The missing factor here is perhaps an absence of political will created by an abandonment of any foundational vision of what an independent Ireland might be.
Dublin City Council is taking legal action against developers for what they call the “unauthorised demolition” of the home of a leading rebel in the Easter Rising of 1916. The house in question was located at 40 Herbert Park, and was bulldozed in September of 2020 to make way for a 2-storey apartment and hotel […]
Last night the Government succeeded in passing a last minute amendment to the Finance (Covid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 that will allow institutional investors, otherwise “vulture funds”, to avoid paying stamp duty on housing units if they agree to lease them to local authorities. This represents a huge concession to the investors who have […]
The car has left the highway. We are close to our house. Using our mobile phone, we send a message; the porch and entrance lights come on and the heating starts up so that when we arrive the temperature is adequate, which the device itself has learned is the one we prefer. The house is […]
The best part of Matt Walsh’s trolling of AOC was the knowledge that she wouldn’t take the money. She couldn’t because that would mean that the state was not the best means of solving the problem. Sandy Cortez is a state-ist and every antagonistic dialectic she embarks upon has one objective; enlarge the state. In […]
A Report being launched today by Green Party TD and Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, Joe O’Brien, is to recommend a radical transformation of how local authorities assess and prioritise housing applications from non-Irish minorities and members of the Traveller community. The Minority Groups and Housing Services: Barriers […]
Dublin City Council have passed a motion to list the home of 1916 hero The O’Rahilly on the Register of Protected Structures, pending examination of the issue. This means that the house cannot be demolished in the while it remains on the Register. The success of the motion, proposed by Sinn Féin’s Micheál Mac Donncha comes after […]
A former Mayor of Tuam has said that there are serious questions to be answered regarding a house fire which occurred in county Galway yesterday. Martin Ward, the Aontú representative for Tuam, who previously served two terms as Mayor of the town, was speaking today after it was announced that Gardaí are investigating following a […]
Police have said 2,246 fetal remains were found at the residence of Ulrich Klopfer, a doctor who had performed abortions in South Bend, Indiana until losing his license in 2015.