Repairing defects at Sandyford apartments to cost up to €10mFire safety shortcomings estimated to cost €11,000-€14,000 per apartment to remedyTue Sept 17 2019 - 01:41
Blackrock apartment owners face €25,000 bill for defectsSome apartments at Frascati Hall have rotting window frames and balconiesMon Sept 09 2019 - 08:06
Owner of apartment ‘not fit for habitation’ takes case against insurerEngineer’s report found severity of mould posed significant risk to human healthMon Sept 09 2019 - 02:00
How Ireland’s weak building regulations create dangers for buyersDefects in new buildings can leave owners in huge debt, with little legal recourseSat Sept 07 2019 - 06:00
Driving the bus is easy, but how do I turn on Radio Nova?As Dublin Bus tries to recruit more women Niamh Towey takes a spin around the Broadstone depotTue Aug 20 2019 - 20:03
Adventure weekend in Mayo that’s a bit like the Gaeltacht, but for grown-upsNo, not chicken Kiev and céilís – at BigStyle Atlantic Lodge, think water sports, delicious vegetarian food, campfire gigs and outdoor hot tubsSat Aug 10 2019 - 06:02
I'm obsessed with making the most of summer. Could it be genetic?Planning skills of a world leader are needed for all the concerts, matches and family barbecuesSat Jul 13 2019 - 06:00
Sometimes we have no choice but to let go of perfectionNiamh Towey: Things had been getting on top of me over the last few months. I wasn’t fully in controlSat Jul 06 2019 - 06:03
Developer gains control of board of defective Dublin 8 apartment blockCompany wants private owners to pay to fix serious defects in the developmentTue Jul 02 2019 - 01:00
Boomtime builds: Two decades of problems with Celtic Tiger apartmentsFire safety and other construction issues have dogged Irish apartmentsTue Jun 25 2019 - 10:10
Developer of defective apartments proposes family members for boardSherborough Enterprises wants to replace only private owner on the boardMon Jun 24 2019 - 02:40
More protection needed for people in defective apartments – MurphyReport urges creation of housing regulatory authority to tackle ‘huge issue’ of building faultsThu Jun 20 2019 - 20:37
Developer seeks removal of private owner from boardOwner feels he is being ‘bullied’ off board for questioning levying of remedial chargesSat May 25 2019 - 03:00
'Not possible' for State to take responsibility for poor Celtic Tiger buildingOwners of Dublin 8 apartments each face €5,300 bill over fire safety and balcony defectsThu May 23 2019 - 06:24
Developer says owners must pay to fix defects in Dublin 8 apartment blockFirm expects apartment owners to cover cost of addressing balcony and fire safety issuesWed May 22 2019 - 08:47
Apartment defects: ‘I feel like I’m living in Legoland, like it could collapse at any minute’Gabrielle Kavanagh is one of the owners hit with bills to fix safety issues at a D8 complexWed May 22 2019 - 01:00
Fire safety work ongoing at 24 sites, says Dublin Fire BrigadeCost of corrective action poses challenges for owners’ management firmsTue Apr 02 2019 - 00:30
Dublin Fire Brigade orders fire safety review at Sandyford complexDeveloper Shannon Homes told to conduct assessment on 632-unit Simonsridge buildSat Mar 23 2019 - 01:59
Building defects problem could happen again, says top architectOrla Hegarty says new-home regulations ‘not fit for purpose’ as developers pay inspectorsMon Mar 11 2019 - 01:00
State wary of taking on ‘open-ended liability’ of fixing building defectsEoghan Murphy says such a move would put taxpayers at risk and potentially let off buildersTue Mar 05 2019 - 18:37
Support urged for homeowners hit by defects in boom-era buildsGreen Party TD says issues identified by Irish Times investigation ‘an enormous public safety issue’Mon Mar 04 2019 - 15:33
Repairs to roof of Kilmainham apartment block to cost owners €10,900 eachSurvey revealed extensive roof problems and fire safety issues at Hyde SquareMon Mar 04 2019 - 02:05
Boom-era apartment owners left with large bills to fix defectsResidents in four Celtic Tiger-era developments face steep bills, eviction and costly litigationMon Mar 04 2019 - 02:01
Apartment owners face €826,000 bill to fix fire-safety defectsTenants in Dublin 13 block call for State funding to fix Celtic-Tiger era building defectsMon Mar 04 2019 - 02:00
Do you know of a building with serious defects? Tell us about itFire safety issues and structural defects are common in many boomtime apartmentsMon Mar 04 2019 - 02:00
This day last year it was 18 degrees colder as Beast from the East struckOne Year On: Winter storm of 2018 delivered more snow than seen in decadesThu Feb 28 2019 - 15:20
Rooskey residents insist they are not anti-migrantDirect provision centre opposed on grounds ‘village has no services or facilities for them’Wed Feb 13 2019 - 00:26
Deals on wheels: How to save thousands by buying a car in Northern IrelandPricewatch: Making the trip up North to buy a car can be worth it – but go well-preparedTue Jan 29 2019 - 11:28
How common are fire safety issues in Irish apartments?Q&A: St James’s Wood is far from the only development with serious fire safety issuesWed Dec 19 2018 - 12:39
Fire safety bill on way for residents in Dublin 8 apartment complexCommunity to remain in homes for Christmas but remedial costs set to hit €1.78mTue Dec 18 2018 - 16:11
Fire officer to make decision on defective Dublin 8 apartmentsResidents fear block will be closed down but building ‘unlikely’ to be evacuated quicklyTue Dec 18 2018 - 00:14
Fire safety issues ‘present in many boomtime apartments’Kilmainham complex just one of many Celtic Tiger blocks with issues, surveyor saysMon Dec 17 2018 - 13:13
Dublin apartment owners face €3m bill after fire risks foundSt James’s Wood, in Kilmainham, not built to fire-safety certificate requirementsMon Dec 17 2018 - 01:00
Catalogue of fire-safety issues leaves owners facing bills of up to €26,000St James’s Wood complex built by respected Cosgrave Property Group in 2000Mon Dec 17 2018 - 01:00
Delays at Dublin Airport after radar system causes standstillFlights resume after temporary suspension on Saturday morningSat Nov 24 2018 - 12:41
‘People in Ireland are very, let’s say, lax with time commitments’New to the Parish: Filip Klubicka arrived in Ireland in August 2017Wed Nov 07 2018 - 06:00
‘The worst thing about Ireland? Dublin Bus!’New to the Parish: Daniela Vindisova from Slovakia came to Ireland in 2016Wed Oct 24 2018 - 06:00
Storm Ophelia caused almost €70m worth of damageThree deaths, €45m insurance claims and a tree nursery faced with disasterSun Oct 14 2018 - 12:55
Storm Ophelia: ‘It was like someone got into a bad mood and smashed the whole place’One year on: Owner of Co Cork tree nursery says it will a decade to build his stock back upSun Oct 14 2018 - 09:00
‘The Importance of Being Aisling’: the model modern Irish womanAisling’s complexity offers a genuine reflection of the modern Irish womanSat Sept 22 2018 - 06:00
Galway family has ‘wonderful reunion’ with au pair after 2017 prison stayPaloma Aparezida Silva-Carvalho jailed last year after being denied entry for holidaySun Sept 09 2018 - 09:00
Almost 4,000 denied entry to Ireland in 2017Dedicated immigration detention centre at Dublin Airport still not completedSun Sept 09 2018 - 09:00
Solitary car journeys leave me feeling like a new womanNiamh Towey: We need time to ourselves to try to piece together all of life’s big puzzlesFri Aug 31 2018 - 06:00
Pope’s Skoda car given to Mater Dei homeless hub in DrumcondraStaff will use car to help homeless families move to long term accommodationMon Aug 27 2018 - 14:27
Papal visit to Ireland: protest over clerical child sexual abuseFormer resident at Nazareth House calls on pope to do something for the survivorsSat Aug 25 2018 - 12:46
Goodbye summer: Wish I hadn't complained about those long sweaty nightsNiamh Towey: It felt like the summers Bruce Springsteen and Don McLean wrote aboutFri Aug 24 2018 - 09:35
Rose of Tralee review: ‘We need to look past the colour of our skin’TV Review: The Rose of Tralee has been slow to accept the reality of modern IrelandTue Aug 21 2018 - 23:50
Lisbon & the Algarve: the sights, the history, the wine and the foodBalance Lisbon’s city buzz with a seaside rest in the Algarve for the perfect holidaySat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00
I’m sad that so many of my clever, talented friends had to leave IrelandNiamh Towey: Maybe someday we’ll do a better job of holding on to our own peopleFri Aug 17 2018 - 14:31
Playing my first Gaelic football match at 25Niamh Towey: Playing my first football match made me feel more alive than everFri Aug 10 2018 - 06:00
