Housing News

Minister O’Brien Highlights 31,000 Homes Prevented From Bulk Sale in Last Two Years

By Ryan Harmon 6 July 2023

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, has published a progress update on the planning measures he introduced around two years ago to increase home ownership and restrict the practice of the bulk sale of homes across the country. The update on housing shows that 31,000 homes received planning permission with conditions […]

Council Partners Housing News

Sod Turned on New Cost Rental Development in South Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 27 April 2023

Mayor of South Dublin, Cllr. Emma Murphy, along with Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, officially turned the sod to commence a new cost rental development of 133 cost rental apartments at Belgard Square North in Tallaght town centre. This South Dublin County Council project represents the first standalone cost rental development by […]

Housing News

Social Housing Waiting Lists Fall By Over 36% in Six Years

By Ryan Harmon 27 March 2023

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien, has published figures from the 2022 Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA) which show a substantial reduction of 36.8% in social housing waiting lists since the first annual assessment was conducted in 2016. The 2022 SSHA shows 57,842 households were assessed as being qualified for, […]

Council Partners Housing News

Dublin City Council Retrofitting Programme Saves Tenants More Than €70m

By Ryan Harmon 2 March 2023

Dublin City Council would like to announce that up to the end of 2022, it has upgraded 9,186 of its social houses under the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme. This has resulted in an estimated 677,184 MWh of energy savings, worth an estimated €73.6 million saved in energy bills for our tenants. The Energy Efficiency Retrofitting […]

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2,000 New Homes Completed in Adamstown

By Ryan Harmon 1 March 2023

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD joined the Mayor of South Dublin County, Cllr Emma Murphy, South Dublin County Council Chief Executive Daniel McLoughlin at Adamstown to mark the completion of 2,000 new homes, including 800 affordable homes. Delivery of these 2,000 new homes, has been made possible with €15million of […]

Housing News

More Homebuyers Now Eligible for Local Authority Home Loan

By Ryan Harmon 9 February 2023

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, announced significant improvements to the Local Authority Home Loan that will result in more people being eligible to apply for the State-backed mortgage. The prices of homes eligible for a Local Authority Home Loan and income limits of those eligible to apply for a loan […]

Housing News

Figures Show Highest Annual Housing Supply in Over a Decade

By Ryan Harmon 27 January 2023

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, has welcomed the annual housing supply figures for 2022, published by the CSO this morning, which showed 29,851 new dwellings were completed in 2022. This represents a 45.2% increase on 2021, when 20,560 new dwellings were completed. It the highest annual total since the CSO data series […]

Health Housing News

Government Seeks Public’s Views on New Fire Safety Regulations

By Ryan Harmon 23 January 2023

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, and the Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, Kieran O’Donnell, have launched a three-month public consultation on proposed amendments to Building Regulations relating to fire safety. The proposed changes aim to improve fire safety in new buildings and support the

Housing News

600 New Social Homes to Be Delivered in Cork, Kildare, Monaghan, Sligo and Wicklow

By Ryan Harmon 16 January 2023

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, welcomed the launch of a further bundle of projects for new social homes under the social housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme, Bundle 6. This launch builds on the successful social housing PPP programme being delivered by the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), in conjunction

Housing News

First Youth Homelessness Strategy in Over 20 years Launched

By Ryan Harmon 10 November 2022

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, has launched the Youth Homelessness Strategy 2023-2025. The first Youth Homelessness Strategy in two decades, it sets out 27 distinct actions to prevent young people entering homelessness, to improve the experiences of young people in emergency accommodation and to assist young people to exit […]

News Transport

Gold Cycle-Friendly Award for Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

By Ryan Harmon 26 September 2022

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has been awarded a gold Cycle-Friendly Employer award for its commitment to reducing carbon emissions by supporting and encouraging employees to cycle to work. The department has put significant work into upgrading its existing cycling facilities and promoting cycling awareness and safety among its employees. Jill

Health Housing News

Ministers approve over €23m in funding for the Disabled Persons Grant Scheme & Improvement Works in Lieu of Local Authority Housing Scheme

By Jack Mullen 7 May 2021

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD and the Minister of State with responsibility for Planning and Local Government Peter Burke TD have today (7 May) approved funding of more than €23m million for the Disabled Persons Grant scheme (DPG) and Improvement Works In Lieu of social housing scheme (IWILs). Every […]

Housing News

More than 200 new homes get the go ahead for Dublin City

By Jack Mullen 16 April 2021

Dublin City Council has advanced the construction of more than 200 new homes in the city.  Under its Housing Delivery Programme, City Councillors approved the following key proposals at their recent monthly meeting: Part 8 Planning Permission for the construction of 46 quality new one-bedroom apartments for older persons. The scheme is located on the site of

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Peter McVerry Trust hits Housing First target in Midlands

By Jack Mullen 23 February 2021

Image Courtesy of The Peter McVerry Trust via Twitter The national housing and homeless charity, the Peter McVerry Trust, has announced that it has met its Housing First target in the Midlands for 2020. In its first year since signing the three-year contract, the charity has created 11 Housing First tenancies across the Midlands. Pat […]

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Planning application for Old Bakery Site at Cross Guns Bridge in Dublin 7

By Jack Mullen 3 February 2021

Image courtesy of @Emmett_Scanlon An application to An Bord Pleanála has been made for 205 apartments within 3 blocks up to height of 12 storeys at Old Bakery Site at Cross Guns Bridge. A summary of some of the details of the development are included below. An Bord Pleanála application An application was made on […]

Feature News

New Figures Show Record Decrease In Number Of Rough Sleepers In Dublin

By Nick Fitzgerald 20 April 2018

New figures released by the Department of Housing today show a record decrease of rough sleepers in Dublin. The Spring 2018 Rough Sleeper Count shows the number of people sleeping rough dropped from 184 in winter 2017 to 110 in spring 2018. These numbers represent a 40% decrease and the largest decrease on record. Homelessness charity […]