Maeve Sheehan

1 week ago | independent.ie | Maeve Sheehan

Revealed: The housing associations at risk of losing access to state funding as they fail to meet regulator’s standardsIssues around finance and governance are raisedApproved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority has assessed associations. Stock photo: GettyHousing charities and not-for-profits that have received millions in taxpayers’ funds for delivering social housing are failing to meet basic governance standards set by the new regulatory body.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Maeve Sheehan

Machine will not fit in the area designed for it, in the latest setback to projectSpecialist equipment that was due to be installed at the laboratory at the National Children’s Hospital was too big to fit in the space designed for it, in the latest headache to beset the beleaguered €2.24bn hospital project. The mass tandem spectrometer was recently procured for the hospital after the construction of the laboratory had been completed.

2 weeks ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Maeve Sheehan

A ‘would-be wedding’ and a funeral: Heated legal exchanges in coroner’s court over death of Irish farmerAn inquest into the death of Offaly farmer Joe Grogan has cast a shadow over his last daysJoe Grogan died in April 2023When Joe Grogan died at the age of 75 on April 15, 2023, tributes to the hardy, farming man who loved machinery and trucks poured into website Rip.ie. One friend shared fond memories of them working together in the farmyard, and his greeting: “Well, how’s life?”

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Maeve Sheehan

A ‘would-be wedding’ and a funeral – heated legal exchanges in the coroner’s court over the death of an Offaly farmerAn inquest into the death of Mr Joe Grogan has cast a shadow over his last daysJoe Grogan died in April 2023When Joe Grogan died at the age of 75 on April 15, 2023, tributes to the hardy, farming man who loved machinery and trucks poured into website Rip.ie. One friend shared fond memories of them working together in the farmyard, and his greeting: “Well, how’s life?”

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Maeve Sheehan

Builders call for mandatory 10-week deadline for water connections to speed up home delivery Uisce Éireann has said it needs more funding. Stock imageThe construction industry has called on the Government to impose a statutory eight-to-10-week deadline on utility companies to connect new homes to water and power, to remove key blockages in the housing crisis.