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NewsHousing & ResidentialBus Depot Accommodation Highlights Severity of Dublin Rental Crisis
An ongoing rental crisis has forced a bus company to install beds for its staff inside a Dublin depot, highlighting the accommodation challenges facing workers.
NewsTransport & InfrastructurePlanning approval granted for permanent car park at Game of Thrones Studio Tour
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has approved a new permanent 150-space on-site car park at the Banbridge visitor attraction.
NewsHousing & ResidentialMid-Sized Irish Developers Scale Up to Meet 2030 Housing Targets
A growing group of small and medium-sized Irish housebuilders are expanding operations to compete with dominant market players as the state aims for 300,000 homes by 2030.
NewsEnergy, Utilities & RenewablesFresh delay for proposed Cork Harbour waste-to-energy incinerator
The planning process for Indaver's proposed waste-to-energy incinerator at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour has faced another delay in its decades-long saga.
NewsEnergy, Utilities & RenewablesTD Calls for Removal of Barriers to Plug-In Solar Panels
Fine Gael TD Naoise Ó Muirí has called for barriers to plug-in solar panels to be removed, as regulators finalise rules for autumn.
NewsHousing & ResidentialLDA Projected to Become Ireland's Largest Homebuilder by 2028
The Land Development Agency is on track to become the state's largest housing producer by 2028, backed by a 27,000-home pipeline and billions in funding.
NewsEnergy, Utilities & RenewablesGrid constraints cost Ireland enough wind energy to power 667,000 homes in first half of 2026
A report by Wind Energy Ireland, based on EirGrid data, reveals that 15% of the country's cheapest electricity was wasted in the first six months of 2026 due to grid capacity limits.
NewsHousing & ResidentialAn Coimisiún Pleanála refuses 49-unit Portland Row development
An Coimisiún Pleanála has overturned Dublin City Council's decision to grant permission for 49 apartments at Portland Row, Dublin 1.
NewsEnvironment & ClimateGovernment to increase fines for deliberately setting forest fires
Minister of State Christopher O'Sullivan plans to significantly increase fines for starting forest fires, calling the current €5,000 penalty an insufficient deterrent.
NewsHousing & ResidentialKildare County Council signs contract for 28 Naas social homes
Kildare County Council has signed a contract with Cunningham Contracts Ireland Ltd for the design and construction of 28 social housing units in Naas.
NewsTransport & InfrastructureIrish Rail Submits Planning Application for New Dunkettle Station in Cork
Irish Rail has lodged a planning application for a new station and park-and-ride facility at Dunkettle, marking the second of eight planned stations for Cork.
NewsTransport & InfrastructureAppeals Stall €1bn Westmeath Data Centre and Solar Farm Project
A proposed €1 billion data centre campus and solar farm in Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath, has been stalled after ten third-party appeals were lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála.