Olivia Kelly
Irish Times
United Kingdom
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Cost-rental schemes attract 400 applications in first 24 hours
Applications for homes in Dublin and Wicklow, significantly below market rents, remain open until Monday → Read More
Free public transport: How have other European countries fared after abolishing payments?
How have other places fared in the wake of abolishing payment for use of buses and trams? → Read More
Free public transport would mean just 1% reduction in car travel, says report
Eliminating fares for buses and trains ‘would be overly costly and incentivise excessive travel’, Ernst and Young tells NTA → Read More
Unused planning permission for thousands of apartments a social housing opportunity, conference hears
State now the ‘only game in town’ for developers, economist tells Focus Ireland conference → Read More
Planning Bill would cause ‘erosion of environmental democracy’, Dáil committee hears
Environmental groups argue that draft Bill would make it more difficult for public to hold authorities to account → Read More
Call for additional resources to meet ambitions of new planning Bill
System needs more “bums on seats”, Irish Planning Institute tells Oireachtas Housing Committee → Read More
Questioning CSO housing figures ‘very dangerous’, Darragh O’Brien says
Sinn Fein’s Eoin Ó Broin pressed Minister for Housing over discrepancy in 2022′s numbers → Read More
Report warns Dublin City Council against resuming bin collections
Councillors voted nearly four years ago to resume waste collection to combat illegal dumping → Read More
Bids to replace Ballymun shopping centre sought
Dublin City Council wants apartments and commercial development on site of building demolished two years ago → Read More
Time running out for dublinbikes advertising panels
Advertiser JC Decaux permitted to use public space for outdoor advertising for 15 years in return for bike scheme → Read More
Councillors to urge Oireachtas not to ‘diminish democracy’ in new planning Bill
Bill could erode local authority powers, councillors’ representative body will tell Oireachtas housing committee → Read More
Coalition under growing last-minute pressure on hospitality cost of living measures
The 9% VAT rate currently in place for the industry is due to expire at the end of the month, when it will revert to the previous 13.5% figure → Read More
Dublin City Council pays 40% over the odds for construction of social housing, audit finds
Public policy expert commissioned by the council said council’s ability to manage costs was ‘severely restricted’ → Read More
Work to start on 2.1km cycle path along Royal Canal in Dublin at a cost of €30m
Project part of planned 277km greenway linking capital to Galway → Read More
‘We know help is needed’: Paschal Donohoe indicates cost-of-living supports likely to continue
Minister says inflation coming down but high prices still having an impact on living standards in Ireland → Read More
Air pollution on every Dublin street mapped in 16-month study
Project Air View allows Dubliners to see air quality outside homes and throughout city → Read More
Dublin city councillors authorise legal defence of development plan
Pat Crean of Marlet’s constitutional challenge centres on decision to change zoning of site beside St Anne’s Park to ‘open space’ use → Read More
Council set to ‘fully defend’ developer’s challenge to house-building ban on site near St Anne’s Park
Pat Crean of Marlet’s constitutional challenge centres on decision to change zoning to ‘open space’ use → Read More
Two decades late: O’Devaney Gardens’ tortured route to breaking ground
Sign on site still advertises project as part of the 2000-2006 National Development Plan → Read More
O’Devaney Gardens redevelopment to start this month
Construction of more than 1,000 apartments up to 14 storeys to start near Phoenix Park → Read More