Planning in place for 80,000 Dublin homes, but work has started on less than half – The Irish Times
Planning permissions for new housing units in the Dublin area have increased over the last year but construction…
What would happen if Ireland followed Vienna by designing housing with women in mind? – The Irish Times
Gender is probably the most unnoticed aspect of housing in Ireland. Historically, and not just in Ireland, there…
Homelessness risk for hundreds of refugee families sparks exchange between Ministers – The Irish Times
Discussions took place in Government around measures that could be taken to reduce the “high risk” of hundreds…
Residential Tenancies Board chairman Owen Keegan resigns, two years into five-year term – The Irish Times
Former Dublin City Council chief Owen Keegan has resigned as chairman of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), less…
Habitat destruction in Ireland almost doubles without any increase in prosecutions – The Irish Times
Reports of habitat destruction almost doubled in the past five years without any corresponding increase in prosecutions. Figures…
Developer facing jail benefited from Minister’s planning ruling on same day as sentencing – The Irish Times
Sligo developer Cathal O’Connor, who is facing two years in prison for a violent assault on three teenagers,…
Lidl claims planning system is being exploited by rival – The Irish Times
Supermarket chain Lidl has claimed a rival is exploiting the planning system by initiating spurious objections to its…
DCC chief wanted ‘generational civil servant’ Robert Watt for €280,000-a-year secondment – The Irish Times
Dublin City Council’s chief executive identified Robert Watt as the person to lead the capital’s new regeneration authority,…
‘Powerful and heartbreaking’: A couch is what Ireland’s homeless children say they want most – The Irish Times
Sophie* (11) remembers the day her family lost their Dublin home. She recalls feeling sad at leaving friends…
‘Two of the kids can’t stay overnight’: Mother of seven on her overcrowded council flat – The Irish Times
Standing in her maisonette in south Dublin, Janice Maguire points to the small double bed she shares with…
Council’s Oliver Bond plans would have cost up to €700,000 per flat, housing committee told – The Irish Times
The regeneration of Oliver Bond House would have cost up to €700,000 per flat under Dublin City Council’s…
Department of Housing proposes fewer beds in Oliver Bond flats complex in Dublin – The Irish Times
Fewer people will be housed in the Oliver Bond House flat complex in Dublin’s southwest inner city under…