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NewsHousing & ResidentialGovernment Establishes Housing Activation Office to Manage €1bn Infrastructure Fund
The Irish government has set up a new Housing Activation Office to tackle infrastructure barriers and oversee a €1 billion investment fund aimed at enabling tens of thousands of new homes.
NewsHousing & ResidentialGovernment Seeks Solutions for Homeowners Blocked from Fossil Fuel Boiler Grants
Minister Darragh O'Brien is exploring pre-budget options to support households unable to access heating upgrades due to EU regulations restricting fossil fuel boiler grants.
NewsPlanning Policy & LegislationTransport Minister Signals Return of €5,000 EV Scrappage Scheme for 2027
The Minister for Transport has indicated that a €5,000 electric vehicle scrappage scheme could return next year after a pilot scheme closed within 75 minutes.
NewsTransport & InfrastructureGovernment approves Dublin MetroLink business plan to enter tender stage
The government has approved the updated business plan for the Dublin MetroLink, allowing the transport project to proceed to the detailed tender stage.
NewsTransport & InfrastructureMetroLink to use alternative contract style to control project costs
The MetroLink infrastructure project will adopt a different contracting style to prevent the cost overruns that have impacted the Children's Hospital.
NewsAgriculture & RuralKerry Farmer Questions Rural Planning Decisions
A young farmer in County Kerry has raised questions about rural planning priorities after a family home was refused while a solar farm was proposed.
NewsTransport & InfrastructureLimerick Rural Cemetery Approved After 18-Year Campaign
A new rural cemetery in County Limerick has been approved, concluding nearly 18 years of local calls for additional burial capacity.
NewsHousing & ResidentialDemolition Proposed for Historic Castlegreine House in Cork
A planning application has been submitted to Cork City Council seeking to demolish Castlegreine House on Boreenmanna Road to construct a new two-storey home.
NewsHousing & ResidentialFingal County Council refuses retention for staff modular housing at Dublin bus depot
Fingal County Council has refused a three-year planning retention application by private bus operator Eirebus for 19 modular units and six mobile homes in Dublin 15.
NewsHousing & ResidentialSocial housing vacancies in Ireland fall to lowest level in a decade
The number of vacant social housing units has reached a ten-year low, according to new figures from the National Oversight and Audit Commission.
NewsEnergy, Utilities & RenewablesWarning issued over potential phase-out of domestic solar grid payments
Homeowners have been warned that feed-in payments for selling excess solar power back to the national electricity grid could be phased out.
NewsTransport & InfrastructureMetroLink Advances to Tender Stage as Ireland's Largest Infrastructure Project Moves Forward
Ireland's largest transport infrastructure project, MetroLink, has officially transitioned into its tender stage.