Number of homeless people in Ireland reaches new record high in October
Focus Ireland says many children now facing second or third Christmas in emergency accommodation
Eoin Ó Broin
Two-thirds of First Home Scheme applicants also availing of help-to-buy arrangement
Finding prompts criticism that first-time buyers now need two State subsidies to buy a home
New housing plan was written for ‘big developers’, Opposition says
Workers and families ‘have once again been ignored’, says Sinn Féin’s Ó Broin, with all parties critical of decision to abolish annual targets
Long-awaited housing plan to be unveiled against backdrop of fall in new commencements
Plans for additional €400m support from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for developers
What do we know about the Government’s new housing plan?
The delayed plan aims to deliver 90,000 ‘starter homes’ over the next five years. But how?
Sr Stan remembered as powerhouse of good who offered ‘hope for the hopeless’
Funeral Mass faithful hear devotion inspired nun’s advocacy, that ‘work had become her prayer’
Coalition to ‘blow’ €250m on apartments being built, says Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin
Party housing spokesman rails against budget VAT reduction on accommodation units under construction
Sinn Féin rails against Minister over housing figures
Party refutes Browne’s claim that State is delivering 50 per cent of all new homes
Families at risk of homelessness may have another chance to avail of tenant-in-situ scheme
Minister for Housing tells local authorities they can proceed with more acquisitions of properties
Where did Irish politicians go on holiday and what did they get up to?
Books aplenty on reading lists of TDs including Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin, Labour’s Ivana Bacik and Fianna Fáil Minister James Lawless
LDA will make only ‘minor contribution’ to housing targets in near term, report finds
Agency advised to consider private sale of affordable housing and land
Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin says he would not back Bob Geldof for president
TD has ‘points of strong disagreement’ with the Boomtown Rats singer and activist
How many TDs and Senators live in rented homes?
A survey by The Irish Times suggests landlords outnumber renters by some distance among the politicians in Leinster House
Homeless numbers hit new record high of 15,915
Latest figures do not include rough sleepers or unaccommodated asylum seekers
Legislation on housing for foreign nationals to be brought forward under plan
Possible move characterised as an attempt to solve a problem ‘that does not exist’
Homelessness: Number of people in emergency accommodation rises to new high of 15,747
Almost 5,000 children included in total, which has risen by 11 per cent since May 2024, Department of Housing figures show
A key social housing scheme is in danger of falling apart. Why?
The State has pulled the plug on a multi-million euro deal at the last minute, throwing the public-private partnership model into doubt
Proposed changes to rent rules will incentivise evictions, housing charity warns
Property owners group says planned reforms, set to go before Cabinet on Tuesday, would be unfair to private landlords
Rent Pressure Zones: Pressure on Government as it proposes to link certain rents to inflation
Cost-rental tenants may benefit from lower rents in future
More than 85% of planning roles sought two years ago remain vacant
Delays in planning process cited by developers, builders and utilities as big reason for undersupply of housing
BBC faces legal costs bill of more than €3m after jury finds it defamed Gerry Adams
Former Sinn Féin president said he took case to ‘put manners on British Broadcasting Corporation’
Sec Gen rejection of ‘housing tsar’ shows Government ‘shambles’ - Sinn Fein
Top civil servant Graham Doyle says he opposed term and not proposed role
Ireland could face anti-tourism protests without regulation of AirBnB-style lets, officials warn
Difficulties with ‘over tourism’ in other EU countries cited in internal documents
Councils warn building 12,000 social homes a year not feasible without urgent support
Association of local authority management says more staffing, better processes and more access to land needed if Government targets are to be met
James Browne broke Dáil rules when refusing to release housing data, Ceann Comhairle finds
Data refused due to commercial sensitivity with department saying it would be cumbersome to provide
New home starts are at lowest level since 2016
Department of Housing figures show number of new homes commenced this year at its lowest level since 2016
‘It felt empowering and worthwhile’: Singer marks three years of weekly housing protests at Dáil Éireann
Martin Leahy says lack of housing is ‘a failure on the part of Government’
Chronic inability to build anything big in the State is baked into the system
New Oireachtas committee needs continued failure in big projects if it is to function effectively for its members
Sinn Féin accuses Government of misleading public over ‘additional’ Uisce Éireann funding
€1bn allocation did not provide any further funding, utility‘s chair told former minister
Brendan McDonagh withdraws from consideration for housing ‘tsar’ role after Fine Gael blocks appointment
Tánaiste Simon Harris told Minister for Housing James Browne his party had been ‘out of the loop’
Number of people in homelessness reaches new record high of 15,418
Emergency accommodation users up by 11.2 per cent over 12 months to end of March, official figures show
State missed its target for delivery of social homes in 2024 by almost 20%
Shortfall of more than 2,300 homes on 12,930 goal, though affordable homes beat estimates in some measures
Single mother and children face homelessness following new tenant-in-situ scheme restrictions
Young woman’s landlord recently informed her of his intention to sell Artane apartment
Apartment scheme set to miss 5,000 target by huge margin
Just seven contracts with developers have been signed so far for the delivery of 870 apartments
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