Concerns raised about the risks to taxpayers from how housing bodies and the LDA fund construction deals
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Land Development Agency
Top finance official raises risks to public finances from surge in housing body deals
Approved Housing Bodies had €7bn of borrowings at the end of last year on €8.3bn of housing stock
HSE has more than 200 vacant properties on its books, internal audit finds
Report highlights 21 vacant HSE properties on St Ita’s Hospital campus in Portrane, north Dublin
‘No magic wand’ to bring down prices of cost-rental homes, says Housing Agency director
New schemes testing affordability limit with some units in Dublin costing up to €1,775 a month for three-bed property
Where will FF/FG find common ground with Labour and Social Democrats? Housing
All the parties have acknowledged the need to deliver a higher number of homes and the greater involvement by the State in doing so
Almost 1,000 vie to buy State’s most expensive ‘affordable’ homes
First subsidised houses at Shanganagh Castle in Shankill cost up to €495,000
Which party has the best plan for the Apple billions?
Clear difference between outgoing Coalition and the parties on the left over how to use the money to address the housing crisis
The unravelling of a housing minister: Eoghan Murphy opens up about sleeping pills, manic running, anxiety and tears
Former minister for housing Eoghan Murphy’s account of his failures (and failings) is candid, unforgiving, unfiltered and utterly brutal
Is a Ryanair-style model the answer to Ireland’s housing crisis?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Nama to transfer sites for 4,000 potential homes to Land Development Agency
So-called bad bank has moved to take direct ownership of certain land ahead of its wind-down next year
PAC chairman hits out at ‘sky-high prices’ of affordable homes in south Dublin
Land Development Agency tells TDs there’s ‘huge interest’ in Shankill properties despite high prices
Tenants in cost-rental homes paying €1,000 less per month than open market, PAC to be told
TDs to hear Land Development Agency has pipeline of 37 sites to deliver about 17,000 homes
We could be having too much of an economic good thing
‘Dutch disease’ is when a bonanza turns into an inflation shock. State could yet suffer a mild bout of it
Plans for ‘transformational’ Apple tax money to be announced in early 2025
Budget 2025: €3bn raised this year from the sale of AIB shares earmarked for infrastructure and development
Harris lauds Land Development Agency’s almost 600-home Dublin scheme
Project at Shanganagh Castle, near Shankill, the agency’s first direct-build scheme on publicly owned lands
Decision on Apple windfall spending must be made before budget, Government sources say
The €13 billion from the Apple case will not be available to use until March, while further €3 billion from sale of AIB shares is also available
Limerick mayor’s ‘great frustration’ over pay during his time in Land Development Agency revealed
Plus: Cynthia Ní Mhurchú's pay cut, Irish Ambassador to the US gets a profile boost, and Simon Coveney sails again
Glenveagh on track to meet targets despite dip in earnings
Home builder says it has completed 800 units of its 2,700 full-year target for 2024
Harris criticised for exempting TU Dublin land from law requiring ‘social’ housing
Sinn Féin leader describes the decision as ‘nothing short of madness’ but Taoiseach accuses her of ‘faux outrage’
From crisis-era mandarin to State’s first directly-elected mayor, who is John Moran?
The former lawyer, banker and at one time the State’s most recognisable civil servant has been elected the country’s first directly-elected mayor in Limerick
State must be ‘welcoming’ to foreign investors to meet €20bn housing cost, Minister says
Government is targeting 50,000 homes a year, says Michael McGrath
Missing EU climate targets will trigger €5bn bill by 2030, says Eamon Ryan
Seen and Heard: Ronan’s portfolio, Flahavan’s performance, Baldoyle landbank and Irish energy consumption
The Government says that two thirds of the recommendations of the Housing Commission are already in train - this is delusional
The Department of Housing’s reply to the landmark report was to say that most of what it called for is already being done, If so, why is the commission calling for a ‘radical reset’?
Housing Commission report – the building blocks for future policy or another house of cards?
An examination of the recommendations in the divisive report that are likely to be accepted and rejected
Two-thirds of developers say Government’s housing plan is not achievable
Survey of 400 industry stakeholders sheds light on issues impacting Ireland’s property market, such as housing supply
‘Ireland is good in a crisis but can’t manage success’, says crisis era mandarin
Former secretary general of the Department of Finance John Moran is standing as a candidate to be Limerick’s first directly-elected mayor
Developers warn on Sinn Féin’s plans to change housing policies if in power
Seen & Heard: Quintain in Land Development Agency deal, tech giants call for research cash, and finance bill deters EIIS backers
Ireland is spending big on housing. So why is the sector still in crisis?
The State is putting an awful lot of cash in, but are taxpayers seeing a worthwhile return?
Ireland’s housing budget: How the State is now spending more than €8bn to address the crisis
State spending on a range of housing initiatives has risen significantly in recent years as the pressure is on to increase housing supply
Almost 400 apartments planned for Dublin’s Grand Canal cost-rental scheme
Bluebell Waterways apartments will be on side of former canal water ponds in Dublin 12, used in the past to make Guinness
Labour ends conference confident of maintaining 56 council seats
Delegates hopeful for up to 70 local authority members, convinced the party always does better than polls predict
Varadkar’s economic legacy: a return to full employment and a woeful underinvestment in infrastructure
The outgoing Taoiseach’s departure speech gave an insight into where he feels his achievements really lie
Killinarden experience suggests building at scale may be a challenge for affordable housing bodies such as Ó Cualann
The Foothills project is far more ambitious than anything the Approved Housing Body had worked on before, resulting in responsibility for delivering almost 400 affordable homes
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