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Coalition urged to scrap ‘counterproductive’ concrete block levy
New charge to be introduced on Friday could add €300m to Housing for All targets, industry bodies have warned
Donegal: Sinn Féin focused on gains as constituency may grow to six seats
Eclipsed mainstream parties contesting seats against backdrop of rampant SF and Independents advancing on the margins
Mica redress campaigners apply to become political party for local elections
The 100 per cent Redress Party is planning to field candidates in Donegal, saying they will be ‘a force to be reckoned with’
Concrete levy to add €300m to costs of Housing for All targets, says industry body
Irish Concrete Federation says levy will generate most of its revenue from ready-mix products
Remediation of houses with defective blocks could cost €2bn without fully resolving issues
Engineering Ireland to tell Oireachtas committee that more research needed on mica and pyrite
Up to 2,500 to take part in class action-type mica case in Co Donegal
Litigation being funded by Donegal businessman Adrian Sheridan, who has contributed more than €2m on not-for-profit basis
Mica crisis blighting lives of students and teachers, TUI conference hears
Donegal teachers tell of ‘waking nightmare’ of homes that are ‘drafty, damp, depressing and above all dangerous
Firm involved in Mica controversy in court over claims of planning non-compliance
Cassidy Brothers Concrete Products Ltd appears in court over alleged non-compliance with planning conditions relating to Buncrana quarry
Defective concrete blocks in Donegal ‘not caused by mica’, study claims
Research published in leading international journal suggests issue has been caused by pyrrhotite
Firms considered buying ‘entire housing estates’ for staff, committee will hear
Talent shortage driven by housing crisis the biggest threat to Ireland’s businesses, says Chambers Ireland
McHugh would consider retaking whip following mica scheme changes
Donegal TD resigned the Government whip last year over mica vote
Pyrite remediation to cost estimated €230m by 2026, figures show
Scheme for those affected by mica and defective blocks could cost State more than €3.65bn
Q&A: How will scheme to fund repairs to defective apartments work?
Full cost of repairs to between 62,500 and 100,000 properties is to be covered by the State
Mica: More market surveillance urged for concrete manufacturers
Quarry audit by regulators sparks call for stronger scrutiny of sector
Up to 2,000 mica actions expected by year end, court hears
First of 1,100 cases already issued came before Commercial Court today
Swiss expert ‘repulsed’ after visiting crumbling Donegal homes
Dr Andreas Leemann believes pyrrhotite, rather than mica, is the root cause of the problem
Crumbling blocks in Donegal caused by pyrrhotite, not mica, expert claims
Dr Andreas Leemann has studied blocks from four homes and will present his evidence at a conference in Donegal on Tuesday
Reduced concrete levy will ‘still add €1,200′ to house costs
Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland to address Oireachtas finance committee on Wednesday
Taxpayer picks up construction industry’s bill once again
Through boom and bust, lobbyists for the construction sector have always made demands of the State
Concrete levy to be cut to 5% and delayed until September next year
Minister for Finance says charge, designed to cover cost of repairing building defects, will be in place ‘for the foreseeable future’
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