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04 Sep '25 |
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Cantillon: Foxrock decision shows Nimbys are not the only problem when building housing
In a two-storey neighbourhood, that Tower of Babel could stretch high into the Foxrock sky. One suspects there might be no shortage of objections, and even judicial review, in that case. - Subscribe |
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04 Sep '25 |
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Dublin City Council defends housing and zoning targets against minister’s directions
The company recently dropped the case, with Marlet saying the Minister’s intervention “encouraging councils to rezone lands that are serviced and where homes can be built, was a key decision why w - Subscribe |
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04 Sep '25 |
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Planning permission denied for ‘stark’ boutique hotel at Shelbourne Road in Ballsbridge
The scheme by Cal Craven’s Badlands Developments Ltd for the six-storey 24-bedroom Windjammer Hotel resulted in widespread local opposition, with concerns being expressed over the scheme by the Egli - Subscribe |
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04 Sep '25 |
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Cairn Homes reports exceptionally strong sales from first-time buyers in the first half of 2025
“In the same period, there was 32,298 FTB mortgage approvals, the highest level since the global financial crisis. With national housing completions at 32,717 in the year to June 2025, supply remain - Subscribe |
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04 Sep '25 |
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Vacancy rate on prime Irish shopping streets falling, says CBRE retail report
“Gloria by Big Mamma signed a 20-year lease for 702 sq m at 41 Westmoreland Street. Mowgli, the popular Indian street-food brand with a strong UK presence, has signed for 302 square metres at 41-4 - Subscribe |
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02 Sep '25 |
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Decision to deny large-scale Cairn Homes development in Wicklow is overturned
Wicklow County Council granted permission for Cairn Homes to build 329 homes on a 25.14 hectares within the townlands of Blessington Demesne, Newpaddocks and Santry Hill in April 2024. - Subscribe |
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02 Sep '25 |
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Developers apply for Croí Cónaithe subsidies to build close to 6,000 apartments
The state's scheme to subsidise the construction of apartments for sale has received applications from developers to build close to 6,000 homes this year. The Croí Cónaithe Cities scheme, launched i - Subscribe |
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02 Sep '25 |
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Vacancy rates on Dublin’s high streets fall from ‘double-digit highs’
Since the second quarter of 2023, the vacancy rate on Henry Street has declined from 11.9 per cent to 6.4 per cent, following a number of new store openings. - Subscribe |
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02 Sep '25 |
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Dublin City Council defends housing and zoning targets against minister’s directions
In a move that will come as a blow to some developers banking on the rezoning of their sites, assistant council chief executive Tony Flynn said there was already sufficient capacity in the development - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Sep '25 |
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Hines gets green light for 1,131 apartments at former Holy Cross College, Drumcondra site
The Council has given the green light to Hines partner fund, CWTC Multi-Family ICAV, to construct a 1,131-unit scheme that includes a 13-storey apartment block for the site at Holy Cross College on Cl - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Sep '25 |
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More than 380 new apartments approved for Dublin’s Grand Canal cost-rental and social homes scheme
The 383 apartments will be built by the Land Development Agency (LDA) and Dublin City Council (DCC) in four blocks of up to nine storeys, along with community spaces, a creche and allotments. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Sep '25 |
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27 The Nicholson at Lansdowne Place in Ballsbridge sells for record-breaking €7.2m
The record for the most valuable transaction in the Irish apartment market until now had been held by another penthouse at Lansdowne Place, 24 The Burbidge, which sold for €7 million in autumn 2023. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Sep '25 |
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Mart Lane Property Developments refused planning at Mart Lane site, Foxrock
The development, the council said, represented a density of 34.5 units per hectare, which does not adhere to planning guidelines promoting residential density of between 50 and 250 units per hectare. - Subscribe |
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01 Sep '25 |
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Commercial property rents and prices have hit bottom and are set to rise, reveals SCSI sentiment survey
Commercial property agents expect rents and prices to rise for prime office, retail and industrial properties over the next 12 months, according to a sentiment survey by the Society of Chartered Surve - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
01 Sep '25 |
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Housing commencement figures down nearly 80% so far this year
Just 7,384 housing commencement notices were issued by builders in the first seven months of the year.
This is roughly a fifth of the 35,358 notices issued for the same period last year and less th - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
01 Sep '25 |
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Housing commencement figures down nearly 80% so far this year
Just 7,384 housing commencement notices were issued by builders in the first seven months of the year.
This is roughly a fifth of the 35,358 notices issued for the same period last year and less th - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
25 Aug '25 |
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‘Starbucks was too big for somewhere so small’ – the Irish town that rejected US coffee giant
"If you see a Starbucks, you know what you’re going to get,” according to Dalkey cafe's Pepper Laine owner Peter O’Donovan, referring to the good and the bad of the ubiquitous chain that is cele - Subscribe |
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25 Aug '25 |
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Daft: Average monthly rents now twice those of Celtic Tiger peak
Ronan Lyons: The figures in this latest Daft.ie Report show that rents in the open market rose by a further 1.6% in the second quarter of the year. Combined with the increases seen in the previous thr - Subscribe |
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25 Aug '25 |
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Creches empty or converted to housing as developers seek to drop childcare facilities
Parents who say they bought houses on the “understanding” their estate would have a creche are facing long waiting lists for childcare as many promised facilities remain vacant, even in high-deman - Subscribe |
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25 Aug '25 |
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Plan to turn vacant Dublin buildings into housing halted after €3m spend
Dublin City Council paid €3.55 million for a 1990s office block at 14-15 Fitzwilliam Quay on the Dodder river and plans to convert it into 15 apartments. “Ultimately we are using the resources tha - Subscribe |
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