Darragh O’Brien

Explainer: How did the Government come up with its latest housing target of 50,500 new homes a year?

The Coalition did not want to set targets it could not meet within the duration of the current Government – although Ministers would likely contest this

General election: When and how will it be called?

Taoiseach Simon Harris is expected to set the wheels in motion for the next general election on Friday, with votes to be cast three weeks later, on Friday, November 29th

What has happened to the cowboys who built defective apartments? Absolutely nothing

No prosecutions, no financial costs, no names and damn all shame

Mortgage to rent scheme extended to include higher priced homes

From Friday, homes worth €515,000, up from €450,000, will now be eligible for the initiative, as well as apartments or town houses worth €385,000

Minister for Housing ‘angry’ at rogue developers but has no plans to pursue them

Darragh O’Brien says it is a ‘great frustration’ that many companies to blame have folded and set back up again

Defective apartments: Owners to be reimbursed for remediation works as pilot scheme approved

First group of apartment owners to be reimbursed for fire safety and remediation works already carried out

General election: Stallholders and shoppers in Bantry consider their options

From public transport and homelessness to flooding and small businesses, there’s a long list of concerns in west Cork

Coimisiún na Meán ‘finalising’ decision on future of broadcast moratorium

Broadcasters and the Electoral Commission have called for it to be abolished

With 4,000 homeless kids in Ireland, why is the Minister for Housing trying to buy our votes with golf?

Darragh O’Brien clearly thinks there is no downside to him claiming credit for bringing the Open Championship to Portmarnock but it’s not a great look in the middle of the housing crisis

Housing output set to miss Government predictions as completions fall

21,634 dwellings completed in the first three quarters of the year, down over 3% on same period last year

Minister concedes Government’s new housing targets not yet set

Fianna Fáil TD says keeping Help to Buy and the First Home schemes would be red line issues for party in any coalition talks

Dublin ‘urban hellscape’ is a problem that exists primarily in the Government’s own head

As with an extra 1,000 gardaí proposed by the Dublin City Taskforce, many solutions offered for the capital are in the realm of magical thinking

Hard not to greet the Dublin City Taskforce report with cynicism

Five months and a lot of fanfare later, we’re back to where we started

Friday favoured as Coalition leaders confirm general election will be held this year

Taoiseach indicates his preference for a Friday election date with November 29th mooted as possibility

Building a two-bed apartment in Dublin now costs almost €600,000

Department of Housing cost study assessed cost of delivering four different building types in the Greater Dublin Area

General election in late November or early December looking increasingly likely

Taoiseach to engage with Coalition leaders next week to consider dates for dissolution of Dáil and holding of election

Taoiseach Simon Harris to ‘engage with Coalition leaders’ before deciding on election date after O’Gorman’s comments

Mr O’Gorman said he will be telling his Coalition partners, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste, on Monday that November 29th is ‘the date to go’ to the polls

Paschal Donohoe denies allocation of extra money is clearing the decks for general election

Minister told Cabinet of plans to allocate net €6.3bn to fund capital works, public pay costs and cost of living measures

Proposal to relocate RTÉ in GPO considered by Dublin taskforce

Taskforce report contains 10 proposals for initiatives to revive Dublin city centre

Serious questions raised about future of Peter McVerry Trust

Good work of charity for homeless not in doubt but ‘numerous key compliance and governance failures’ found by Charities Regulator

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