Vacancy, dereliction and demolition of existing buildings should be reduced, building group saysGovernment should aim for 50-75% reduction in vacancy and building underuse by 2040, says Irish Green Building CouncilThu May 15 2025 - 19:09
Construction Industry Federation owes €140,000 in derelict levies at €23m site of Dublin 6 terrace collapseDublin City Council is owed €140,000 in charges on Dublin 6 cottages that collapsed on MondayThu May 15 2025 - 06:00
Irish Rail seeks ‘maximum’ number of homes for new Dublin suburb, despite Uisce Éireann warning on capacityBallyboggan master plan should provide for ‘intensive’ residential development, Irish Rail and NTA sayWed May 14 2025 - 06:00
U-turn on Grafton Street toilets as council reverses ‘ludicrous’ closure planLast public toilets in city centre to remain open despite costing €2m to run over five yearsMon May 12 2025 - 20:36
Collapsed Victorian cottage in Ranelagh is owned by Construction Industry Federation have been listed on Dublin City Council’s Derelict Site Register since June 2023Mon May 12 2025 - 16:04
Plans for new Dublin suburb with 6,000 homes under threat from ‘constrained’ water supplyUisce Éireann says population growth in the capital requires the construction of a new sewage plantMon May 12 2025 - 06:13
Concerns over cost of Johnny Ronan’s affordable housing plans at former Glass Bottle site in DublinCosts of new apartments ‘very challenging’, Dublin City Council saysSun May 11 2025 - 06:00
Dublin city centre’s only public toilets to be closedReduced demand cited by city council in closure of Grafton Street toiletFri May 09 2025 - 06:00
Dozens of Airbnb-style lockboxes ‘shredded’ by Dublin City CouncilCouncil begins enforcement blitz to remove boxes attached to poles and cycle standsTue May 06 2025 - 06:00
Populists trying to ‘buy elections’ in Ireland unlikely to succeed, says Limerick mayorJohn Moran, State’s first directly elected mayor, urges Government to ‘not be afraid’ of Dublin voters and allow mayoral electionsTue Apr 29 2025 - 17:41
The €6m regeneration of areas around Dublin's Grafton St will begin in weeks. Here's what it will involveDublin city centre redevelopment was first planned more than a decade agoMon Apr 28 2025 - 06:00
Scheme to upgrade Dublin’s oldest flats at risk over Department of Housing funding decision Refusal to fund council’s regeneration plan as initiative would reduce the number of units in complexes Wed Apr 23 2025 - 06:00
Dublin industrial estate to be redeveloped for 6,000 homesMaster plan for 77-hectare zone opposite Glasnevin Cemetery released for public consultationTue Apr 15 2025 - 17:30
Councillors clash over Sandymount cycle lane after court clears way for changesCaution urged against return to ‘civil war’ in ‘leafy Dublin 4′Mon Apr 14 2025 - 19:58
Sandymount cycle path decision frees council from weeds of lengthy planning processCourt of Appeal ruling confirms Dublin City Council could pursue Strand Road project using own traffic powersFri Apr 11 2025 - 16:32
Sandymount cycleway can go ahead after Dublin City Council wins court appealThe council appealed the High Court ruling in favour of local independent councillor Mannix Flynn and Sandymount resident Peter CarvillFri Apr 11 2025 - 11:28
Living near Dublin Airport: ‘The noise, it’s overwhelming ... we can’t open the windows, it penetrates through the whole house’ Residents claim ill-health effects from flights with take-offs ‘every two minutes’ during summer monthsThu Apr 10 2025 - 19:03
Dublin bus routes move, paving way for traffic-free Parliament StreetOne of the final blocks on pedestrianisation removed from this Sunday as traffic changes continueWed Apr 09 2025 - 16:10
Patrols to protect Molly Malone statue from gropingDublin City Council to appoint stewards to discourage tourists from touching statue’s breastsTue Apr 01 2025 - 17:23
Workers try to convert Kinahan figure’s house to social housing but are ‘physically threatened’Seán McGovern’s house was seized by Cab in 2019, but Dublin City Council has been unable to renovate itMon Mar 31 2025 - 06:00
Dublin 4 residents waiting for flood defences as insurance premiums hit astronomical rates‘The year before last it went to €1,700, then we were told they were pulling out of the market’ Sat Mar 29 2025 - 06:00
Water system ‘in a desperate state’, says Uisce Éireann chairNew approach needed if goal of 50,000 homes a year to be achievable, according to Jerry GrantFri Mar 28 2025 - 06:00
Irish councils lack ability to plan big cities, conference toldCurrent planning system ‘facilitates dereliction’, says Senator Michael McDowellTue Mar 25 2025 - 20:34
Mary Raftery journalism prize winner to be announced on ThursdayTwo Irish Times projects among five shortlisted for prize named in honour of the late journalist and which recognises contributions to social affairs journalismMon Mar 24 2025 - 21:35
More than 100 tenant-in-situ applications waiting in DublinTenants at risk of homelessness cannot be assessed for purchase scheme due to lack of clarity on Government funding allocations, says council housing chiefMon Mar 24 2025 - 21:20
Joe Lynskey remains are not those exhumed in Monaghan, tests showGrave did not contain remains of murdered former IRA member or ‘any of the Disappeared’, says independent commissionMon Mar 24 2025 - 09:16
Firefighters tackle industrial blaze in Lucan in west DublinHouseholds advised to close windows and doorsSun Mar 23 2025 - 21:35
‘Match days will never be the same again’: Brendan Cummins, voice of Meath GAA, dies aged 76LMFM commentator leaves behind a rich legacy, says Meath County BoardSat Mar 08 2025 - 12:33
Derelict Victorian houses ‘crumbling’ six years after €700,000 purchase by Dublin City CouncilCouncil has had to halt redevelopment due to deteriorating condition of homes in PhibsboroughSun Mar 02 2025 - 06:00
Rivals actor Victoria Smurfit named grand marshal of Dublin St Patrick’s Day parade‘Legendary adventurous spirit’ of the Irish to be celebratedTue Feb 25 2025 - 16:07
Dublin’s €26m revamp of Victorian fruit and vegetable market to start six years after closure Regeneration of 127-year-old market proposed in 2002 to be completed in 2027Tue Feb 25 2025 - 06:00
Local authority to call to homes in illegal dumping blackspot in DublinResidents in Dublin’s north east inner city will be prosecuted for not having waste collection contractsMon Feb 24 2025 - 06:00
Historic Conway’s pub on Dublin’s Parnell Street ‘endangered’, says council Dublin City Council is assessing pub for inclusion on the Derelict Sites RegisterFri Feb 21 2025 - 06:00
‘Affordable’ one- and two-bed apartments near Dublin’s Phoenix Park priced at up to €402,125Prices released for first 66 State-subsidised apartments as sales expected to open in JuneTue Feb 18 2025 - 18:28
Waste compactors to be installed at St Stephen’s Green and Temple BarWaste compactorsMon Feb 17 2025 - 09:42
Dublin city cycle lane funding slashed by €16m National Transport Authority funding ‘substantially lower’ than in previous years, council saysWed Feb 12 2025 - 18:29
Dublin’s dumpers have ‘no sense of pride’, says council waste chiefNew legislation should make landlords responsible for tenants’ waste contracts, says Dublin City Council’s head of waste managementTue Feb 11 2025 - 17:39
Dublin City Council to ‘remove and destroy’ Airbnb-style lockboxes in citywide blitz Boxes attached to poles and cycle stands causing trip hazards, says council Tue Feb 11 2025 - 06:00
Dublin City Council to borrow €132.5m for St Michael’s estate cost-rental schemeSubsidised rent levels at Inchicore development to be known later this yearMon Feb 10 2025 - 21:37
Peter McVerry Trust drops six Dublin city social housing projects Schemes on vacant and derelict sites expected to be delayed or abandonedMon Feb 10 2025 - 06:00
Properties remain derelict after collapse of social housing deals with McVerry trustDerelict and vacant sites left 'languishing' following withdrawal of trust from construction schemesMon Feb 10 2025 - 06:00
Derelict Dublin: 10 empty southside buildings in a city with a housing crisisIncluding a 200-year-old College Street building, the site of a Kildare Street hotel and the former home of the City Arts CentreSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Derelict Dublin: 10 unused northside buildings in a city gripped by a housing crisis Including the former Coláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square, the former Guineys department store on Talbot Street, and a ‘shrine’ to Bram StokerSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Why are so many properties derelict in Dublin city centre during a housing crisis? Greed is far from the only reason so many buildings lie vacant and neglected, often in prime locations. A carrot-and-stick approach could help heal these festering sores in the capitalSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
More than 14,500 properties are vacant across DublinNew figures from GeoDirectory show a fifth of the buildings have been vacant for more than four yearsSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
How are buildings designated as derelict?Properties on the Derelict Sites Register are subject to a 7 per cent levySat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Dublin City Council needs €132.5m loan for St Michael’s estate cost-rental schemeConstruction of council’s first ‘direct build’ cost-rental project, in Inchicore, will run to €450,500 per apartmentMon Jan 27 2025 - 20:00
Rotunda building plan likened to ‘brick-clad cruise liner docked on Parnell Square’Hospital says large-scale project is ‘critical’ to meeting needs of patients but heritage group criticises impact on Georgian DublinSun Jan 26 2025 - 08:13
Ballymun to get biggest social housing development since towers demolitionAlmost 300 social homes to be built on land left over from Ballymun regeneration projectTue Jan 21 2025 - 19:16
Dublin city illegal dumping cameras to be operational by end of JanuaryCameras to catch dumpers will be switched on in north inner city, the State’s dirtiest urban areaMon Jan 20 2025 - 06:00
