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Details of pyrite repair funding due tomorrow
It is hoped the pyrite remediation scheme will be approved by Christmas.
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It is hoped the pyrite remediation scheme will be approved by Christmas.
The government has put forward proposals to resolve the long-running plight of the former residents of the derelict and dilapidated Donaghmede apartment complex.
The Environment Minister has said that a deal will reflect the circumstances of what he called “one of the worst examples of the failures of the Celtic Tiger”.
Minister Phil Hogan’s self-imposed three week deadline to find a solution ends today. Talks with residents and other stakeholders have been ongoing.
Phil Hogan believes candidates will need at least €100,000 if they want to be elected to the European Parliament next year.
The government intends to hold a referendum at the same time as the local elections next year to ask Dublin residents whether or not they want an elected mayor for the capital.
The Reform Alliance claims the Galway West TD was ‘gung-ho’ before later distancing himself from the group of expelled Fine Gael TDs. However, Walsh tells a different story…
The Labour TD was coy when asked about the possibility he could become Ireland’s EU Commissioner next year.
Minister Phil Hogan has tasked Department of Environment officials with the job of talking to all the stakeholders at the Donaghmede complex and proposing a solution within the next three weeks.
Government sources said that the framework in Irish Water is still being set up but that the government does not want to see households pay extra taxes on their Irish Water bills.
Kenny was speaking at a press conference to launch Fine Gael’s referenda campaigns today when he was asked about the situation at the uninhabitable apartment complex in north Dublin.
The former residents believe that the process has fallen apart, with bank bosses indicating last week they would seek their own solutions for mortgage-holders.
The winners in the SuperValu TidyTowns competition were named today at a ceremony in The Helix.
What’s it costing us? Why isn’t it sorted? Was there no insurance? Where is the builder? All your questions, answered.
The environment minister says that he cannot give a time frame on when action will be taken on Priory Hall, for fear of “giving false hope” to displaced residents.
The Environment Minister says that the government “fundamentally believes” that user-related charges are the right way of raising more tax.
The deputy director of Fine Gael’s Seanad abolition campaign, Regina Doherty, used the parliamentary questions to find out information about the Seanad, but ministers in her own party told her to find out herself.
The party has said the proposal to abolish the Seanad came from a New Politics document published in March 2010, six months after Enda Kenny first called for the chamber to be scrapped.
Figures from the Department of the Environment show a fall in plastic bag usage and therefore the amount of tax taken in recent years.
A Sligo county councillor says that there is “no justification” for the payment, given the “shambles” the council’s finances are in.
Parks and gardens across Dublin will allow only a regular conversation during the day and a whisper at night under new laws.
A Northern Ireland councillor is not happy about the sale of silly string which he said is “messy” and “unsightly”.
The company has been tasked overseeing the metering of homes ahead of the introduction of water charges late next year.
Oisín Quinn has been sharing his thoughts on the future of the mayorship, following a poll that shows 61 per cent of Dubliners are in favour of a directly elected CEO for the city.
The first water charge bills will be due in January 2015 but a decision on pricing won’t be taken before a report from the Commission for Energy Regulation.
Voters will be asked to vote on the 32nd and 33rd amendments to the Constitution later this year.
The addition of more councillors in Dublin’s four local authorities will cost more but Phil Hogan insists there will be overall savings of over €3.6 million under his reforms.
Payroll costs at county and city councils have been cut by €561 million since 2008.
Here’s a hint: It’s also the overall winner of Ireland’s Best Kept Town, announced earlier today.
Phil Hogan also published a report that showed the number of areas deemed to be litter-free in 2012 is at the highest levels ever achieved.
The EU and IMF have agreed to a request from the Irish authorities to delay the first bills from early 2014 to early 2015.
An Ipsos MRBI poll for the Irish Times reveals a 41pc approval rating for Burton, but only 13pc for James Reilly.
Enda Kenny says the decision to build a €500m sewage treatment plant in Clonshaugh lies with the local authorities.
The councillors want to meet the Minister for the Environment to speak to him about their concerns around the proposed turbines.
Fianna Fáil are opposed to Minister Phil Hogan’s proposals, while Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and Labour support them.
A temporary water treatment plant will now be built to address the problem until four regional supply schemes are put in place.
The local authority wants the Supreme Court to overturn an earlier decision which sees it pay for the temporary accommodation of the displaced residents.
Smoky coal is already banned in 27 towns and cities around the country, but now the Minister for the Environment says he wants to see it nationwide.
Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller – who is about to take over as chairman of An Post – will also be in attendance today.
Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin want Troika approval to start charging from October 2014, with the first bills in 2015.