Niamh Towey
Housing Reporter at Irish Times
Housing Reporter @IrishTimes. Have a story? Email me niamh.towey@irishtimes(dot)com.
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1 day ago |
irishtimes.com | Niamh Towey
Michelle Courtney (56) has lived in the Emmet Buildings flat complex on Watling Street in Dublin 8 all her life, first with her parents and now in a flat of her own. Her mother died at 67 after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia. “I’d say a lot of it was down to the mould in her bedroom,” says Courtney. Her daughter now lives in the flat Courtney grew up in. The mould and damp has affected Courtney and her children’s health too, she says. “My two grandkids have breathing problems,” she says.
Reforming the planning laws: ‘It was never going to be a short-term solution to the housing problem’
5 days ago |
irishtimes.com | Niamh Towey
Ireland’s national planning authority is about to enter a new era after the 2022 governance scandal that shook the organisation to its core. In the coming weeks An Bord Pleánala will change its name to An Coimisiún Pleanála and a number of structural changes will take place under the Planning and Development Act 2024. The organisation’s 14 board members will become commissioners and they will solely decide on cases and have no role in the running of the organisation.
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Niamh Towey
The Housing Activation Office ran into controversy this week when Fine Gael blocked the appointment of Fianna Fáil‘s preferred candidate, Nama‘s Brendan McDonagh, as its chief executive. While the office has been established, finding someone to lead it is going to take more time, and the details of how it will work also appear to be far from finalised. One thing we do know is that it is shaping up to be considerably different from what the Housing Commission proposed in its 2024 report.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Niamh Towey
“The Housing Activation Office will do what it says on the tin,” Minister for Housing James Browne says. But what exactly does it say on the tin? The new office was announced on Tuesday and has been heralded by this Government as the great unblocker of the housing crisis. Its aim is to pull together various stakeholders in local authorities, utility providers and the construction industry to get more houses built faster. Are you a builder looking for Irish Water to service your site?
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Niamh Towey
Short-term letting platforms such as Airbnb and Booking.com could face fines of millions of euros under new regulations aimed at freeing up properties for long-term housing requirements. The legislation, the General Scheme of the Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill, was published on Thursday and outlines plans for a new register for all short-term lets (SLTs) in Ireland.
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