Land Development Agency

We could be having too much of an economic good thing

‘Dutch disease’ is when a bonanza turns into an inflation shock. State could yet suffer a mild bout of it

Plans for ‘transformational’ Apple tax money to be announced in early 2025

Budget 2025: €3bn raised this year from the sale of AIB shares earmarked for infrastructure and development

Harris lauds Land Development Agency’s almost 600-home Dublin scheme

Project at Shanganagh Castle, near Shankill, the agency’s first direct-build scheme on publicly owned lands

Decision on Apple windfall spending must be made before budget, Government sources say

The €13 billion from the Apple case will not be available to use until March, while further €3 billion from sale of AIB shares is also available

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Limerick mayor’s ‘great frustration’ over pay during his time in Land Development Agency revealed

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Glenveagh on track to meet targets despite dip in earnings

Home builder says it has completed 800 units of its 2,700 full-year target for 2024

Harris criticised for exempting TU Dublin land from law requiring ‘social’ housing

Sinn Féin leader describes the decision as ‘nothing short of madness’ but Taoiseach accuses her of ‘faux outrage’

From crisis-era mandarin to State’s first directly-elected mayor, who is John Moran?

The former lawyer, banker and at one time the State’s most recognisable civil servant has been elected the country’s first directly-elected mayor in Limerick

State must be ‘welcoming’ to foreign investors to meet €20bn housing cost, Minister says

Government is targeting 50,000 homes a year, says Michael McGrath

Missing EU climate targets will trigger €5bn bill by 2030, says Eamon Ryan

Seen and Heard: Ronan’s portfolio, Flahavan’s performance, Baldoyle landbank and Irish energy consumption

The Government says that two thirds of the recommendations of the Housing Commission are already in train - this is delusional

The Department of Housing’s reply to the landmark report was to say that most of what it called for is already being done, If so, why is the commission calling for a ‘radical reset’?

Housing Commission report – the building blocks for future policy or another house of cards?

An examination of the recommendations in the divisive report that are likely to be accepted and rejected

Two-thirds of developers say Government’s housing plan is not achievable

Survey of 400 industry stakeholders sheds light on issues impacting Ireland’s property market, such as housing supply

‘Ireland is good in a crisis but can’t manage success’, says crisis era mandarin

Former secretary general of the Department of Finance John Moran is standing as a candidate to be Limerick’s first directly-elected mayor

Developers warn on Sinn Féin’s plans to change housing policies if in power

Seen & Heard: Quintain in Land Development Agency deal, tech giants call for research cash, and finance bill deters EIIS backers

Ireland is spending big on housing. So why is the sector still in crisis?

The State is putting an awful lot of cash in, but are taxpayers seeing a worthwhile return?

Ireland’s housing budget: How the State is now spending more than €8bn to address the crisis

State spending on a range of housing initiatives has risen significantly in recent years as the pressure is on to increase housing supply

Almost 400 apartments planned for Dublin’s Grand Canal cost-rental scheme

Bluebell Waterways apartments will be on side of former canal water ponds in Dublin 12, used in the past to make Guinness

Labour ends conference confident of maintaining 56 council seats

Delegates hopeful for up to 70 local authority members, convinced the party always does better than polls predict

Varadkar’s economic legacy: a return to full employment and a woeful underinvestment in infrastructure

The outgoing Taoiseach’s departure speech gave an insight into where he feels his achievements really lie

Killinarden experience suggests building at scale may be a challenge for affordable housing bodies such as Ó Cualann

The Foothills project is far more ambitious than anything the Approved Housing Body had worked on before, resulting in responsibility for delivering almost 400 affordable homes

Affordable housing body seeks to sell interest in major south Dublin project amid funding shortfall

Ó Cualann Cohousing Alliance looking to sell its 400-unit interest in 635-unit project in Killinarden to Land Development Agency

Infrastructure projects ‘take far too long’ to complete, says Varadkar

Taoiseach says Government will allocated extra money from windfall taxes for ‘shovel-ready’ projects

LDA aiming to deliver 14,000 new homes over next four years

Agency will tell politicians today its delivery will match or exceed scale of largest Irish housebuilders

Planners are consistently a step behind demand when it comes to zoning for housing

Our public service appears to distrust the private sector when it comes to housing policy

Is it time to start building homes on Dublin’s main parks?

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Taggart’s plan to build homes on parks should be scrutinised by Land Development Agency

Proposal involves setting aside 10 per cent of major public parks in Dublin to provide housing for key workers

LDA in line for up to €2.5bn extra funding under plans approved by Cabinet

Donnelly provides update on €800m National Maternity Hospital project which has been hit by delays in recent years

Thousands of ‘affordable’ homes to be built with money from AIB share sales

Land Development Agency to receive another €2.5bn in next two years in plan for State-owned agency to build 13,000 homes by 2028

Housing development

Are we not all on the same team?

Land Development Agency pays Nama €44m for north Dublin land with scope for 2,300 homes

LDA acquires 13.2-hectare holding in Clongriffin with planning in place for 1,832 homes and scope for 500 more

Land Development Agency criticised for withdrawing from housing committee meeting

Government and Opposition politicians express ‘disappointment’ over State body’s postponement of meeting until January

Land agency set to get up to €3bn to build 6,000 new homes in next three years

The money is about half the €6 billion Darragh O’Brien sought from corporation tax windfall

More than 700 social and cost-rental homes planned for Cherry Orchard

Proposed apartment development will be in 16 blocks of up to 15 storeys

Financefair launches €150m fund for social and affordable housing development

Working capital aimed at ‘unserved middle’ will enable early funding drawdown, says Irish finance provider

Spending on housing significantly behind target again despite crisis

€4 billion earmarked for spending on social and affordable housing this year - only €1.9bn spent up to end of September

Legislation to boost Land Development Agency capital is easy - but where exactly will the money come from?

Source of €500 million ‘backstop’ loan to help build more houses far from certain

Government prepares €500m ‘backstop’ loan for Land Development Agency

Critical housing body needs temporary loan because original €1.25bn budget is nearly fully committed

Department denies ‘census town’ change will affect CPO powers

Labour Party says change to term by CSO means Act setting up LDA can no longer allow compulsory acquisition of certain land for social housing

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