Consumers at risk from rogue locksmiths operating without licences, watchdog warns
Private Security Authority says ‘public should exercise extreme care when selecting a locksmith’ for homes or businesses
Private Security Authority
New Garda protocols to assess ‘suitability’ and training of eviction agents
Garda force criticised after high-profile Dublin eviction led to disturbances in 2018; sources insist same mistakes will not occur again as eviction ban lifted
Alarm monitoring companies should notify installers of faults, judge says
Watchdog could ‘impose duty’ on monitoring companies to send real-time reports to installers
Ticketing system will not be changed despite hospitality sector request for delay
Refusal of grace period for implementation of rules ‘very unfair’, says LVA chief
Bill aims to regulate private security firms brought in for evictions
Minister welcomes legislation to bring companies under remit of sector watchdog
Gardaí have no role in evictions and ‘need roles clarified’, says association
Agsi says public need to understand gardaí are only at eviction to police public disorder
Garda group defends role in alleged double-jobbing row
At least two senior members of Agsi decide not to attend annual conference in Cavan
Court order execution by private security firms to be subject of law
Flanagan to seek approval for requirement that private security firms register with State
Flanagan criticises TDs who liken home reposessions ‘to the Famine’
Minister outlines plans for regulating private security companies involved in evictions
Sinn Féin TD tells KBC bank his party will not stand for the eviction of Irish people
Two men arrested in connection with attack on security workers in Strokestown have been released
Gardaí release two men arrested over Roscommon violence
Pair were suspected of being part of group who attacked security workers
Roscommon eviction: Investigation begins into conduct of security men
KBC Bank will likely be asked to aid inquiry started by the Private Security Authority
‘You’d be a pariah’: Stigma and risk make evictions unpopular in security sector
Financial reward not enough for many firms which fear reputational damage of videos on social media
McGanns who returned to family house have the same legal status as protesters
‘You only have to look at the hate for gardaí on Facebook this week’
Roscommon eviction: Flanagan says ‘violence is never justified’
Three men working for private security firm hospitalised after melee at repossessed house
Masked men and angle grinders: How not to repossess a property
‘Asset recovery’ specialists say they do their best work early in the day in a low-key style
State spent almost €4m on property that was never used
Comptroller & Auditor General finds Dublin building was leased but not occupied
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