James Browne

James Browne has little power to fix the housing crisis. The status quo is in charge

Housing gets enormous amounts of money and endless new initiatives. But it has never had an alignment of power and responsibility

Fianna Fáil says salary for head of Housing Activation Office will not be ‘anywhere near’ €430,000

Party TD Seamus McGrath does not accept the appointment has been ‘botched’

There is a crisis of accountability at the top of the Irish public service

We call housing a ‘crisis’ but don’t deal with it that way

Miriam Lord’s week: A tsar has not been born and they need to get this tshitshow off the road

James Browne talks up his A-Team, TDs watch the pros in action while Pa Daly delights in saying nothing

100 days of Government and very little to show

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Ires chief executive favours ‘simple’ rent-cap increase under Government review

Eddie Byrne warns of complications tied to reference rent system

Brendan McDonagh withdraws from consideration for housing ‘tsar’ role after Fine Gael blocks appointment

Tánaiste Simon Harris told Minister for Housing James Browne his party had been ‘out of the loop’

Housing ‘tsar’ salary might be lower than €430,000, say Government sources

Brendan McDonagh might be paid less than he earns at Nama if appointed head of Housing Activation Office

What will the Housing Activation Office – and possible chief executive Brendan McDonagh – do?

Housing Activation Office intended to speed up housing by bringing in local authorities, developers and utilities

Coalition leaders stop short of endorsing Minister’s call for Nama boss as housing ‘tsar’

Nama chief Brendan McDonagh has been identified to role, though not formally appointed

Martin and Harris: how is the Coalition working?

The Government faces a big challenge with trade and the economy, but the bigger fears are around chronic problems – most acutely, in housing

Plans for stronger ‘stop-and-search’ powers for gardaí despite department report casting doubt on effectiveness

Report commissioned by Department of Justice found such powers had ‘huge potential’ to create public resentment

Final report into ‘Grace’ abuse allegations due to be published on Tuesday

Darragh O’Brien to bring forward delayed climate action plan for this year including retrofitting allocation of almost €550m

Housing Minister James Browne: ‘If we don’t get this right over the next four to seven months, we’re going to be in serious, serious trouble’

The solution to Ireland’s housing crisis is ‘more supply and it is my job to get that supply moving’, says the Minister for Housing as he answers questions about how he intends to do that

Planned ban on Airbnb-type lettings in rural communities prompts concern

Tourism sector critical to jobs and economic growth in many rural regions, department notes

Call for Celtic Tiger tax breaks to accommodate students

Section 23 relief had drawn criticism for helping fuel boom-time development

Housing targets: Local authorities to be instructed to rezone more land by end of year

Making land available for home building can be done by Christmas, says Minister - ‘It’ll be up to local authorities to move with speed’

Nama chief is Government’s preferred option for ‘housing tsar’

New role will head up the Strategic Housing Activation Office, which is being established in the Department of the Taoiseach in the coming weeks

House prices in Ireland continue to rise as shortage drives demand higher

Estate agent shows second hand home prices rose 2.3% between January and March

Planning permissions fell by more than 50% in three Dublin council areas last year

Housing supply unlikely to increase unless emergency measures are introduced, says Construction Industry Federation official

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