3 h. ago Nama chief is Government’s preferred option for ‘housing tsar’

New role will head up the Strategic Housing Activation Office, which is being established in the Department of the Taoiseach in the coming weeks

Politics

8 h. ago FDI firms love Ireland's labour force but housing and planning are a problem for doing business

A survey by the IDA has revealed the factors that are the biggest challenges for companies doing business here.

Politics

27 h. ago Tenant who says bed bugs forced him out of apartment is awarded €1,000 in damages

Landlord unlawfully entered flat, changed locks and removed man’s possessions, tribunal found

Events

42 h. ago South Dublin County Council seeks pass from itself for land deemed taxable on its own map

Local authority among landowners caught by residential zoned land tax

Politics

55 h. ago AerCap chief’s plan for 14,465sq ft house on Shrewsbury Road delayed by Dublin City council

Aengus Kelly and his wife Deirdre O’Malley want to merge two semi-detached house into one structure

Politics

58 h. ago Planning process ‘a significant barrier’ to meeting housing needs in Dublin

Planning process ‘a significant barrier’ to meeting housing needs in Dublin  The Irish Independent

Politics

3 d. ago All households to pay ‘small amount more’ under planned changes to Local Property Tax

New rates of LPT will kick in next year

Society

3 d. ago Planning permissions fell by more than 50% in three Dublin council areas last year

Housing supply unlikely to increase unless emergency measures are introduced, says Construction Industry Federation official

Events

4 d. ago Landlord ordered to pay €3,200 after tribunal hears migrant couple allegedly told ‘tenants have no rights in this country’

RTB body orders couple to vacate Cork City property and pay some €8,000 in rent arrears

Economics

4 d. ago Just 47 homes purchased so far under €150m State fund to buy vacant and derelict properties

Many local authorities have spent tiny amounts of their fund allocation, with under €7.5m spent across State so far

Economics

6 d. ago Swann urges clarity on Tobacco & Vapes Bill application in Northern Ireland

Swann urges clarity on Tobacco & Vapes Bill application in Northern Ireland  Love Ballymena

Politics

7 d. ago Record number of people living in emergency accommodation last month

Some 15,378 people recorded as homeless, including 4,563 children

Politics

7 d. ago Maser: ‘I fell in love with Ireland again. It offered me a sense of place and security’

Maser: ‘I fell in love with Ireland again. It offered me a sense of place and security’  The Irish Times

Events

8 d. ago Landlord’s visits to defrost freezer and remove dryer fluff breached tenant’s right to peaceful occupation

‘Hands-on’ landlord Rita Kelly is ordered to pay €2,000 damages to tenant

Events

9 d. ago Meetings secured with Intergration Department over Carna and Kinvara asylum seeker plans

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM Meetings have been secured with the Department of Integration regarding asylum seeker plans in both Kinvara and Carna. Locals have raised concerns over plans to house 98 asylum seekers at the Merriman Hotel in Kinvara. While a protest is being maintained at the Carna Bay Hotel – […] The post Meetings secured with Intergration Department over Carna and Kinvara asylum seeker plans appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

Events

9 d. ago Group maintaining 24/7 watch at Carna Bay Hotel over plans for asylum seekers

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM A group of people plan to maintain a 24/7 presence outside the Carna Bay Hotel, to protest its planned housing of asylum seekers. It comes following news a proposal to house 84 international asylum seekers at the hotel is now being considered. People gathered at the hotel […] The post Group maintaining 24/7 watch at Carna Bay Hotel over plans for asylum seekers appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

Events

9 d. ago Couple who felt ‘everything seemed to work against us’ when trying to buy Dublin home now settled in Berlin

Housing, quality of life and healthcare in both cities are ‘night and day’, says couple

Economics

9 d. ago Couple ‘couldn’t be happier’ after ditching Dublin for Berlin to buy a home

Housing, quality of life and healthcare in both cities are ‘night and day’, says couple

Politics

1 week ago Irish councils lack ability to plan big cities, conference told

Current planning system ‘facilitates dereliction’, says Senator Michael McDowell

Politics

1 week ago Fintan O'Toole: Ireland’s delightful love triangle is ending in a nasty divorce

Fintan O'Toole: Ireland’s delightful love triangle is ending in a nasty divorce  The Irish Times

Politics