Darragh O’Brien

Mood ahead of first Cabinet housing subcommittee more taut than might have been expected, following interventions by Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Seen & Heard: CHQ building food hall plans; Government plans tax breaks for homebuilders; Erisbeg takes majority stake in CHM Group, and Dingle Distillery invests in upgrade

The only 40,000 estimate for completions last year, which was often quoted in the general election campaign, came from Deutsche Bank

Projects to benefit include Shannon Crossing and Killaloe bypass project and Coonagh to Knockalisheen distributor road in Limerick

Legal advice revealed ‘pathfinder’ scheme was not fully compliant with law

Darragh O’Brien to raise complaints about listed services not appearing or abruptly being cancelled

Siptu claims KWD Recycling deal is ‘economic vandalism’

Derelict and vacant sites left 'languishing' following withdrawal of trust from construction schemes

A third of first-time buyers receive help from their home-owning parents, so it feels like the system perpetuates privilege

Father had died in front of his family, says Sinn Féin’s Rose Conway-Walsh, adding ‘That is the tragedy of it. That is how urgent this is’

Cabinet expected to approve new ‘resilience plan’ for ESB to ensure the State’s energy grid is better equipped to withstand extreme weather events

Drivers claim O’Brien is not following through on compensation promised by his predecessor over the closure of Holyhead

As so often in politics, many ministers have been appointed not on the basis of ability or record, but due to where they live or how many votes they won

Simon Harris takes Foreign Affairs, while Helen McEntee moves to Education, making way for Jim O’Callaghan at Justice

What was essentially a pro forma day has descended into a fiasco

Fianna Fáil’s Mary Butler and Fine Gael’s Martin Heydon are among TDs tipped for promotion

Housing charity seeks ministerial consent for transfer of properties to relevant local authority

Who is likely to end up where after the confabulations are done and dusted?

Speculation intensifying six days ahead of formal appointment of new Cabinet next Wednesday

Levels notified mark 84% increase on previous year

Some 4,658 children are in emergency accommodation as Darragh O’Brien says addressing crisis is ‘an absolute priority’

Case not yet been made to add planning officials to Critical Skills Occupation List, says Department of Enterprise

State scheme aims to buy houses from landlords in cases where their plans to sell up could result in homelessness for tenants

Incoming Independent TD for Longford-Westmeath Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran among group of local representatives backing challenge

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien introduced regulations last year allowing some asylum seeker accommodation to be classed as exempt development

Fianna Fáil's outgoing Minister for Housing has been in politics for the last 20 years

Election 2024: Sinn Féin’s Ann Graves will have an uphill battle if she is to take a seat in the constituency

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council drops planning enforcement case against developer Bartra following legal advice

HSE has ‘completely disrespected’ Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service, council chief Richard Shakespeare says

Latest Irish Times/B&A Ipsos poll shows sharp drop in support for Fine Gael and modest boost for Sinn Féin

Housing is a central issue in this election, from building targets and government supports for prospective house buyers to rising rents and building defects

Election 2024 has the potential to be the highest-spending election of recent years

While plans differ between some parties on housing, the cost of living and taxes, all of them agree on a few basic tenets around housing

Election 2024: Third seat in Dublin Fingal West constituency likely to be fight between Greens, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael

Letter to ministers Darragh O’Brien and Roderic O’Gorman warned movements are having ‘devastating impact’ on children’s rights

Labour and Sinn Féin claim scheme has inflationary effect, increasing price of housing for first time buyers

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien wrote to Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin taking aim at the party’s key affordable housing policy and Mr Ó Broin responded

The Coalition did not want to set targets it could not meet within the duration of the current Government – although Ministers would likely contest this

Taoiseach Simon Harris is expected to set the wheels in motion for the next general election on Friday, with votes to be cast three weeks later, on Friday, November 29th

No prosecutions, no financial costs, no names and damn all shame