‘It wasn’t a home – it killed them’: The young couple killed in an apartment fire and the safety defects that remainAs the remediation scheme for defective homes trudges through the legal system, the families of the 2002 fire victims continue to mournMon Jul 29 2024 - 06:00
Owners vote to accept builder’s offer of €150,000 to settle legal action over decaying roofRoof of one of the blocks at Hyde Square apartment complex in Kilmainham had to be held together with push/pull tiesWed Apr 10 2024 - 21:52
Interim fire safety measures urged for defective buildings Alarm systems, emergency lighting and increased fire safety inspections recommended to address defects estimated to affect up to 100,000 Celtic Tiger-era apartmentsMon Jun 12 2023 - 06:00
‘That would floor me’: Homeowners who paid €17,000 to fix apartment defects fear exclusion from State supportCabinet approved in January plans to fund repair of defective apartments but resistance in Government departments has left owners nervousMon Jun 12 2023 - 05:00
Leaking windows, mouldy walls and poor insulation: The grim stories of Ireland’s defective apartmentsNiamh Towey led an investigation into the scale of shoddy building practices during the Celtic Tiger era and heard the grim stories of many ownersSat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00
Cost of repairing defects in a Celtic Tiger-era apartment complex triples to €15mThe apartments first sold for €199,950-€425,000 in the early 2000sFri Aug 19 2022 - 01:00
Repairing construction defects could cost State €2.8bn as over 100,000 homes found to be affectedFailings present in up to 80% of apartments and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013Fri Jul 15 2022 - 03:00
Cost of addressing fire safety defects in apartments put at €17,000 per unitAmount could double when other issues exist, according to Government working groupWed Apr 06 2022 - 15:55
Owners of defective homes concerned thousands may be excluded from schemeAn estimated 92,000 apartments built during boom could be affected by legacy defectsWed Dec 29 2021 - 03:57
Landlords can write off costs of building defects against tax but not owner-occupiers‘No plans’ to extend facility, says Donohoe, as owners’ group criticises ‘discrimination’Fri Oct 01 2021 - 00:53
Apartment owners deferring repairs in hope of State help, group warnsAlliance urges tax relief scheme as it warns of ‘tragic consequences’ of delaying workFri Jul 09 2021 - 17:56
Fire defects at Park West apartments in Dublin to cost €5m to fixCrescent Building in Dublin 12 comprises 10 blocks of 257 apartments built in 2003Fri Jul 09 2021 - 06:04
Estate agents seek cash buyers for properties with potential fire defectsSherry FitzGerald says it is making potential buyers ‘fully aware’ fire safety work is neededSat Mar 27 2021 - 04:42
Housing defects group to examine fire safety issues in apartmentsGroup, set up in response to problems with boom-era homes, meets for first time on FridayFri Mar 26 2021 - 00:30
Covid-19: ‘Temporary deferral’ of AstraZeneca vaccine rolloutSome 30,000 people could potentially be affected by postponement, says HSE chiefSun Mar 14 2021 - 19:28
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Liam Harrington, GAA fan who helped build the World Trade CentreMayo man worked in NY where he met his wife before they settled in MalahideThu Feb 25 2021 - 09:00
Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker: How many people have been inoculated in Ireland?Daily updates as Ireland embarks on largest inoculation programme in its historyWed Feb 17 2021 - 11:00
Gareth Jones: Well-loved Welshman and former chief executive of Bon Secours hospitalLives Lost to Covid-19: He had a magnetic personality, says his Irish wife, EvelynTue Feb 09 2021 - 16:00
Widespread snow and ice sees many roads impassable with frost on the waySevere frost expected to set in on Sunday night, with icy stretches and freezing fogSun Jan 24 2021 - 12:39
‘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
