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# Darragh O'Brien

Last week
7th April 2024 - 13th April 2024
Nearly 40k houses will be built this year, says O'Brien playing down Harris’ target to build 50k
Last month
March 2024
Government missed last year's social and affordable housing targets by 2,680 homes
This year
2024
Homes at Sandyford ‘Mint’ site could be decade away despite land transfer approval
The Central Bank said it would take seven years for it to vacate the site off the M50.
More than 5,000 applications for 535 cost-rental homes in Dublin and Kildare
Locals question silence over future of 28 homes in Swords
The homes are in the housing minister’s constituency of Dublin Fingal.
Fewer car park spaces and smaller gardens under new house building rules issued to local authorities
State on track to purchase scenic Conor Pass in Kerry
Last year
2023
Government aims for new short-term let rules to be up and running by summer 2024
Works begin on redevelopment of O’Devaney Gardens to create 1,000 new homes
Varadkar reacts to RTÉ Investigates: 'People seeking money to withdraw planning objections is not acceptable'
Up to one million graduates could be eligible to vote under Seanad election reform plan
Expert group to examine the whole process around buying a house from bidding to probate
Housing minister to meet European Commission next month over delays in Airbnb crackdown
Landlords selling up will have to give tenant option to buy as delayed legislation goes to Cabinet
Housing Minister: Report of two properties acquired under Govt scheme 'doesn't tell full story'
Almost 700 homes delivered under the government's First Home Scheme this year
Plans for new deep-water port in Co Meath unveiled
Housing Minister says Dublin Airport's North Runway 'using flight paths that weren’t agreed'
Housing Minister wants tax cuts for small landlords in Budget as 'good landlords' are leaving market
Pharmacists to be allowed dispense some medicines, including the pill, without GP prescription
Sinn Féin questions whether affordable housing target on track based on latest figures
Property prices continue to rise, with the average house price now at €320,000
Darragh O'Brien tells Cabinet that the Government will hit or exceed its target for new homes this year
Bill to give effect to constituency boundary redraw to go to Cabinet
Housing Minister says change in how landlords are taxed is 'urgent' and 'crucial'
Housing Minister condemns 'misinformation' letters distributed in Dublin with Fianna Fáil logo
'I wish I never applied': Affordable housing in Darragh O'Brien's constituency delayed by a year
Tax breaks for landlords to be examined in Budget alongside renters’ tax credit, says minister
Two referendums instead of one may be required on gender equality with 'tight' November timeline
Housing Minister says he wants to see renters' tax credit increased in Budget
Darragh O'Brien claims retained firefighters' strike is a 'severe threat to public safety'
Up to 100 people left homeless after fire at Navan apartment building
Department of Local Government asks for research on limiting election posters, axing by-elections and lowering the voting age
Just under 500 homes delivered in year one of the government's First Home Scheme
Government accused of 'shocking indifference' after deciding against another eviction ban
Government criticised for giving housing update during Tubridy hearings
Taoiseach stresses 'progress' on housing as he defends lifting of eviction ban
Tenants to be asked to bid on property if landlord sells as independent value plan is abandoned
Dublin apartment owners who face a €68,000 fire defects bill seek answers from Housing Minister
Renters feel less secure in their tenancies compared to last year, Threshold finds