Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you
Tuesday 27 October 2020
A Green Party motion on building standards will be debated in the Dáil tomorrow.
Experts told a housing committee that developers were effectively “self-regulating”.
One of the apartments in the old Priory Hall complex sold for just €145,000.
It was confirmed earlier this week that the council would be asking councillors for the go-ahead to sell the first phase of the apartments.
The council has spent €27 million revamping the apartments and will look to begin recouping some of that by selling the units.
The High Court has heard that the developer did not provide his place of residence or disclose his interest in “significant assets”.
Here’s everything you need to know as you kick off your weekend.
Buy-to-let owners at the complex are “very hopeful for a name change”.
“Nobody wants to go back to the bad old days of the construction and property boom.”
A new law extends Freedom of Information requests to cover limited areas of an Garda Síochána and other organisations. They don’t have to answer you though…
The works are expected to take two years to complete.
In a new interview, Priory Hall developer Tom McFeely said he couldn’t be held responsible in any way for the death of Fiachra Daly.
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your week.
“I don’t think it is any different than most of the other buildings in Dublin.”
€5,000 of the €200,000 found at the developer’s old home in September was released to the house’s new owners, and they’ve decided to pass it on to the former Priory Hall resident.
President Michael D Higgins said he hoped they could look forward to a new year in which they could “move out of the shadows of anxiety, hurt and disappointment and look forward to new possibilities”.
The funding will be available for about 1,000 properties that require immediate repair but homeowners who have already paid for repairs will not be compensated.
It is hoped the pyrite remediation scheme will be approved by Christmas.
Residents will be offered new mortgages, as well as being given 12 months to find a new house.
The government has put forward proposals to resolve the long-running plight of the former residents of the derelict and dilapidated Donaghmede apartment complex.
Everybody’s talking about Priory Hall, breaches in patient data and Gerry Adams.
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.
Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you start your week.
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…
You win some, you lose some…
Minister Phil Hogan said he could not intervene following the collapse of the mediation process until he was formally notified by Dublin City Council.
The Tánaiste was speaking at his first Leaders’ Questions of the new Dáil term this morning.
Enda Kenny gave a wide-ranging interview to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland this morning. Here’s what he said.
Get up to speed on the mass shooting in Washington DC, the latest word from Michael Noonan on the Budget and the major child abuse investigation under way in Northern Ireland.
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.
A spokesperson for the Priory Hall Residents Committee hasn’t “had any contact” with the Department of Environment despite press reports of a planned meeting today.
The Seanad is also back but will it be abolished? We look at that and seven other questions ahead of the return of TDs and Senators this week.
Priory Hall residents say they have been unofficially approached about talks that are due to take place.
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.
Everyone is talking about Priory Hall, Syria and hurling.
The bank said it “deeply regrets” if the bank added further to the upset following the death of her partner Fiachra Daly.
Several Sunday newspaper reports detail more problems for residents evacuated from the north Dublin apartment complex nearly two years ago.
LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING this year, Halloween in 2020 will be a bit different from usual.
Large scale fancy-dress parties shouldn’t be happening under Level 5.
One thing we can still do, however, is watch some horror films.
There’s plenty to choose from ranging between the child-friendly to the very scary ones available on streaming platforms and set to be shown on TV in the coming days.
So, this morning we’re asking you: Do you plan to watch some horror films this Halloween?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Rain tapering off; breezy this afternoon
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
Variable clouds, showers around; breezy
Max: 10 °C
Min: 6 °C
Mostly cloudy, a little rain; breezy
Max: 15 °C
Min: 13 °C
Top readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the most interesting and most popular comments from this week. Did you make it in?