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Three new shipwrecks found off coast of Ireland
Three new shipwrecks found off coast of Ireland
The wrecks, which are in the process of being fully identified, appear to date from as far back as the 19th century

Mon, 09 Sep, 2024

Neale Richmond says call to double stamp duty on vulture funds 'is not electioneering'
Neale Richmond says call to double stamp duty on vulture funds 'is not electioneering'
Junior finance minister defended the suggestion despite the Government's rejection of such a plan earlier this year

Sun, 08 Sep, 2024

Unpublished planning report 'an open sore of corruption and failed oversight'
Unpublished planning report 'an open sore of corruption and failed oversight'
The Mulcahy Report was completed in June 2017 but has not been published, despite changes of minister and government

Tue, 20 Aug, 2024

Estate agent giving house keys to customer and sign agreement in office.
Planning exemptions could see vacant pubs become homes
In 2022 and 2023, 92 notifications relating to pubs were received by local authorities with the intention to create 295 new homes

Fri, 16 Aug, 2024

More than 100,000 properties in total listed as vacant and derelict
More than 100,000 properties in total listed as vacant and derelict
Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin has said that badly designed schemes introduced by the Government are to blame for 'very little' changing in terms of vacant and derelict homes

Mon, 12 Aug, 2024

Sinn Féin promise to deliver up to 50,000 affordable homes if in government
Sinn Féin promise to deliver up to 50,000 affordable homes if in government
The plan has promised to deliver affordable homes to buy at between €250,000 and €300,000, depending on the size of the property and its location

Thu, 01 Aug, 2024

Mica homeowners
Department seeks new building authority to avoid defect scandals 
The Government’s Defective Concrete Blocks scheme offers grants of up to €420,000 per dwelling to repair or rebuild them

Tue, 16 Jul, 2024

Real estate agents hand out keys to customers after signing the lease
Ban on year-long student leases to be pushed through Cabinet
Taoiseach Simon Harris said 51-week leases are not desirable nor affordable for the majority of those in third level education

Tue, 02 Jul, 2024

Housing Minister calls for increase to renters tax credit
Housing Minister calls for increase to renters tax credit
Speaking at a launch of new social homes in Kilternan, Co Dublin, Darragh O’Brien said the tax credit has significantly assisted renters since it came into effect two years ago

Wed, 26 Jun, 2024

elevated view of a uk building site
Department to consult Attorney General over amendments to planning bill
The department's decision to seek advice comes after a UN committee said the draft legislation fails to comply with an international convention

Wed, 19 Jun, 2024

Planning Bill signals a quiet coup on our democracy
Planning Bill signals a quiet coup on our democracy
The bill has no real safeguards or oversight from the Oireachtas on new powers, and proposes to limit the role of the courts in holding these and other actors to account, writes Attracta Uí Bhroin

Wed, 05 Jun, 2024

Minister's plan calls for less concrete in public building projects
Minister's plan calls for less concrete in public building projects
A statement from Peter Burke's department says that the guidance agreed by Government will "send a clear message to the construction, concrete, and cement sectors"

Tue, 28 May, 2024

Refusal to engage with Housing Commission report shows Minister is a tough political opponent
Refusal to engage with Housing Commission report shows Minister is a tough political opponent
The Housing Commission absolutely excoriated decades of government action and inaction in the housing sector

Tue, 28 May, 2024

Housing Commission's report a damning indictment of decades of government policy
Housing Commission's report a damning indictment of decades of government policy
The housing system is not working and a ‘radical strategic reset’ is required, the Government has been told

Wed, 22 May, 2024

Fianna Fail Ard Fheis 2023
Dispute stalls €2.5bn remediation scheme for up to 100,000 defective apartments
Around 130 management companies or individuals have applied under the emergency part of the scheme but none has been sanctioned for remedial work to begin

Mon, 29 Apr, 2024

Fianna Fail Ard Fheis 2024
Mick Clifford: Minister faces pull of past and future to address remedial works scheme
Urgency around the planning bill means the remediation scheme on Celtic Tiger apartments has been delayed, lengthening the wait for owners, writes Mick Clifford

Mon, 29 Apr, 2024

Flood warning systems should be further developed, report warns
Flood warning systems should be further developed, report warns
Storm Babet saw significant flooding in Cork in late October, and weather stations in the area recorded a month's rainfall over a period of 24 hours

Tue, 23 Apr, 2024

Stardust nightclub fire
'We are sorry': Simon Harris makes State apology to families of Stardust tragedy
Forty-eight people were killed when the blaze ripped through the Dublin nightclub in 1981

Tue, 23 Apr, 2024

Housing minister urges Sinn Féin politicians to clarify position on housing schemes
Housing minister urges Sinn Féin politicians to clarify position on housing schemes
Darragh O'Brien has raised 'inconsistencies' between elected Sinn Féin representatives and official party policy

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

RTE pay revelations
Letters to the Editor: Short-term lettings crackdown
When is a tourism minister not a tourism minister? (, Irish Examiner, March 19).

Tue, 26 Mar, 2024

Darragh O'Brien: Our planning laws must keep pace with change
Darragh O'Brien: Our planning laws must keep pace with change
Ireland has changed dramatically. We must deliver the planning legislation a 21st-century Ireland needs, writes Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien

Thu, 14 Mar, 2024

Darragh O'Brien accuses opposition TDs of voting 'to not turn up for work' on planning bill
Darragh O'Brien accuses opposition TDs of voting 'to not turn up for work' on planning bill
Row has broken out between the Government and the opposition over scrutiny of the bill

Wed, 06 Mar, 2024

New homes
Mick Clifford: Rushing the new planning bill on a wing and a prayer is storing up problems
The bill will impact everyone in the State and the haste to get it passed into law in its current form will create problems that will persist in the long term

Mon, 19 Feb, 2024

Fears that new planning bill 'will make system even more difficult'
Fears that new planning bill 'will make system even more difficult'
Over 1,100 amendments being tabled by Government and opposition for third-biggest bill in the history of the State

Sun, 11 Feb, 2024

Ryanair listing
Local anger as Ryanair buys up almost all homes in Dublin estate for staff
The airline confirmed it has purchased 25 out of 28 homes in an estate in Swords - near Dublin Airport - to provide affordable housing for workers

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024

More than 1,100 social homes stuck in planning system since Government came to power
More than 1,100 social homes stuck in planning system since Government came to power
When the Government came to power in June 2020, some 23,600 social homes were in the planning pipeline but 1,150 have never progressed

Fri, 19 Jan, 2024

Institutional investors buy bulk of a housing estate every 30 days
Institutional investors buy bulk of a housing estate every 30 days
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns said Ireland 'is no country for young people' due to the lack of housing

Thu, 18 Jan, 2024

Housing minister compares Eoin Ó Broin to 'snake oil salesman' on housing issues
Housing minister compares Eoin Ó Broin to 'snake oil salesman' on housing issues
The number of people who accessed emergency accommodation in October included 9,188 adults and 3,991 children. Mr O'Brien said this figure remains his 'absolute priority'

Wed, 03 Jan, 2024

4/9/2013 Property Signs
Group to help protect 'helpless' homebuyers has three months to report back to Government
The calls for reform came after homebuyers in Rathmoylan, Co Meath, were asked to pay an extra €60,000 for their homes by a developer who claimed financial difficulties

Wed, 03 Jan, 2024

Fianna Fail Ard Fheis 2023
O'Brien believes Government can still hit social housing targets just two weeks from year's end
In the first nine months of the year, 4,815 social homes were delivered, but only 2,642 of them were new builds, while the Housing for All target was 9,100 new-build social homes in 2023

Fri, 15 Dec, 2023

Elaine Loughlin: Now property developers are the victims of bribery
S Elaine Loughlin: Now property developers are the victims of bribery
The Mahon Tribunal, we hope, cleaned up the dirty practice of developers operating in a cosy relationship with political elites, but this week it came as no surprise to the housing minister that 'bribery' is still at play in our planning system

Sat, 09 Dec, 2023

Narrow Water bridge project
'Bribery': Dáil hears of developer asked to pay €500k to have planning appeal withdrawn
Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien and Labour leader Ivana Bacik were responding to revelations in the 'RTÉ Investigates' probe

Thu, 07 Dec, 2023

Irish Budget 2024
Cabinet to consider plan to repeal Ireland's Censorship of Publications Act
New proposals to repeal archaic censorship laws are due to come before Cabinet today. Justice Minister Helen McEntee will seek Cabinet approval to draft legislation that would allow for the Censorship of Publications Act to be repealed.

Tue, 21 Nov, 2023

Cork apartment development approved for Blackrock Villas under Croí Cónaithe scheme
Cork apartment development approved for Blackrock Villas under Croí Cónaithe scheme
The largest private-sector apartment development in Cork city in over a decade will consist of 274 owner-occupier apartments 

Sat, 18 Nov, 2023

Construction on New Home or Residential Building Wooden Beams and Sky
Darragh O’Brien slams Sinn Féin for 'trying to block progress' on housing
Housing minister quotes 'stark example' where SF politician objected to '208 social homes, two miles from his own home'

Fri, 17 Nov, 2023

Proposals for government-backed home loan for people looking to purchase vacant properties will go to Cabinet 
Proposals for government-backed home loan for people looking to purchase vacant properties will go to Cabinet 
Loan can be used both for new and second-hand properties or to self-build

Tue, 14 Nov, 2023

Darragh O'Brien claims Sinn Féin 'irresponsible' for putting forward housing amendments
Darragh O'Brien claims Sinn Féin 'irresponsible' for putting forward housing amendments
Housing minister criticises SF's alternative budget provisions on housing, which call for the scrapping of the Help To Buy scheme

Wed, 01 Nov, 2023

Housing Stock
Irish Examiner view: Housing on the right track, but still off target
Despite all the politicking, it might just be that Ireland is on the right track when it comes to building homes. But decades of underachievement have us on the back foot

Fri, 27 Oct, 2023

CC GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE
Cabinet clashes over offering Ukrainians accommodation for only three months
‘Heated’ discussion on plan for three-month accommodation limit

Wed, 25 Oct, 2023

'Unprecedented' housing budget is 'highest ever in the history of the State'
'Unprecedented' housing budget is 'highest ever in the history of the State'
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said the capital funding would 'ensure we can continue to deliver new affordable homes for purchase and rent at pace'

Tue, 10 Oct, 2023

Housing minister to meet European Commission amid 'frustration' at delays in Airbnb crackdown
Housing minister to meet European Commission amid 'frustration' at delays in Airbnb crackdown
Government’s proposals to bring about 12,000 short-term lets back into the long-term rental market are being delayed by Brussels

Mon, 09 Oct, 2023

Planning bill
Government defends changes to judicial reviews of planning decisions
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the measures would reduce the number of judicial reviews being taken, but that he does not want to see no judicial reviews being brought

Tue, 03 Oct, 2023

Free GP care
New proposals to widen access to medicines before Cabinet
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is to seek approval to draft legislation that will also address shortages in medicine

Tue, 03 Oct, 2023

Housing Stock
Mandatory timelines of 18 to 48 weeks for planning decisions
Escalating consequences contained in the Planning and Development Bill include fines and ministerial intervention through reviews if timelines are not met

Sat, 30 Sep, 2023

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