Organisation: National Oversight and Audit Commission

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<p>By December 2022, local authorities owned 146,438 social housing units and added 3,862 units to the social housing stock that year, figures show. File picture</p>

politics

Social homes costing more and taking longer to re-let, new report shows

Reasons cited as contributing to longer re-letting times and costs included shortage of contractors and some building supplies, and refusals of offers

<p>The NOAC figures show the Cork City fire brigade had the fastest response times in Ireland last year.</p>

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Fire brigade response times show slight improvement with Cork City leading the way

<p>Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin said local authorities are tendering out work rather than hiring sufficient staff. 'This then leads to overly bureaucratic processes in procurement which slows things down.' Picture: Leah Farrell</p>

politics

Thousands of council houses remain vacant due to rise in the time it takes to move tenants in

ourview

Irish Examiner View: Going private and protecting tenants

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49 weeks for Cork City Council to re-let vacant social housing units last year

opinion

Regional roads fail test: A real danger

Thousands of kilometres of roads suffering from major defects

Thousands of kilometres of regional and local roads across the country are suffering from major defects, according to a new report by a local government watchdog.

Tue, 01 Oct, 2019

Survey finds 56% of people are satisfied with their local authority

A new survey has found that 56% of people are satisfied with their local authority while 93% of people believe their local area is a good place to live.

Mon, 01 Jul, 2019

€200m mortgage scheme set to be a disaster

State-sponsored sub-prime lending. That is what the Government announced this week and it is a disaster waiting to happen.

Sat, 27 Jan, 2018

Less than 4% of privately rented homes inspected in Cork

Less than 4% of all privately rented houses and apartments in Cork city and county were inspected last year.

Thu, 09 Nov, 2017

Fire brigades reach blazes within 10 minutes in just 40% of cases

Fire brigades arrive on the scene of a fire within 10 minutes of the alarm being raised in only 40% of cases, new figures show.

Mon, 23 Oct, 2017

Local authorities built just 142 houses last year

Just 142 new houses were built by the country’s 31 local authorities last year amid a growing housing and homelessness crisis, according to new official figures.

Mon, 02 Oct, 2017

Councils ‘deliberately leaving houses vacant’

Councils are deliberately leaving local authority houses vacant for long periods to qualify for particular Department of Housing funding schemes, a local authority watchdog has claimed.

Mon, 08 May, 2017

Cork City the best in food waste disposal

Householders in Cork City are the best for segregating food waste. New figures show people living in the local authority area covered by Cork City Council have the highest rate of three-bin collections in the country.

Mon, 14 Nov, 2016

Council takes two years to revamp vacant units

Cork City Council is taking nearly two years to renovate council houses, spending more than any other local authority on upgrading its housing stock.

Wed, 09 Nov, 2016

Plan to target shoddy rental housing amid fears of crisis in standards

Landlords face regular NCT-style inspections of their properties to certify them fit for habitation under proposals aimed at cracking down on sub-standard accommodation.

Mon, 13 Jun, 2016

One-in-five local authority tenants suffer with high levels of antisocial behaviour on estates

One in five local authority tenants are living with high levels of antisocial behaviour on their estate and two thirds of them say the level has stayed the same or worsened in the past two years.

Tue, 19 Jan, 2016

IFA slams ‘unacceptable’ rural road conditions

The results of the first national survey of local and regional roads confirm that many farm families and rural dwellers have to daily endure unacceptable road conditions, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association.

Wed, 30 Dec, 2015

Cork City fire service is most expensive

The country’s most expensive fire service costs three times more to run per head of population than the cheapest, but it also gets to almost four times more fires within the critical 10- minute period than the cut- price comparison.

Tue, 29 Dec, 2015