Housing is a central issue in this election, from building targets and government supports for prospective house buyers to rising rents and building defects

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

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

Property owners face risks if they fail to plug funding gap, experts warn

Building Control Authorities here have the full-time equivalent of just 58 officers. Ireland’s councils simultaneously employ 74 dog wardens

Development in north Dublin, launched with fanfare in 2006, has been plagued with construction issues including pyrite

Severe shortage of rental accommodation on Inishowen peninsula affecting families who want to have their defective homes rebuilt

As the remediation scheme for defective homes trudges through the legal system, the families of the 2002 fire victims continue to mourn

Proposals to reform probate and conveyancing and strategy expected to go to Cabinet

When a property goes to market seeking a cash-only buyer, it’s sometimes down to construction, planning and boundary issues

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Latest measures do not extend requirement for sprinklers in underground car parks, Oireachtas Committee on Housing told

Government yet to appoint senior counsel to investigate defective blocks controversy despite promise last year

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien to seek Cabinet approval for extension of Rent Pressure Zone rules until December 2025

Roof of one of the blocks at Hyde Square apartment complex in Kilmainham had to be held together with push/pull ties

Many may have to pay large sums to make their buildings fire-safety compliant

The owners of up to 100,000 affected buildings stand to benefit from the measures, rolled out in advance of more comprehensive State support scheme being finalised

Taoiseach tells Dáil he and other Cabinet members ‘personally affected’ by building defects

Legislation is now due to pass in 2024, with payments set to be in place later that year — close to next election

Plan involves agency establishing panel of five or six private developers with whom it would work on specific construction projects