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Kildare McDonald’s to remain closed ‘until further notice’ as fire decimates premises

Fast food chain says 90 employees work at the Newbridge restaurant

Funding measures for homes with ‘extreme’ fire safety defects to be announced within months

Darragh O’Brien has said that any works carried out before the scheme is in place will be covered by it

Explainer: why are the country’s retained fire fighters going on strike?

The dispute is the culmination of years of unrest about pay and conditions for the country’s 2,000 part-time firefighters

Industrial Action

Retained firefighters taking industrial action warn service ‘close to collapse’

The action involving 2,000 retained firefighters at more than 200 stations nationwide is scheduled to last one week

New fire safety regs must account for modern construction methods - Dublin Fire Brigade chief

Dennis Keeley, chief fire officer for Dublin Fire Brigade, says traditional building systems have “undergone a vast amount of large scale testing which provides confidence and resilience” in the event of fires

House owners sue Victoria Homes, claiming fire safety defects

Owners of home built in 2014 got expert advice that their home was deficient in fire safety standards after noticing problems with cracks in the walls and water ingress

Stanley subsidiary Kitara in talks with Belmayne residents over defect repairs

Discussions focus on scale and cost of remediation works at troubled north Dublin apartment scheme

Regulator contacts planning body over fire safety appeals

The Office of the Planning Regulator has reached out to An Bord Pleanála over the very high rate of successful appeals by developers to overturn fire safety cert conditions

Property Market Analysis

Addressing rising costs is vital to owners’ management companies

Companies in all sectors are grappling with inflation, including the crucial function of setting budgets. OMCs are no different and, as Finbar McDonnell writes, getting their budget right for 2023 will be key

Government needs to recognise rise in risk of car park fires: expert

A consultant has said that the current regulations for car parks are “out-dated and ill-founded”

Ó Broin calls on regulator to examine high number of successful fire safety appeals

Analysis by this newspaper found 90 per cent of appeals by developers to cut building safety conditions were upheld by An Bord Pleanála

Revealed: Developers’ success in 90% of fire safety cases

The Business Post discovered that among fire safety conditions removed by An Bord Pleanála on appeal were car park sprinklers, certain smoke vents and occupancy limits

Analysis: Celtic Tiger defects scheme will cover homeowners who already paid for repairs

The government felt it could not compensate one group of apartment owners, while leaving another group with nothing

State to pay up to €2.5bn as 100% redress approved for Celtic Tiger era defective buildings

It is estimated as many as 100,000 apartments and duplexes are affected by problems such as serious fire safety issues

Warning of ‘mica-style’ protests if owners of defective homes don’t get 100% redress

As many as 100,000 properties have issues which need to be repaired

Grenfell: the perfect storm of failings that led to fire disaster

A new book about the Grenfell blaze details how some of the issues which preceded the London tower block tragedy have yet to be rectified – and examines the difference between legal and moral responsibility in modern capitalism

Kingspan accused of ‘dishonest science’ at Grenfell inquiry

Building materials firm engaged in ‘fraudulent tactics’ and ‘buck passing’, victims’ groups barristers argue

Property firm wins appeal over sprinklers in basement car park

MB McNamara Construction, which is building a six-storey apartment building in Tallaght, has overturned a sprinklers requirement despite South Dublin Co Council’s objections

Dublin Fire Brigade calls for urgent action at Dublin apartment complex

Hunterswood development faces possible enforcement procedures if all high-risk fire-safety issues are not ‘rectified immediately’

Grenfell inquiry: Kingspan accused of being ‘unscrupulous player’ in building industry

Building firm accused of making misleading claims about its insulation product K15, as module of London fire probe concludes