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# Darragh O'Brien

This month
February 2025
'The people want tar': Ministers herald 'new dawn' of increased roads spending worth €713m
Climate Minister hints at changes to how Met Éireann issues wind warnings
Just 16% not participating in Deposit Return Scheme as it marks one-year anniversary
Last month
January 2025
Housing target missed: The number of homes built last year actually fell by 6.7%
Last year
2024
FactCheck: Four claims from last night's General Election housing debate
FactCheck: Has work begun on nearly 60,000 new homes in the last 12 months?
Harris says housing delivery figure for this year will be 'well upwards towards 40,000'
Housing minister says toll price hikes should 'not proceed'
FactCheck: Is Ireland now 'the top country in Europe' when it comes to building new homes?
The Taoiseach said asylum seekers are driving up homeless figures: experts say it's far more complicated
Yesterday marked the eighth consecutive month of record homeless figures.
Simon Harris' comments sparked controversy last week when he linked homelessness to record numbers of asylum seekers.
Charities in the sector say systemic factors related to the housing market are more to blame.
Government begins to progress legislation for celtic-tiger era apartment remediation scheme
Taoiseach says Housing for All plan 'a good starting point' but needs updating
FactCheck: Examining four claims from Darragh O'Brien and Eoin O Broin's latest housing debate
Greens 'blindsided' by land tax deferral, as question posed on how serious Govt is about fixing housing
SF pledges affordable homes for households earning under €90k but salary cap criticised by FF
Law underpinning tenant's first refusal right to buy property from landlord approved by Cabinet
Only 158 new social housing units were built in the first three months of this year
Govt action plan to save Hen Harriers launched amid concerns bird could be extinct in 25 years
Govt to fast-track ban on 51-week student leases in time for upcoming academic year
Govt to name next EU Commissioner tomorrow – but what could it mean for Cabinet?
Public spaces to get drinking water fountains as part of new scheme announced today
Home Loan scheme expanded to first-time buyers who wish to renovate vacant or derelict properties
Govt to expedite legal change to stop student accommodation providers mandating 51-week leases
Tempers flare in Dáil over housing as 'Pearse' and 'Darragh' get on first-name terms
Inter-departmental group to be set up to consider proposals on a referendum on housing
Housing Minister says core recommendation from Housing Commission report 'problematic'
Building commencements on new homes hit approximately 18,000 in April alone, Cabinet to hear
Dermot Bannon denies payment for featuring Government grants on Room To Improve
Four in 10 people getting support via First Home Scheme are single, minister says
Nearly 40k houses will be built this year, says O'Brien playing down Harris’ target to build 50k
Government missed last year's social and affordable housing targets by 2,680 homes
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
All time
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