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Over €210m allocated for provision of social housing

Over €210m allocated for provision of social housing

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OVER €210 million has been set aside for Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to provide social housing for Dublin City Council over the ...

Council hoping to appoint contractor for older persons housing scheme

Council hoping to appoint contractor for older persons housing scheme

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TENDERS have been received from contractors looking to take on the older persons’ housing schemes in Fernwood and Maplewood, which has faced ...

SVP pleads for help for those facing ‘Impossible Choices’

SVP pleads for help for those facing ‘Impossible Choices’

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POVERTY charity the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) recently launched their annual appeal, this year titled “Impossible Choices”, as the ...

Cemetery plans lodged by Citywest Hotel owners

Cemetery plans lodged by Citywest Hotel owners

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A SITE notice for planning permission for an 8,047-plot cemetery has been erected at a site in the grounds of the Citywest ...

Politicians ‘sold a pup’ about Strategic Housing Development

Politicians ‘sold a pup’ about Strategic Housing Development

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A LOCAL councillor has said local politicians were “sold a pup” about the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) scheme, when they were told ...

Plans lodged for construction of five-bed homes on Knocklyon

Plans lodged for construction of five-bed homes on Knocklyon

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PLANS for the construction of four five-bedroom houses on the Knocklyon Road have been submitted to South Dublin County Council. Developer Pathway ...

Mixed opinion on plans for emergency accommodation

Mixed opinion on plans for emergency accommodation

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PUBLIC opinion on the temporary emergency accommodation for asylum seekers in Cookstown is mixed, according to a committee member from the Belgard ...

Brother (24) to stand trial on triple murder

Brother (24) to stand trial on triple murder

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THE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has directed that a 24-year-old man charged with the murder of his two sisters and brother ...

‘We were sold a dream – ended up in a nightmare’

‘We were sold a dream – ended up in a nightmare’

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OWNERS of properties affected by defects are to protest outside the Dáil in the lead up to Christmas, amid efforts to meet ...

Young people think there is ‘nothing gardai can do’

Young people think there is ‘nothing gardai can do’

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PEOPLE think there is “nothing gardai can do” about underage crime, but senior gardai say that is not the case. Speaking at ...