Committee On Housing

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Groups opposing Irish Water’s €1.3 billion plan to pipe water to Dublin say the capital’s supply issues should be deal with by fixing leakages.
Shannon water scheme opponents accuse Irish Water of making ‘false statements’

The proposal to spend €1.3 billion on extracting water from the Shannon and building a 170-kilometre pipeline to convey it to Dublin should be subject(...)

A 170km pipe would draw water from the Parteen Basin on the River Shannon in north Tipperary, in a move designed to meet future economic expansion to the east. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Shannon-to-Dublin water pipeline ‘simply wrong’ says critic

Plans to pump water from the River Shannon to Dublin have been criticised as having the potential for significant waste given the dilapidated state of(...)

Damien English said he wanted to make ‘whatever changes are necessary’ to accelerate delivery of Traveller accommodation. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Local authorities may lose consultation right on Traveller location

Settled residents may lose the right to be consulted on the location of Traveller accommodation, the Minister responsible for housing has said. Dami(...)

Construction of rapid-build modular homes in Ballymun, Dublin. Photograph: Laura Hutton/Collins Photo Agency
Homelessness crisis: Five ways to tackle the issues

1 Appoint a government minister for housing and establish an Oireachtas committee on housing Such a minister would have power to address issues fall(...)

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