Land Development Agency

From crisis-era mandarin to State’s first directly-elected mayor, who is John Moran?

The former lawyer, banker and at one time the State’s most recognisable civil servant has been elected the country’s first directly-elected mayor in Limerick

State must be ‘welcoming’ to foreign investors to meet €20bn housing cost, Minister says

Government is targeting 50,000 homes a year, says Michael McGrath

Missing EU climate targets will trigger €5bn bill by 2030, says Eamon Ryan

Seen and Heard: Ronan’s portfolio, Flahavan’s performance, Baldoyle landbank and Irish energy consumption

The Government says that two thirds of the recommendations of the Housing Commission are already in train - this is delusional

The Department of Housing’s reply to the landmark report was to say that most of what it called for is already being done, If so, why is the commission calling for a ‘radical reset’?

Housing Commission report – the building blocks for future policy or another house of cards?

An examination of the recommendations in the divisive report that are likely to be accepted and rejected

Two-thirds of developers say Government’s housing plan is not achievable

Survey of 400 industry stakeholders sheds light on issues impacting Ireland’s property market, such as housing supply

‘Ireland is good in a crisis but can’t manage success’, says crisis era mandarin

Former secretary general of the Department of Finance John Moran is standing as a candidate to be Limerick’s first directly-elected mayor

Developers warn on Sinn Féin’s plans to change housing policies if in power

Seen & Heard: Quintain in Land Development Agency deal, tech giants call for research cash, and finance bill deters EIIS backers

Ireland is spending big on housing. So why is the sector still in crisis?

The State is putting an awful lot of cash in, but are taxpayers seeing a worthwhile return?

Ireland’s housing budget: How the State is now spending more than €8bn to address the crisis

State spending on a range of housing initiatives has risen significantly in recent years as the pressure is on to increase housing supply

Almost 400 apartments planned for Dublin’s Grand Canal cost-rental scheme

Bluebell Waterways apartments will be on side of former canal water ponds in Dublin 12, used in the past to make Guinness

Labour ends conference confident of maintaining 56 council seats

Delegates hopeful for up to 70 local authority members, convinced the party always does better than polls predict

Varadkar’s economic legacy: a return to full employment and a woeful underinvestment in infrastructure

The outgoing Taoiseach’s departure speech gave an insight into where he feels his achievements really lie

Killinarden experience suggests building at scale may be a challenge for affordable housing bodies such as Ó Cualann

The Foothills project is far more ambitious than anything the Approved Housing Body had worked on before, resulting in responsibility for delivering almost 400 affordable homes

Affordable housing body seeks to sell interest in major south Dublin project amid funding shortfall

Ó Cualann Cohousing Alliance looking to sell its 400-unit interest in 635-unit project in Killinarden to Land Development Agency

Infrastructure projects ‘take far too long’ to complete, says Varadkar

Taoiseach says Government will allocated extra money from windfall taxes for ‘shovel-ready’ projects

LDA aiming to deliver 14,000 new homes over next four years

Agency will tell politicians today its delivery will match or exceed scale of largest Irish housebuilders

Planners are consistently a step behind demand when it comes to zoning for housing

Our public service appears to distrust the private sector when it comes to housing policy

Is it time to start building homes on Dublin’s main parks?

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Taggart’s plan to build homes on parks should be scrutinised by Land Development Agency

Proposal involves setting aside 10 per cent of major public parks in Dublin to provide housing for key workers

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