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# Darragh O'Brien

Last year
2023
Half of fire stations could close today as a result of strike action by retained firefighters
Updated 13 Jun 2023
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27
Population rise from Census to feed into increase in Government's housing targets
11 Jun 2023
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76
Minister sets out 'positive discrimination' policy to ringfence offshore island funding
Updated 7 Jun 2023
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18
Local authorities are not prepared for strikes by water and firefighting workers, Siptu warns
1 Jun 2023
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Housing minister defends Govt approach after last week's record high homeless figures
29 May 2023
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44
O'Brien seeking to convert vacant office blocks into apartments to tackle housing crisis
22 May 2023
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41
No restaurant street furniture fees for another year as regulations extended
11 May 2023
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16
Construction cost review finds it costs less to build the same house in Birmingham as in Dublin
Updated 4 May 2023
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36
Peter McVerry issues apology over claim Taoiseach overruled minister on eviction ban
Updated 5 Apr 2023
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85
Tánaiste denies Varadkar overruled housing minister on eviction ban; McVerry stands by claim
Updated 4 Apr 2023
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69
'100% incorrect': Taoiseach denies claim he overruled Housing Minister to end the eviction ban
Updated 3 Apr 2023
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29
Plan to bring 12,000 short-term lets back into rental market delayed by EU Commission decision
23 Mar 2023
16.0k
22
FactCheck: Did the Government miss its social housing targets for three years in a row?
23 Mar 2023
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Ending eviction ban will see 'levels of homelessness nobody thought possible', Dáil told
21 Mar 2023
19.2k
76
Landlords selling property will have to give tenant option to buy under new scheme
7 Mar 2023
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41
Varadkar defends ending eviction ban as Opposition TDs slam 'heartless' decision
Updated 7 Mar 2023
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132
'Demonised' landlords should get tax breaks if linked to better renters' rights, says Varadkar
Updated 23 Feb 2023
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57
Housing Minister denies that rent subsidies are a ‘cash bonus for landlords’
9 Feb 2023
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18
Government-backed mortgage offers are set to get bigger from March
7 Feb 2023
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6
Release of documents on illegal nursing home charges to be discussed by government
Updated 30 Jan 2023
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13
Government haven't yet decided to extend eviction ban despite record homelessness, says O'Brien
29 Jan 2023
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37
Housing Minister appoints new Deputy Chair of An Bord Pleanála
23 Jan 2023
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Housing Minister rules out introducing regulations on people renting out spare rooms
12 Jan 2023
25.8k
12
Landlord tax breaks 'not off the table' as judgement call to be made before end of March
11 Jan 2023
15.8k
34
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Taoiseach to meet experts in housing in the coming weeks as Govt attempt to kick-start acceleration plan
22 Dec 2022
14.2k
30
Housing minister: 'I'll be frank, we've got to revisit the tax treatment for small landlords'
21 Dec 2022
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72
Taoiseach says overhauling planning laws 'essential' to delivering climate and housing targets
14 Dec 2022
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20
Q&A: New planning laws and the controversy over residents groups
14 Dec 2022
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12
Councils to secure proportion of any land value increase arising from residential zoning decisions
14 Dec 2022
16.2k
12
Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien wins Dáil confidence vote by 86 votes to 63
Updated 13 Dec 2022
40.2k
75
Strict timelines on judicial review times and who can take them in major planning overhaul
13 Dec 2022
6.8k
6
Moving asylum seekers from tents during cold snap should be 'watershed' moment
Updated 12 Dec 2022
23.0k
23
Minister says there should be 'clarity' about who is taking cases against planning decisions
12 Dec 2022
19.4k
23
Property price ceilings under First Home Scheme likely to be increased in a number of counties
10 Dec 2022
17.5k
15
Housing minister to face motion of no confidence in the Dáil next week
Updated 9 Dec 2022
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62
Cabinet approves new short-term let register aimed at bringing 12,000 properties back into use
Updated 7 Dec 2022
35.7k
30
The Green Party convention takes place in Athlone - and it has a decision to make on housing
26 Nov 2022
16.5k
51
Councils that can deliver rapid-build houses on sites will have land debt paid off
23 Nov 2022
14.3k
16
'Symbolic' cross-border bridge linking Louth to Down put out to tender
Updated 18 Nov 2022
29.0k
25
Housing minister admits not enough homes being built in cities
15 Nov 2022
10.5k
22
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