Peter Burke

Women councillors on gender imbalance in local politics and why this has to change

Town Centre First policy will see regeneration officers employed in all councils

Comments come after Green Party TD and others criticised plans for overhaul of system

Councillors in stand-off over draft plan for zero buildings on south Dublin Dart corridor

Peter Burke says one in four housing developments are subject of judicial challenges

Seen and heard: new rules for AirBnB hosts, more funding for LDA, Gym Covid passes

Council accepted Ombudsman findings in letter to group but challenged them with Minister

Ombudsman for Children said rights of Travellers being violated at Spring Lane site

Housing body expects to provide more than 500 this year despite pandemic delays

Programme designed to avoid premature admissions to long-term residential care

Calls for revitalisation schemes to deal with town-specific structural problems

TD tells Dáil it took a unique global pandemic for local authorities to use the money

Clare TD criticises failure to include group of monastic sites in application process

Concern over process to remove elected mayor will become ‘political football’

Strategic housing development enables developers proceed directly to the planning board

Strategy aims to turn 30% of Irish waters into protected areas, and also allow for major wind farm projects

Too early to know full impact of Covid-19 restrictions on construction plans, says O’Brien

Move comes as State prepares to ease construction curbs

Sinn Féin calls for resignation of Tánaiste over leaking of GP contract

The lack of recognition for the cleaners of this (very big) building is about to be rectified

Illegal dumping may be costing local authorities up to €90m a year

One-quarter of TDs are property investors or landowners

Government accused of ‘unforgivable heel-dragging’ on the issue in Seanad debate

Directly elected official would take on responsibility for housing and transport

Public vote could be held as early as October following approval of move in 2019

37-year-old won two All Stars and eight Connacht titles during mammoth career

Entire budget drawn down for the first time since 2014, but housing need still ‘dire’

WorkEqual aims to highlight salary gap between genders as it marks Equal Pay Day

Dáil hears that regulations allow for single rooms the size of ‘average car parking space’

Actions by Crown forces brought renewed focus on Ireland’s struggle for independence

President says sack of Balbriggan 100 years ago was rooted in ideas of superiority

An entrepreneurial spirit prevails as new food businesses take on the Covid challenge

Ban on evictions, rent freezes ends on Saturday for all except tenants in arrears due to pandemic

Several TDs from west get posts, but not everyone in the parties has been placated

Jack Chambers and Niall Collins appointed Ministers of State as Jim O’Callaghan and Joe McHugh turn down roles

Deal would see Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael get eight roles each with four going to Greens

Central Bank says Rory O’Connor can’t work in regulated finance for over eight years

Advance health tests and temperature screening among strict protocols for return on June 8th

Fire brigade units were on duty in Athlone to keep water pumped away from housing

Minister of State lost out after Carrigy’s transfers favoured having Longford--based TD