A TEAM representing the Department Of Housing has visited several mica-hit houses in Donegal to see just how bad the problem really is, with initial reports suggesting that it’s ‘nothing a bit of polyfilla wouldn’t sort”. With the estimated cost of rebuilding and repairing the 5,000 plus homes now reaching over €1bn, the government are… Read more »
THERE was more Olympic triumph for Ireland in Japan this morning, after a bedsit on Dublin’s North Circular Road was declared the winner by a panel of judges in the debut of the ‘Best Dive’ event. Factors in the decision to grant gold to the apartment, listed as being for a single person but with… Read more »
THE GOVERNMENT has confirmed that its housing strategy for the coming decade ‘Housing For All’ has been delayed and will not be published next week as planned due to investment funds still working on the document’s final wording and loopholes. “We’re as eager and impatient to find out what we have planned as well, but… Read more »
IT’S TOUGH out there trying to navigate the housing situation in Ireland, what with the cost of rent, the difficulty saving for a mortgage and being able to afford a home at all, all while the government just seems to making decisions designed to make you so angry you burst a blood vessel and dislocate… Read more »
CONCERNS that the new work-from-home culture could see a more fair and sustainable standard of life for people living in non-urban areas around the country have been dismissed by a team of economists today, who have assured everyone that the ‘new normal’ will be just as expensive as the pre-covid days. “To the young lady… Read more »
THE IRISH government is set to finally act on the long standing deficiencies in the mica redress scheme which has been displaying damaging cracks for some time, due in no small part to the international media picking up on the story. “The affected families holding a mickey mouse protest? We can laugh that off behind… Read more »
AS IT EMERGED estate agents are now asking for evidence of mortgage approval and total amount of savings from potential buyers in order to just secure a viewing. In what is sure to be a vetting process that breaks all manner of GDPR, estate agents have claimed the vetting must take place due to a… Read more »
WITH rents reaching ever-more extraordinary levels and young people continuing to be priced out of the housing market, questions are being asked about what the government thinks will happen when these people hit retirement age and do not own a home of their own. Luckily, a spokesperson for the Department of Housing has assured WWN… Read more »
ARE you an investment fund planning on hoovering up the Irish housing market but worried that new rules introduced by the government might harm your chances? Well then, this is the guide for you. Worry not, the Irish government is on hand to personally guide you through all the loopholes you can easily exploit: –… Read more »
“WHAT if, now go with me on this one” suggested think tank consultant working for the government earlier this week, as the Department Of Housing raced to get ahead of a wave of negative press surrounding the hoovering-up of houses by massive investment funds, locking renters out of the housing market for a generation. “Ok,… Read more »