Housing Crisis Paschal Taggart: Building homes in council parks for key workers would secure Dublin’s futureA failure to provide accommodation for essential workers such as teachers, nurses and gardaí places the future viability of our cities in serious jeopardy
Politics Ireland amongst weakest in Europe for local government powerOnly three nations out of 46 in the Council of Europe were deemed to have local governments with less autonomy
Councils face spending controls to improve scrutiny of €6bn budgetsLegal ‘anomaly’ means local authorities do not have to reveal their internal financial workings which could disclose any weaknesses or losses
Housing Taoiseach pins €1bn housing underspend on local authorities ‘not performing’Leo Varadkar has been accused of trying to ‘dress up failure as success’ in his explanation of the housing budget underspend
Housing Councils who built no homes ‘must do a lot more’ – Minister O’Brien’s department fell short of its social housing targets last year, with 10,263 homes built, leased or bought compared to the target of 11,820
Work Keegan orders managers to clamp down on remote work at Dublin City CouncilCouncil chief executive wrote to senior managers in January reminding them that there can be no easing ‘in any circumstances’ of rules requiring staff to be in the office at least three days a week
Local Government Local authorities falling behind on new building inspections Figures obtained by the Business Post show that more than one in four local authorities are not on course to meet their targets
Housing Local authorities warned over enabling quarries to flout regulationsNational Building Control Office has told councils it is aware that some are buying construction products from companies not complying with EU rules
Transport Eamon Ryan says many local councils still think urban areas ‘pivot around the car’Less than half of the government’s 2022 budget for active travel projects, such as walking and cycling, has been drawn down