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Construction inflation to carry mica redress costs over €3bn

New estimates from an expert group show a rise of up to 15% in the cost of rebuilding houses damaged by mica, pyrite and other materials

Mica homeowners unable to claim energy grants after red tape row

Property owners trying to bring their houses up to modern standards have been locked out of the state’s retrofit scheme

Donegal council refused to engage in talks on €3bn mica scheme over confidentiality term

Local authority has refused to participate in a review of the rules underpinning the scheme because senior executives were told not to share the document with elected councillors

Campaigners say 100% Celtic Tiger redress shows ‘discrimination’ against mica homeowners

Mica Action Group says €2.5 billion scheme for up to 100,000 apartments is more comprehensive than scheme for those in Donegal, Mayo and elsewhere

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

Building watchdog criticises regulatory ‘opt out’ for mica rebuilds using state grants

State agency in charge of building regulation criticises exemption to construction rules that may allow some homeowners to rebuild their houses without having to properly adhere to building regulations

Mica: After a year of ‘stagnation and paralysis’, should homeowners expect more of the same this year?

Homeowners, frustrated by delays and roadblocks to the scheme to fix their houses, will be hoping for more movement in the next 12 months

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‘Nobody begrudges them this victory’ – how the state changed tack on Donegal’s worst mica homes

After weeks of calls from homeowners and councillors, the Department of Housing last week finally intervened to help the mica families worst hit by defective blocks. Here’s how it happened

State removed criticism over quarries’ part in mica scandal

Criticisms of Donegal quarries and poor regulation of sector in draft report were taken out before official version published

State to make emergency accommodation costs available to worst-hit mica families

Department of Housing to give homeowners in worst situations access to €15k, following Business Post report on families in houses severely damaged by defective blocks

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State plans free legal aid for environmental cases; Eamon Ryan rebukes local councils

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Mica: Expert group warns more funding needed to better regulate concrete products

New audit published by the government, which has been delayed by months, says government needs to spend more on overseeing quarries

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Mica: Council seeks meeting with Minister as pressure grows over worst-impacted homes

Donegal County Council has written to Darragh O’Brien, the Housing Minister, about the ‘seriousness’ of the situation for some homeowners in homes severely damaged by defective concrete blocks

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

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No role for RTB in short-term letting, new mica setback, Ryanair’s O’Leary slams Eamon Ryan – again

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Hundreds of mica homeowners forced to wait until next year for redress grant eligibility

Donegal County Council tells 400 impacted homeowners application for redress won’t be processed until January

‘There's days I phone my daughter and cry’: Worst mica-hit families face an unsafe winter

The government has been warned that 10 families in homes built by hazardous blocks need to move for their safety. But can anything be done to get them into emergency accommodation?

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Mica homeowners in new property tax row; DPC puts Twitter under the microscope

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