Need for homes on State land is clear, but is it matched by the will to make it happen?Housing crisis: Land Development Agency says public lands could be used for 67,000 affordable homes, although big hurdles remainTue Mar 28 2023 - 21:37
At least 60,000 homes could be built on State land, long-awaited review findsLand Development Agency report warns big hurdles remain to unlocking public lands for housingTue Mar 28 2023 - 05:00
Reform of planning system to accelerate home building rejected as ‘unworkable’ by plannersLegislation includes contentious measures to bar residents’ associations from taking judicial review casesMon Mar 27 2023 - 05:00
Cartamundi owners received almost €31m in dividends from Ireland before closing Waterford factoryPost-Covid slump in demand for games and rising costs blamed for decision to shut factory and cut 234 jobsThu Mar 23 2023 - 05:00
American billionaire John Malone among those seeking exemption from vacant land levyThe media businessman wants to delist residential zoned land on part of his stud at the Castlemartin estate in KildareMon Mar 20 2023 - 05:00
Vacant site levy: Large housebuilders among those seeking exemptions on valuable development lands Companies are making submissions to council on the Dublin commuter beltMon Mar 20 2023 - 00:01
Varadkar’s new housing target shows there’s a mountain still to climbTaoiseach’s remarks in tune with others who believe aiming for 33,000 new homes each year falls far short of what is neededSat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
Irish-domiciled industrial gas giant Linde plans €72bn shake-up BOC Industrial Gases parent is abandoning dual listing in Frankfurt and will in future only trade in New York marketFri Mar 10 2023 - 05:00
Allow solar panels on agricultural buildings without planning, says Oireachtas committeeCommittee says renewable power ‘microgeneration’ on farms could be crucial support for agricultural revenues in the futureThu Mar 09 2023 - 19:00
Adare Manor owner JP McManus in the rough over tax on Ryder Cup landsBillionaire racehorse owner is looking for exemption from new Irish property tax due to preparations for the 2027 golf contestTue Mar 07 2023 - 05:00
Damien English’s planning error cost him his job but why has the council taken no action?Questions remain over Meath County Council’s will or ability to tackle to tackle TD over his 2008 applicationMon Mar 06 2023 - 05:00
Tesco to offer five days paid leave for staff subjected to domestic abuse Tesco said there will be no requirement for workers availing of the leave to submit proof of abuseMon Mar 06 2023 - 04:45
Vaccine trials: Reparations and consent not only points of conflict between Government and GSKClinical trials carried out between 1934 and 1973 centred on childhood vaccines and infant milk productsMon Feb 27 2023 - 05:15
GSK repeatedly rejected State demands to pay reparations for vaccine trials on childrenO’Gorman urged drug firm to accept corporate responsibility for way tests were carried out on mother-and-baby home childrenMon Feb 27 2023 - 05:00
Some of the biggest developers in the State seek to escape taxes due on vacant sitesHousebuilders Cairn, Glenveagh, Park Developments and Gannon Homes among developers denying liabilitySat Feb 18 2023 - 05:05
Facebook’s Clegg secured quick audience with taoiseach Martin over contentious electoral law reformDraft law opened prospect of fines or imprisonment for social media platforms that failed to complyFri Feb 17 2023 - 05:00
Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin seeks to delist dozens of churches and parish centres from a new taxProperties on the council’s list include a large number of chapels in the city and suburbsWed Feb 15 2023 - 05:00
‘Golden visa’ programme for millionaire immigrant investors to shut from WednesdayGovernment moves to abruptly close €1.25bn programme after surge of applicants from ChinaTue Feb 14 2023 - 15:26
Last-minute concession to telecoms firms after Chinese criticism of new law Phrase ‘high-risk vendor’ to be replaced with ‘relevant vendor’ in draft laws that Huawei believes are aimed at itMon Feb 13 2023 - 00:00
Claims ESB staff sought cash payments for key work ‘significant and serious’, says RyanESB says company took claims ‘very seriously’ and ‘committed to fully investigating’ themSun Feb 12 2023 - 21:03
An Bord Pleanála’s 15-person board down to six membersBetween 700 and 800 planning decisions delayed due to lack of board membersThu Feb 09 2023 - 13:34
No Government records on commissions paid by charities and companies for ‘golden visa’ moneyPayment of large commission fees to private brokers in return for investments and endowments routine in many casesWed Feb 08 2023 - 20:35
‘Golden visa’ scheme for millionaire investors called into question by officialsGovernment prepares to decide on future of programme dominated by Chinese participantsTue Feb 07 2023 - 05:00
Growing unease over Chinese domination of applications to Irish ‘golden visa’ schemeAnxiety in Government as all but 41 of 1,316 applications last year came from people in China amid geopolitical tumultTue Feb 07 2023 - 05:00
An Bord Pleanála internal report finds concerns raised over handling of cases have ‘factual substance’The planning authority has been in turmoil for monthsThu Feb 02 2023 - 05:00
Finance adviser says he was ‘wrongly smeared’ in Siteserv commission reportJudge-led inquiry into sale of firm to Denis O’Brien found process tainted by impropriety and not commercially soundWed Feb 01 2023 - 05:00
Senior barrister to investigate ‘matters of concern’ at An Bord PleanálaStaff told process required as part of the effort to regain public confidence in planning authorityTue Jan 31 2023 - 20:41
Siteserv inquiry witnesses face large bills as judge imposes cap on legal costs State will shoulderCap said to be well below appearance fees in complex commercial litigation before the courtsMon Jan 30 2023 - 00:01
Government facing a call for up to €1bn in additional funding to help build ‘affordable’ homesThe Land Development Agency has stepped up interventions in the housing marketMon Jan 16 2023 - 06:56
Numbers in emergency accommodation hit record high of 11,542 despite eviction ban New data shows a 26.8% rise in number of homeless people over 12-month periodFri Jan 06 2023 - 18:56
IDA officials anxious about impact of housing crisis on inward investment, emails showInternal records from State agency show firms’ perceptions of ‘unfavourable’ situationSat Dec 31 2022 - 05:00
Developer takes constitutional challenge over decision to dezone landDeveloper Pat Crean to draw Attorney General into bitter legal saga over future of his multimillion-euro site beside St Anne’s Park, RahenyThu Dec 29 2022 - 04:30
Government grants dozens of waivers from EU sanctions against Russia since start of warAt least 59 organisations have received exemptions since Moscow invaded Ukraine in FebruaryMon Dec 26 2022 - 01:45
Department of Finance took €750m in exchequer funds without approval Comptroller & Auditor General expresses ‘serious concern’ at breach by department and Central BankWed Dec 21 2022 - 05:00
Review of An Bord Pleanála calls for urgent ‘reset’ and measures to tackle caseloadStatutory review for Office of the Planning Regulator found ‘breakdown of trust’ in key parts of organisationTue Dec 20 2022 - 18:25
Former NTMA chief warns of rising cost of servicing nation debt of €232.3bnMichael Somers also critical of abolition of National Pension Reserve FundMon Dec 19 2022 - 05:30
Siteserv report sent to gardaí by company law watchdogThe report found that IBRC was deceived during the company’s 2012 sale to telecoms tycoon Denis O’BrienMon Dec 19 2022 - 05:00
Real test for new planning system is whether it smooths the process or leads to yet more disarray Recent history provides a salutary lesson in how planning laws can produce the opposite of desired impactMon Dec 12 2022 - 01:00
Resident groups to be barred from taking High Court actions against planning decisionsDarragh O’Brien push to deliver new homes to be aided by making it harder for objectors to challenge planning decisionsMon Dec 12 2022 - 01:00
Sipo faces calls to clarify ruling on Varadkar leak inquiryPeople Before Profit TD calls ruling ‘a poor decision’ as two members of ethic body dissentedFri Dec 09 2022 - 18:22
Conflicting evidence and the Sipo schism opened up by Leo Varadkar’s leak defenceOnly eight days before he resumes as Taoiseach, records show his explanations cut no ice with two senior ethics officialsFri Dec 09 2022 - 05:00
Watchdog ignored objections of top officials to reject Varadkar leak inquiryDissenting opinions revealed in ethics watchdog Sipo’s decision not to press ahead with inquiryFri Dec 09 2022 - 05:00
Investigation into whether Home for Life repairs carried outHousing Agency looks into actions of private company with more than 900 mortgage-to-rent properties.Thu Dec 08 2022 - 05:00
Mica: More market surveillance urged for concrete manufacturersQuarry audit by regulators sparks call for stronger scrutiny of sectorTue Dec 06 2022 - 21:25
Hundreds of wealthy Chinese citizens seeking Irish residency under immigration schemeImmigrant Investor Programme has raised almost €1.2bn since it began 10 years agoSun Dec 04 2022 - 20:00
Ballads, beers and Brexit on the bill as Other Voices returns to Dingle after Covid hiatusDingle sees thousand descend on Co Kerry town as queues form for gigs, coffee, pints and chipsSun Dec 04 2022 - 17:36
Huawei ban could cost €700m, business lobby group claimsOssian Smyth is planning to ban equipment from ‘high-risk vendors’ on Ireland’s telecoms infrastructureWed Nov 30 2022 - 19:17
Trinity College sets out plans to reopen Science Gallery after contentious closureGallery at Pearse Street had accumulated a deficit of €2 million prior to its closure last FebruaryMon Nov 28 2022 - 20:50
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees moved from west Dublin hotel Ibis in Clondalkin was housing 220 people who have been relocated in Cork, Dublin, Limerick and DonegalMon Nov 28 2022 - 19:54
Irish regulator fines Facebook owner €265m for privacy rules breachesIreland’s Data Protection Commission has imposed €910m in fines on Meta in 14 monthsMon Nov 28 2022 - 13:00
