wicklow.

Thu, 23 May, 2019

Fórsa calls for reform of local authorities

The Citizens Assembly is being urged to convene to reform local authorities across the country.

Thu, 09 May, 2019

'This is a very uncertain time' - North-south local authority alliance needed in wake of Brexit

Local authorities face a number of uncertainties due to Brexit but are focussed on building resilience in their areas to prepare, a conference in Dublin heard today.

Tue, 04 Dec, 2018

IT service company announces €3 million in new contracts with local authorities

Cork-based IT service company Paradyn has announced that it has won €3 million in new IT and communications contracts with Ireland’s local authorities in the past 12 months.

Thu, 17 May, 2018

Local authorities respond to 'integrity index' report

Latest: The County & City Management Association (CCMA) has responded to Transparency International Ireland's report ranking the country's 31 councils on three criteria: Transparency, Accountability and Ethics.

Wed, 16 May, 2018

Councils to fall short of social housing target

Local authorities are set to fall significantly short of new social housing targets this year.

Tue, 23 Jan, 2018

Local authorities told to produce tourism strategies by March

Local authorities have been told to produce a tourism strategy by the end of next March.

Wed, 14 Dec, 2016

'Sea-sickness' cited as one of many 'spurious' reasons for turning down council houses

A woman refused a three-storey council house overlooking Cork harbour because she and her children would get sea-sick peering out the window.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2016

Smoky coal ban in Cork ‘cannot be policed’ as local authorities do not have the resources to enforce regulations

Local authorities do not have the staff to police regulations on smokeless coals zone in urban areas.

Mon, 23 Nov, 2015

Local authority members providing services for Irish Water set to ballot for industrial action

Local authority members who supply services for Irish Water are balloting for industrial action.

Tue, 10 Nov, 2015

Councils forced to revise €136m of loan deals

Struggling local authorities had to renegotiate more than €136m worth of loans last year as they worked to cope with boom-time debts.

Thu, 12 Jun, 2014

Engineers warn of further flooding as cash-strapped authorities struggle

Engineers have warned that coastal and riverside communities are in for more flood damage as cash- strapped local authorities struggle to provide adequate protections.

Tue, 11 Feb, 2014