‘Bristling with energy’: The Irish town regenerated by Covid-19Ballaghaderreen is among the towns seeing a return of young people and fresh ideasSat Nov 14 2020 - 06:03
State group to examine cost of tackling Celtic-tiger building defectsWorking group set up by department will look at scale of problem and cost of fixing itWed Oct 07 2020 - 15:36
‘For you. Ireland is standing still’: stirring words of Covid poem provoke huge reactionPoet FeliSpeaks says reaction to spoken word piece ‘lovely’ and ‘unexpected’Fri Oct 02 2020 - 13:38
Bridie Connaughton obituary: Passionate redhead with great sense of fun and mischiefFamily came to define Roscommon woman who spent time in Dublin, London and ChicagoThu Aug 06 2020 - 16:31
‘An apostle of nonviolence’: International papers react to John Hume’s deathHume photographed on front page of all Irish papers as well as two UK papersTue Aug 04 2020 - 13:26
Developer wants indemnity in exchange for €1m to fix faults, residents toldSandyford scheme built by Shannon Homes found to have fire-safety issuesSat Jun 27 2020 - 02:50
John Burns obituary: Keen walker, GAA fan and lifelong Guinness manLives Lost to Covid-19: Working at St James’s Gate for 40 years, he made many friendsThu Jun 11 2020 - 13:01
Cyril Fitzsimons obituary: A larger-than-life character who became a New York institutionLives Lost to Covid-19: Dublin-born publican fought in Vietnam and settled in the USThu May 28 2020 - 16:21
Fears over ‘swell’ in evictions due to rent arrears after Covid crisisGovernment passed emergency legislation in March to prevent rent increases and evictions for three monthsMon May 11 2020 - 01:00
Government risk reports warned of major pandemic since 2014Report from 2019 warned a pandemic could disproportionately affect older people, and place greater pressure on our health systemMon Apr 06 2020 - 04:00
Covid-19: Rent-a-room tenants at risk of evictionThreshold receives ‘dozens of calls’ from those told to leave homes by landlordsWed Mar 25 2020 - 01:00
My days of eating meat at every meal are overGoing vegetarian for a substantial time has opened a whole new culinary world to meTue Feb 25 2020 - 06:01
I’m happy I went vegetarian. I have no desire to eat meat againBeing a vegan is tough: have you ever tried to order a nut milk cappuccino in a country town?Tue Feb 18 2020 - 09:39
Body & Soul 2020: Metronomy and Róisín Murphy to top billKing Kong Company, Princess Nokia and Kojaque also in Westmeath weekender line-upWed Feb 12 2020 - 13:10
‘Refugees Welcome’: Bohemian FC puts Amnesty slogan on its new stripDublin club teams up with human-rights group to call for an end to direct provisionWed Feb 12 2020 - 11:51
A confirmed carnivore goes vegan: ‘I’m hungry, cranky and disillusioned’Niamh Towey has been experimenting with a meat-free diet. It’s not going wellTue Feb 11 2020 - 06:01
Going veggie: I have a confession to make about a ham sandwichIt’s so easy to forget I’m not meant to eat meat. And as for the smell of a chicken burgerTue Feb 04 2020 - 06:01
Life is busy. This can be difficult for a new vegetarian such as meChanging Courses: Resignation has set in for week three of my meat-free experimentMon Jan 27 2020 - 06:01
Apartment owner who paid €16,000 for defects will not ‘fix it quietly and go away’‘This isn’t just the developers who are doing wrong – this is the Government, too’Fri Jan 24 2020 - 11:30
Fianna Fáil promises €10m redress fund for Celtic Tiger building defectsAll major political parties commit to low-cost loans, redress funds and tax-reliefFri Jan 24 2020 - 10:59
So here I am, clutching my Happy Pear cookbook and crying into my dhalChanging Courses: After my pescatarian trial, I’m not sure I’m into vegetarianism, eitherTue Jan 21 2020 - 06:01
Going meat-free: I’m not hungry, but I do feel a little . . . emptyChanging Courses: My new diet has been tricky, but my shopping bill is far more digestibleTue Jan 14 2020 - 08:21
Time to embrace the challenge of cutting meat from my dietChanging Courses: This six-week experiment won’t be easy for me – I was brought up to recognise dinner as being something that included meat or fishMon Jan 06 2020 - 06:01
Dear diary: In 2009 at 17 I felt very much like a big fish in a small pondTen years on I don’t think I could ever have imagined how far I would comeTue Dec 31 2019 - 01:06
Politicians face calls to compensate tens of thousands who own defective apartmentsNew lobby group for apartment owners is seeking Government backing for scheme of redressMon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00
‘Invisible and fearful’: Are owners of defective apartments being ignored?Politicians seldom get past gates of apartment complexes to discuss defects issuesMon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00
Owners of defective apartments form lobbying group seeking State redressState redress sought by apartment owners from more than a dozen different complexesWed Nov 06 2019 - 01:59
Developer lobbies against ‘onerous’ apartment fire-safety standardsHines claims new regulations could add €11,000 to construction cost of each flatMon Nov 04 2019 - 02:33
SF tables Bill seeking redress board for Celtic Tiger building defectsBill aims to help homeowners by providing advice, mediation and risk assessmentsThu Oct 24 2019 - 17:48
Bruce Springsteen at 70: 13 surprising facts about ‘The Boss’How did he get his nickname? How long did his longest gig last? What was his dad's job?Mon Sept 23 2019 - 17:01
Housing defects are not Government’s responsibility, says MinisterDamien English told to ‘get your head out of the sand’ and help homeowners fix defectsWed Sept 18 2019 - 19:21
Repairing defects at Sandyford apartments to cost up to €10mFire safety shortcomings estimated to cost €11,000-€14,000 per apartment to remedyTue Sept 17 2019 - 01:41
Blackrock apartment owners face €25,000 bill for defectsSome apartments at Frascati Hall have rotting window frames and balconiesMon Sept 09 2019 - 08:06
Owner of apartment ‘not fit for habitation’ takes case against insurerEngineer’s report found severity of mould posed significant risk to human healthMon Sept 09 2019 - 02:00
How Ireland’s weak building regulations create dangers for buyersDefects in new buildings can leave owners in huge debt, with little legal recourseSat Sept 07 2019 - 06:00
Driving the bus is easy, but how do I turn on Radio Nova?As Dublin Bus tries to recruit more women Niamh Towey takes a spin around the Broadstone depotTue Aug 20 2019 - 20:03
Adventure weekend in Mayo that’s a bit like the Gaeltacht, but for grown-upsNo, not chicken Kiev and céilís – at BigStyle Atlantic Lodge, think water sports, delicious vegetarian food, campfire gigs and outdoor hot tubsSat Aug 10 2019 - 06:02
I'm obsessed with making the most of summer. Could it be genetic?Planning skills of a world leader are needed for all the concerts, matches and family barbecuesSat Jul 13 2019 - 06:00
Sometimes we have no choice but to let go of perfectionNiamh Towey: Things had been getting on top of me over the last few months. I wasn’t fully in controlSat Jul 06 2019 - 06:03
Developer gains control of board of defective Dublin 8 apartment blockCompany wants private owners to pay to fix serious defects in the developmentTue Jul 02 2019 - 01:00
Boomtime builds: Two decades of problems with Celtic Tiger apartmentsFire safety and other construction issues have dogged Irish apartmentsTue Jun 25 2019 - 10:10
Developer of defective apartments proposes family members for boardSherborough Enterprises wants to replace only private owner on the boardMon Jun 24 2019 - 02:40
More protection needed for people in defective apartments – MurphyReport urges creation of housing regulatory authority to tackle ‘huge issue’ of building faultsThu Jun 20 2019 - 20:37
Developer seeks removal of private owner from boardOwner feels he is being ‘bullied’ off board for questioning levying of remedial chargesSat May 25 2019 - 03:00
'Not possible' for State to take responsibility for poor Celtic Tiger buildingOwners of Dublin 8 apartments each face €5,300 bill over fire safety and balcony defectsThu May 23 2019 - 06:24
Developer says owners must pay to fix defects in Dublin 8 apartment blockFirm expects apartment owners to cover cost of addressing balcony and fire safety issuesWed May 22 2019 - 08:47
Apartment defects: ‘I feel like I’m living in Legoland, like it could collapse at any minute’Gabrielle Kavanagh is one of the owners hit with bills to fix safety issues at a D8 complexWed May 22 2019 - 01:00
Fire safety work ongoing at 24 sites, says Dublin Fire BrigadeCost of corrective action poses challenges for owners’ management firmsTue Apr 02 2019 - 00:30
Dublin Fire Brigade orders fire safety review at Sandyford complexDeveloper Shannon Homes told to conduct assessment on 632-unit Simonsridge buildSat Mar 23 2019 - 01:59
Building defects problem could happen again, says top architectOrla Hegarty says new-home regulations ‘not fit for purpose’ as developers pay inspectorsMon Mar 11 2019 - 01:00
