Planning Explainer: What is in the Planning and Development Bill 2023?The laws include new timelines for decision-making, a significant restructuring of An Bord Pleanála and reform of the judicial review system
Housing Varadkar: ‘We're heading in the right direction and will build even more homes next year’The Housing for All progress report showed that key legislation to increase the borrowing capacity of the Housing Finance Agency (HFA) has been delayed into next year
Housing Peter McVerry Trust bought nine Offaly apartments developed by former auditor Donal Ryan, who developed the units in Birr in 2018, audited the troubled charity between 2006 and 2022
Dublin Revealed: Dublin City Council spent millions in breach of procurement rules Authority hired additional consultants, engineers and architects on key projects, leaving it exposed to increased costs
Housing Big win for developers as O’Brien scraps ‘use it or lose it’ penaltyThe Department of Housing will now not introduce a clause to strip developers of planning permission to build homes on land that they fail to develop in the new Planning and Development Bill
Housing Pressure mounts on housing minister to explain source of ‘mystery €6 billion’ LDA fundingLeo Varadkar said the extra funds for the Land Development Agency did not form part of budget package as it was an off-balance sheet transaction
Housing Embattled Peter McVerry Trust requests more than €5 million emergency funding from stateThe Peter McVerry Trust received €38.3 million in state funding in 2021
Housing ‘We don’t know where the €6bn is coming from’ – confusion over Darragh O’Brien’s budget plansA fortnight after his budget day announcement, the Land Development Agency ‘capitalisation’ figure touted by housing minister seems to have dissipated into the woodwork
Banking Banks to offer zero-interest loans to mica householdsAIB, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB propose providing up to 15 per cent of a homeowner’s mica grant upfront
Housing High-level group established to oversee Peter McVerry Trust’s financial problemsFinances of wider charity sector set to come under scrutiny by homeless executive
Property Apartment owners need to take proactive approach on €2.5bn defects schemeOwners’ management companies must be prepared if they want to successfully submit a claim
Housing Hundreds of households saved from homelessness as result of local authority purchasesDarragh O’Brien said the acquisition of homes has been another ‘very important’ measure explored by the state since the lifting of the eviction ban in April
Planning Past and future clash as solar farm stalled due to presence of ringfortDepartment of Heritage lodged objection to 75MW farm planned near village of Creggs, to allow for protection of archaeological site
Homelessness PwC probes Peter McVerry Trust’s finances after ‘cashflow problems’Fr Peter McVerry says finances are ‘solid’ as an independent audit has been launched into financial and governance matters at the charity
Housing Construction of new homes up 10% in first half of the yearBuilding started on more than 1,900 homes in the greater Dublin area
Dublin Elected reps and council officials set for stand-off over ‘outrageous’ Johnny Ronan deal Local reps claim there is no guarantee affordable homes would be built across the entire Poolbeg development if the deal goes through
Housing €3bn mica scheme delayed as Donegal council raises concernsLocal authority has warned government it will struggle to oversee aspects of programme aimed at helping rebuild thousands of houses around the country
Housing Land Value Sharing Bill will drive up house prices Lobby group warns ‘unintended consequence’ of bill will be rise of up to €35,000 in cost of private homes
Housing Labour calls on Darragh O’Brien to intervene over Johnny Ronan Poolbeg dealNumber of affordable units in government proposal to developer is significantly below what was previously agreed
Housing Sinn Féin hits out at ‘terrible deal’ between government and Johnny Ronan consortium for Poolbeg homesLocal hopes ‘dashed’ by lack of affordable homes at former Irish Glass Bottle site in Dublin 4, the party’s housing spokesman says
