Housing

Brendan Courtney launches Shine A Light Sleep Out

Brendan Courtney launches Shine A Light Sleep Out

Bord Gáis Energy’s support of Shine A Light forms part of an ongoing partnership with Focus Ireland which began in 2015. To date it has supported over 7,000 families and directly prevented 458 vulnerable families from becoming homeless.

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Housing is a Right, Not a Privilege

Housing is a Right, Not a Privilege

As of July 2023, the IGB Housing Action Group has met with the developers of the IGB site who confirmed they made available to our own Housing Department the entire allocation of Social and Affordable homes on Phase 1. So we will see what progresses from here,

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Two Young Girls Remembered in Local Ceremony

Two Young Girls Remembered in Local Ceremony

On June 12th 1963, Numbers 2a, 3 and 4 Fenian Street tenement houses collapsed. This resulted in the deaths of two young girls, Linda Byrne aged 7 and Marion Vardy aged 8.

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Muckross Park House
Site under threat as owners seek re-zoning

Dermot Carmody A site around the historic Muckross Park House in Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, which includes the original house, buildings associated with the old convent and school and surrounding green area would be rezoned if a recent submission to Dublin […]

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A New Initiative Could Play a Major Part in Ending Homelessness: Irishtown locals co-found Lanu – an exciting housing startup project

David Prendeville A new proptech startup company, Lanu, which takes its name from the Irish word Leathnú – meaning extend – was recently co-founded by two Irishtown locals. It has also been announced that it is one of two housing […]

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New Christmas Song for Peter McVerry Trust

New Christmas Song for Peter McVerry Trust

A brand new Christmas song has been released by Friends of Peter McVerry Trust, to raise some very much needed funds for homeless services at this special, but difficult time of the year for some. The new song, “This Time of Year”, has been written by John Evans and performed by Alan Brereton,

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“Housing For All” Radical Solution Or More Of The Same?

Dermot Carmody The government’s Housing For All plan was launched on September 2nd, replacing the Rebuilding Ireland plan of 2016, with the Taoiseach Micheál Martin saying it would “provide the basis for a long-term sustainable housing system for this and […]

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Images OF Tents On The Dodder Pose Questions About Homelessness

Dermot Carmody A year of staying at home has been a huge challenge for everybody, but for one section of our community the constraints and vicissitudes of Covid19 have added a new layer of difficulty to an already fraught set […]

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Activists fight York Road tower

Peter McNamara Ringsend community activists are working to prevent a tower development proposal on York Road from being more than doubled in height. Melville Properties have submitted a proposal to Dublin City Council to extend permission that was previously granted […]

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Good news at last for renters

Eoin Meegan With soaring rents in recent years in the capital, it appears good news is at last on the horizon. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) has published a report ‘Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rental Prices […]

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