Defective apartments: Owners to be reimbursed for remediation works as pilot scheme approved
First group of apartment owners to be reimbursed for fire safety and remediation works already carried out
Construction Defects Alliance
Approval of employment order will mean construction sector pay rise
Minimum hourly rate paid to craft workers such as bricklayers, carpenters and plasterers rising above €21 in September
Ministers overruled officials who believed €1bn could be shaved from cost of apartment defects scheme
Documents obtained by The Irish Times show strong official resistance to paying back apartment owners who had already remedied legacy issues such as water ingress or fire safety failings
Can we compile a list of who built the crappy apartments so we might consult it when considering future buildings?
Many boom-time builders and developers grew rich on the back of tens of thousands of shoddy and dangerous apartments. Should we not identify these people?
Leaking windows, mouldy walls and poor insulation: The grim stories of Ireland’s defective apartments
Niamh Towey led an investigation into the scale of shoddy building practices during the Celtic Tiger era and heard the grim stories of many owners
Defective apartments: Up to €2.5bn to be allocated to fix Celtic Tiger buildings
Coalition is preparing to sign off on a plan to address defects in up to 100,000 apartments
100% redress for construction defects in Celtic Tiger homes to be proposed
Darragh O’Brien wants the State to fund the works, which could cost up to €2.5 billion
Up to 100,000 defective Celtic Tiger-era homes may need remediation
Scheme to fix defects to be submitted to Cabinet in weeks following report of working group
Owners of defective homes concerned thousands may be excluded from scheme
An estimated 92,000 apartments built during boom could be affected by legacy defects
‘Invisible and fearful’: Are owners of defective apartments being ignored?
Politicians seldom get past gates of apartment complexes to discuss defects issues
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