Estate agents seek cash buyers for properties with potential fire defects
- Irish News
- March 27, 2021, 04:42
Sherry FitzGerald says it is making potential buyers ‘fully aware’ fire safety work is needed
Housing defects group to examine fire safety issues in apartments
- Politics
- March 26, 2021, 00:30
Group, set up in response to problems with boom-era homes, meets for first time on Friday
Covid-19: ‘Temporary deferral’ of AstraZeneca vaccine rollout
- Health
- March 14, 2021, 09:16
Some 30,000 people could potentially be affected by postponement, says HSE chief
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Liam Harrington, GAA fan who helped build the World Trade Centre
- People
- February 25, 2021, 09:00
Mayo man worked in NY where he met his wife before they settled in Malahide
Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker: What's available in the Republic of Ireland and what else is coming?
- Health
- February 17, 2021, 11:00
Daily updates as Ireland embarks on largest inoculation programme in its history
Gareth Jones: Well-loved Welshman and former chief executive of Bon Secours hospital
- People
- February 9, 2021, 16:00
Lives Lost to Covid-19: He had a magnetic personality, says his Irish wife, Evelyn
Widespread snow and ice sees many roads impassable with frost on the way
- Environment
- January 24, 2021, 12:34
Severe frost expected to set in on Sunday night, with icy stretches and freezing fog
‘Bristling with energy’: The Irish town regenerated by Covid-19
- Homes & Property
- November 14, 2020, 06:03
Ballaghaderreen is among the towns seeing a return of young people and fresh ideas
State group to examine cost of tackling Celtic-tiger building defects
- Irish News
- October 7, 2020, 15:36
Working group set up by department will look at scale of problem and cost of fixing it
‘For you. Ireland is standing still’: stirring words of Covid poem provoke huge reaction
- TV, Radio, Web
- October 2, 2020, 12:22
Poet FeliSpeaks says reaction to spoken word piece ‘lovely’ and ‘unexpected’
Bridie Connaughton obituary: Passionate redhead with great sense of fun and mischief
- People
- August 6, 2020, 16:30
Family came to define Roscommon woman who spent time in Dublin, London and Chicago
‘An apostle of nonviolence’: International papers react to John Hume’s death
- Irish News
- August 4, 2020, 13:23
Hume photographed on front page of all Irish papers as well as two UK papers
Developer wants indemnity in exchange for €1m to fix faults, residents told
- Irish News
- June 27, 2020, 02:50
Sandyford scheme built by Shannon Homes found to have fire-safety issues
John Burns obituary: Keen walker, GAA fan and lifelong Guinness man
- People
- June 11, 2020, 13:00
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Working at St James’s Gate for 40 years, he made many friends
Cyril Fitzsimons obituary: A larger-than-life character who became a New York institution
- People
- May 28, 2020, 14:40
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Dublin-born publican fought in Vietnam and settled in the US
Fears over ‘swell’ in evictions due to rent arrears after Covid crisis
- Social Affairs
- May 11, 2020, 01:00
Government passed emergency legislation in March to prevent rent increases and evictions for three months
Government risk reports warned of major pandemic since 2014
- Health
- April 6, 2020, 04:00
Report from 2019 warned a pandemic could disproportionately affect older people, and place greater pressure on our health system
Covid-19: Rent-a-room tenants at risk of eviction
- Social Affairs
- March 25, 2020, 01:00
Threshold receives ‘dozens of calls’ from those told to leave homes by landlords
My days of eating meat at every meal are over
- Food & Drink
- February 25, 2020, 06:01
Going vegetarian for a substantial time has opened a whole new culinary world to me
I’m happy I went vegetarian. I have no desire to eat meat again
- Food & Drink
- February 18, 2020, 06:00
Being a vegan is tough: have you ever tried to order a nut milk cappuccino in a country town?
Body & Soul 2020: Metronomy and Róisín Murphy to top bill
- Music
- February 12, 2020, 13:10
King Kong Company, Princess Nokia and Kojaque also in Westmeath weekender line-up
‘Refugees Welcome’: Bohemian FC puts Amnesty slogan on its new strip
- People
- February 12, 2020, 11:51
Dublin club teams up with human-rights group to call for an end to direct provision
A confirmed carnivore goes vegan: ‘I’m hungry, cranky and disillusioned’
- Food & Drink
- February 11, 2020, 06:01
Niamh Towey has been experimenting with a meat-free diet. It’s not going well
Going veggie: I have a confession to make about a ham sandwich
- Food & Drink
- February 4, 2020, 06:01
It’s so easy to forget I’m not meant to eat meat. And as for the smell of a chicken burger
Life is busy. This can be difficult for a new vegetarian such as me
- Food & Drink
- January 27, 2020, 06:01
Changing Courses: Resignation has set in for week three of my meat-free experiment
Apartment owner who paid €16,000 for defects will not ‘fix it quietly and go away’
- Environment
- January 24, 2020, 10:55
‘This isn’t just the developers who are doing wrong – this is the Government, too’
Fianna Fáil promises €10m redress fund for Celtic Tiger building defects
- Politics
- January 24, 2020, 10:46
All major political parties commit to low-cost loans, redress funds and tax-relief
So here I am, clutching my Happy Pear cookbook and crying into my dhal
- Food & Drink
- January 21, 2020, 06:01
Changing Courses: After my pescatarian trial, I’m not sure I’m into vegetarianism, either
Going meat-free: I’m not hungry, but I do feel a little . . . empty
- Food & Drink
- January 14, 2020, 06:01
Changing Courses: My new diet has been tricky, but my shopping bill is far more digestible
Time to embrace the challenge of cutting meat from my diet
- Food & Drink
- January 6, 2020, 06:01
Changing Courses: This six-week experiment won’t be easy for me – I was brought up to recognise dinner as being something that inc(...)
Dear diary: In 2009 at 17 I felt very much like a big fish in a small pond
- Opinion
- December 31, 2019, 01:06
Ten years on I don’t think I could ever have imagined how far I would come
Politicians face calls to compensate tens of thousands who own defective apartments
- Irish News
- December 16, 2019, 01:00
New lobby group for apartment owners is seeking Government backing for scheme of redress
‘Invisible and fearful’: Are owners of defective apartments being ignored?
- Irish News
- December 16, 2019, 01:00
Politicians seldom get past gates of apartment complexes to discuss defects issues
Owners of defective apartments form lobbying group seeking State redress
- Irish News
- November 6, 2019, 01:59
State redress sought by apartment owners from more than a dozen different complexes
Developer lobbies against ‘onerous’ apartment fire-safety standards
- Irish News
- November 4, 2019, 02:33
Hines claims new regulations could add €11,000 to construction cost of each flat
SF tables Bill seeking redress board for Celtic Tiger building defects
- Politics
- October 24, 2019, 17:20
Bill aims to help homeowners by providing advice, mediation and risk assessments
Bruce Springsteen at 70: 13 surprising facts about ‘The Boss’
- Music
- September 23, 2019, 17:00
How did he get his nickname? How long did his longest gig last? What was his dad's job?
Housing defects are not Government’s responsibility, says Minister
- Politics
- September 18, 2019, 19:21
Damien English told to ‘get your head out of the sand’ and help homeowners fix defects
Repairing defects at Sandyford apartments to cost up to €10m
- Irish News
- September 17, 2019, 01:41
Fire safety shortcomings estimated to cost €11,000-€14,000 per apartment to remedy
Blackrock apartment owners face €25,000 bill for defects
- Irish News
- September 9, 2019, 05:00
Some apartments at Frascati Hall have rotting window frames and balconies
Owner of apartment ‘not fit for habitation’ takes case against insurer
- Irish News
- September 9, 2019, 02:00
Engineer’s report found severity of mould posed significant risk to human health
How Ireland’s weak building regulations create dangers for buyers
- Homes & Property
- September 7, 2019, 06:00
Defects in new buildings can leave owners in huge debt, with little legal recourse
Driving the bus is easy, but how do I turn on Radio Nova?
- Irish News
- August 20, 2019, 20:03
As Dublin Bus tries to recruit more women Niamh Towey takes a spin around the Broadstone depot
Adventure weekend in Mayo that’s a bit like the Gaeltacht, but for grown-ups
- Ireland
- August 10, 2019, 06:02
No, not chicken Kiev and céilís – at BigStyle Atlantic Lodge, think water sports, delicious vegetarian food, campfire gigs and out(...)
I'm obsessed with making the most of summer. Could it be genetic?
- People
- July 13, 2019, 06:00
Planning skills of a world leader are needed for all the concerts, matches and family barbecues
Sometimes we have no choice but to let go of perfection
- People
- July 6, 2019, 06:03
Niamh Towey: Things had been getting on top of me over the last few months. I wasn’t fully in control
Developer gains control of board of defective Dublin 8 apartment block
- Irish News
- July 2, 2019, 01:00
Company wants private owners to pay to fix serious defects in the development
Developer of defective apartments proposes family members for board
- Irish News
- June 24, 2019, 02:40
Sherborough Enterprises wants to replace only private owner on the board
More protection needed for people in defective apartments – Murphy
- Irish News
- June 20, 2019, 20:36
Report urges creation of housing regulatory authority to tackle ‘huge issue’ of building faults
Developer seeks removal of private owner from board
- Irish News
- May 25, 2019, 03:00
Owner feels he is being ‘bullied’ off board for questioning levying of remedial charges
'Not possible' for State to take responsibility for poor Celtic Tiger building
- Irish News
- May 23, 2019, 01:00
Owners of Dublin 8 apartments each face €5,300 bill over fire safety and balcony defects
Developer says owners must pay to fix defects in Dublin 8 apartment block
- Irish News
- May 22, 2019, 01:01
Firm expects apartment owners to cover cost of addressing balcony and fire safety issues
Apartment defects: ‘I feel like I’m living in Legoland, like it could collapse at any minute’
- Irish News
- May 22, 2019, 01:00
Gabrielle Kavanagh is one of the owners hit with bills to fix safety issues at a D8 complex
Fire safety work ongoing at 24 sites, says Dublin Fire Brigade
- Irish News
- April 2, 2019, 00:30
Cost of corrective action poses challenges for owners’ management firms
Dublin Fire Brigade orders fire safety review at Sandyford complex
- Irish News
- March 23, 2019, 01:59
Developer Shannon Homes told to conduct assessment on 632-unit Simonsridge build
Building defects problem could happen again, says top architect
- Irish News
- March 11, 2019, 01:00
Orla Hegarty says new-home regulations ‘not fit for purpose’ as developers pay inspectors
State wary of taking on ‘open-ended liability’ of fixing building defects
- Oireachtas
- March 5, 2019, 18:34
Eoghan Murphy says such a move would put taxpayers at risk and potentially let off builders
Support urged for homeowners hit by defects in boom-era builds
- Politics
- March 4, 2019, 15:31
Green Party TD says issues identified by Irish Times investigation ‘an enormous public safety issue’
Boomtime builds: Two decades of problems with Celtic Tiger apartments
- Irish News
- March 4, 2019, 02:09
Fire safety and other construction issues have dogged Irish apartments
Repairs to roof of Kilmainham apartment block to cost owners €10,900 each
- Irish News
- March 4, 2019, 02:05
Survey revealed extensive roof problems and fire safety issues at Hyde Square
Boom-era apartment owners left with large bills to fix defects
- Environment
- March 4, 2019, 02:01
Residents in four Celtic Tiger-era developments face steep bills, eviction and costly litigation
Apartment owners face €826,000 bill to fix fire-safety defects
- Irish News
- March 4, 2019, 02:00
Tenants in Dublin 13 block call for State funding to fix Celtic-Tiger era building defects
Do you know of a building with serious defects? Tell us about it
- Irish News
- March 4, 2019, 02:00
Fire safety issues and structural defects are common in many boomtime apartments
This day last year it was 18 degrees colder as Beast from the East struck
- Irish News
- February 28, 2019, 14:30
One Year On: Winter storm of 2018 delivered more snow than seen in decades
Rooskey residents insist they are not anti-migrant
- Irish News
- February 13, 2019, 00:26
Direct provision centre opposed on grounds ‘village has no services or facilities for them’
Deals on wheels: How to save thousands by buying a car in Northern Ireland
- Consumer
- January 29, 2019, 11:28
Pricewatch: Making the trip up North to buy a car can be worth it – but go well-prepared
How common are fire safety issues in Irish apartments?
- Irish News
- December 19, 2018, 12:39
Q&A: St James’s Wood is far from the only development with serious fire safety issues
Fire safety bill on way for residents in Dublin 8 apartment complex
- Irish News
- December 18, 2018, 10:25
Community to remain in homes for Christmas but remedial costs set to hit €1.78m
Fire officer to make decision on defective Dublin 8 apartments
- Irish News
- December 18, 2018, 00:14
Residents fear block will be closed down but building ‘unlikely’ to be evacuated quickly
Fire safety issues ‘present in many boomtime apartments’
- Irish News
- December 17, 2018, 13:12
Kilmainham complex just one of many Celtic Tiger blocks with issues, surveyor says
Catalogue of fire-safety issues leaves owners facing bills of up to €26,000
- Irish News
- December 17, 2018, 01:00
St James’s Wood complex built by respected Cosgrave Property Group in 2000
Dublin apartment owners face €3m bill after fire risks found
- Irish News
- December 17, 2018, 01:00
St James’s Wood, in Kilmainham, not built to fire-safety certificate requirements
Delays at Dublin Airport after radar system causes standstill
- Irish News
- November 24, 2018, 09:30
Flights resume after temporary suspension on Saturday morning
‘People in Ireland are very, let’s say, lax with time commitments’
- People
- November 7, 2018, 06:00
New to the Parish: Filip Klubicka arrived in Ireland in August 2017
‘The worst thing about Ireland? Dublin Bus!’
- People
- October 24, 2018, 06:00
New to the Parish: Daniela Vindisova from Slovakia came to Ireland in 2016
Storm Ophelia: ‘It was like someone got into a bad mood and smashed the whole place’
- Environment
- October 14, 2018, 09:00
One year on: Owner of Co Cork tree nursery says it will a decade to build his stock back up
Storm Ophelia caused almost €70m worth of damage
- Environment
- October 14, 2018, 09:00
Three deaths, €45m insurance claims and a tree nursery faced with disaster
‘The Importance of Being Aisling’: the model modern Irish woman
- Books
- September 22, 2018, 06:00
Aisling’s complexity offers a genuine reflection of the modern Irish woman
Almost 4,000 denied entry to Ireland in 2017
- Irish News
- September 9, 2018, 09:00
Dedicated immigration detention centre at Dublin Airport still not completed
Galway family has ‘wonderful reunion’ with au pair after 2017 prison stay
- Crime & Law
- September 9, 2018, 09:00
Paloma Aparezida Silva-Carvalho jailed last year after being denied entry for holiday
Solitary car journeys leave me feeling like a new woman
- People
- August 31, 2018, 06:00
Niamh Towey: We need time to ourselves to try to piece together all of life’s big puzzles
Pope’s Skoda car given to Mater Dei homeless hub in Drumcondra
- Social Affairs
- August 27, 2018, 14:27
Staff will use car to help homeless families move to long term accommodation
Papal visit to Ireland: protest over clerical child sexual abuse
- Social Affairs
- August 25, 2018, 12:09
Former resident at Nazareth House calls on pope to do something for the survivors
Goodbye summer: Wish I hadn't complained about those long sweaty nights
- People
- August 24, 2018, 06:00
Niamh Towey: It felt like the summers Bruce Springsteen and Don McLean wrote about
Rose of Tralee review: ‘We need to look past the colour of our skin’
- TV, Radio, Web
- August 21, 2018, 23:50
TV Review: The Rose of Tralee has been slow to accept the reality of modern Ireland
Lisbon & the Algarve: the sights, the history, the wine and the food
- Europe
- August 18, 2018, 06:00
Balance Lisbon’s city buzz with a seaside rest in the Algarve for the perfect holiday
I’m sad that so many of my clever, talented friends had to leave Ireland
- Abroad
- August 17, 2018, 06:00
Niamh Towey: Maybe someday we’ll do a better job of holding on to our own people
Playing my first Gaelic football match at 25
- People
- August 10, 2018, 06:00
Niamh Towey: Playing my first football match made me feel more alive than ever
The Galway Races: posh social outing or depraved adult disco?
- People
- August 3, 2018, 06:00
Niamh Towey: It’s possible to indulge in its festivities without disgracing yourself in the process
Thousands of pilgrims climb Croagh Patrick on Reek Sunday
- Religion & Beliefs
- July 29, 2018, 13:07
Several people treated for injuries with one man airlifted to hospital with cardiac pains
Childhood summers: magic moments with Cat Stevens and Perry Como
- People
- July 27, 2018, 06:00
Some summer sounds are now tinged with sadness since my Granny died last year
Heatwave Horrors: Waking in pools of sweat from heat-inspired nightmares
- People
- July 20, 2018, 06:00
Nefarious nightmares have a tendency to expose your scaredy-cat ways
Hospitalised Ryanair passengers must take 18-hour bus to Croatia
- Irish News
- July 14, 2018, 12:54
Croatia-bound flight in emergency landing
‘I thought we were done for’ - passengers on Ryanair flight describe emergency landing
- Irish News
- July 14, 2018, 11:04
People seen bleeding from ears after Dublin flight to Croatia makes emergency landing
Dozens hospitalised after Ryanair flight from Dublin makes emergency landing
- Irish News
- July 14, 2018, 07:38
Passengers bleeding from ears and oxygen masks dropped as plane landed in Frankfurt
‘For the first time in my 20s, I feel at peace. And not in a rest-in-peace way’
- People
- July 13, 2018, 06:00
Niamh Towey: I usually curse the roadblocks in the Phoenix Park but this morning my detour brought an unexpected revelation
I can only dream of living in Roscommon again
- People
- July 6, 2018, 06:00
Niamh Towey: We talk about a recovery in Dublin but there is no such thing west of the Shannon
My mother is obsessed with the weather, but thinks it’s better on the BBC
- People
- June 29, 2018, 06:00
Niamh Towey: Whenever I ring, she muses on precipitation a good three minutes
Sleep-deprived in Sydney: ‘This is inhumane. Somebody please bring me home’
- People
- June 22, 2018, 06:00
Niamh Towey: An all-nighter at work, zero sleep, followed by a day at the races and night in the pub all became too much. I blame (...)