Plans to fast-track the building of thousands of homes on Dublin’s Poolbeg West peninsula will likely entail significant costs in making good the high-risk contaminated lands, one of the country’s leading environmental experts has said.

Also, 80% of housing association tenants are happy with the services they receive.

Dublin City Council has revealed plans to build a new town in the capital.

Poolbeg Peninsula and the lure of its vacant lands has rarely been out of the news headlines.