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Michael Brennan

Political Editor
@michael-brennan
Michael Brennan is political editor
Politics

HAP renters to face anti-fraud checks and ‘robust controls’

Housing Assistance Payment oversight group says increases in tenant income are not routinely tracked and collated
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 19, 2023
Arts

National Concert Hall upgrade under review after €100m cost hike

PwC to evaluate renovation project’s value for money as cost estimates rise from €80 million to €180 million
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 19, 2023
Transport

Disabled drivers scheme gets overhaul after being found ‘not fit for purpose’

Government working group found the current scheme was overly restrictive and that a new needs-based grant-aided vehicular adaptation scheme should replace it
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 19, 2023
Refugees

Further training for LGBTQI+ asylum claims planned for Justice Department staff

International protection interviewers to receive more training on asking about claimants’ orientation, after concerns about inappropriate questioning
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 19, 2023
Business

Companies will have to publish salary ranges in job adverts under new EU transparency rules

The measure is aimed at making sure that women are not paid less than men for doing the same job
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 19, 2023
Finance

Paschal Donohoe calls for digital euro roll out to boost EU single market

The digital euro would be an electronic equivalent to cash, giving people an additional choice about how to pay
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 16, 2023
Politics

Charlie McConalogue the minister with highest emissions from St Patrick’s Day trips

The government is sending representatives to dozens of countries for the holiday
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 15, 2023
Housing

Family disputes are a leading cause of Dublin homelessness

New data suggests 40 per cent of homelessness cases over the winter have been caused by relations breaking down between parents and an adult child
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 12, 2023
Energy

Businesses get less than €4m from €200m support scheme

Applications from manufacturers were held up by delay in Department of Public Expenditure approval which was finally agreed last week
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 12, 2023
Ukrainian Refugee Crisis

Tourism compensation scheme still under consideration

Government may recompense businesses for possible €1 billion losses in addition to retaining hospitality sector’s 9 per cent special Vat rate
  • Michael Brennanand
  • Killian Woods
  • March 12, 2023
Jobs

Reform of work permit law will protect rights of foreign workers

Change will enable non-EU employees to switch jobs without needing a new permit, and improve pay and conditions for all workers in the sector
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 12, 2023
Politics

Councillors lobbying for increased pension lump sums of up to €100k

Councillors’ association asks for speedy resolution of issue in run-up to local elections, while senator warns of increasing pressure and burnout among councillors
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 12, 2023
Big Read

No vacancies: refugees need accommodation, but tourism industry concerned at the cost

With 32 per cent of tourist beds outside the capital being used to house migrants, businesses dependent on tourism revenue are under threat – and the government now faces a difficult choice
  • Michael Brennanand
  • Killian Woods
  • March 11, 2023
BP Exclusive

DAA in crisis talks to avert threat of St Patrick’s weekend taxi strike

Taxi drivers are unhappy at Dublin Airport management’s refusal to recognise their associations in negotiations
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 11, 2023
Housing

Darragh O’Brien tells councils to buy 1,500 homes to prepare for evictions

The government has extended the ‘tenant in situ’ scheme which allows local authorities to buy homes for people on housing supports who are facing eviction because a landlord is selling the home
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 9, 2023
Housing

Tenants facing eviction will have legal right to buy from their landlords

Landlords selling properties will have to first offer them to existing tenants and sell to them if they match an independent sale price valuation
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 7, 2023
Immigration

Nine out of ten passengers at Dublin Airport without proper documents allowed to stay

Immigration officials refused permission to land to 7,662 people at Dublin Airport last year but 6,765 of them were allowed to stay after they sought international protection
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 5, 2023

Changes in fuel allowance means test leads to case backlog

Department of Social Protection says 13,000 claims have yet to be processed, but payments will be backdated
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 5, 2023
Commercial Property

€15k cost of two publicly owned sites based on ‘independent valuations’

Wholesaler bought two sites in Celbridge from Kildare County Council in 2016 and after the sale J Carey Distributors Ltd’s ‘freehold property’ increased from zero to €1 million
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 5, 2023
Health

Head of UHL working as adjunct professor at Limerick University

Hospital group chief executive Colette Cowan has remained in unpaid role in spite of Limerick hospital’s trolley crisis being worst in country
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 5, 2023

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