New ribbon development expected to bring 50% increase in one-off housing builds
New planning guidelines for rural Ireland to be approved, Tánaiste Simon Harris tells Fine Gael meeting
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Councils will be under ‘Damocles sword’ to use €1bn housing fund before it is withdrawn
More than 80 projects across most local authority areas will ‘directly’ lead to 86,000 new homes, Government claims
Developer facing jail benefited from Minister’s planning ruling on same day as sentencing
Sligo developer Cathal O’Connor faces two years in prison for violent assault on three teenagers
‘Political climate change’ of Brexit will go on forever, Varadkar says
Tánaiste tells Fine Gael TDs and Senators that NMH paused helped to reassure people
Grim diplomatic dance on Ukraine reaches its end with Russian invasion
Inside Politics: Widespread condemnation of Russian aggression in Dáil exchanges
Varadkar pledges to examine whip rules amid Golfgate fallout
Three senators lost Fine Gael whip over their attendance at golf society dinner in Clifden
Golfgate attendance not only reason Hogan lost commission job, Varadkar says
Minister of State says he has sympathy for those who lost jobs after ‘trial by media’ over event
Ombudsman needed to protect heritage structures, Oireachtas hears
Changes to law on national monuments sent heritage protection ‘back into the Stone Age’
Cork company Nexa acquired in deal worth up to $30m
Transcat buying life sciences-focused company formerly known as Cal Opex
Byelection tweet criticised by Fine Gael Senators at party meeting
Doherty reported to have said she was ‘ashamed’ of polling day social media post
An Taisce criticsed over €140m cheese plant appeal
High Court last month upheld planning decision for Glanbia joint venture in Kilkenny
Sinn Féin TD says party presentation on social media use was ‘stupidly worded’
FG Senator calls for German data commissioner to investigate Frankfurt-based system
Fly-tipping law to enable use of CCTV in prosecutions
Illegal dumping may be costing local authorities up to €90m a year
Councillors to get €8,000 pay increase soon, junior minister pledges
Government accused of ‘unforgivable heel-dragging’ on the issue in Seanad debate
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