Sligo Councillor says the local homeless crisis must be addressed
A Sligo Councillor is calling for the eviction ban to be reintroduced to tackle the homeless crisis that is being felt as severely in the North West than anywhere in the country. The ban ended in March and Sinn Fein has tabled a bill in the Dáil tonight calling…
Donegal TD fears massive homeless crisis after eviction ban is ended
A Donegal TD is claiming that the government’s refusal to reverse its decision to end the eviction ban will lead to levels of homelessness never before thought possible. The Government were successful in defeating a Sinn Fein Motion which called for an extension on the no-fault evictions ban in…
Almost 170 families in North West will present as homeless in near future
A Sligo councillor is warning that local authorities in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal will be dealing with 169 families and individuals presenting as homeless in April as a result of the lifting of the ban on ‘no fault’ evictions. Councillor Thomas Healy says figures from the Residential Tenancy Board are…
Donegal TD’s challenged by Sinn Féin to explain why they support making constituents homeless.
Sinn Féin TDs Pearse Doherty and Pádraig MacLochlainn have called on fellow elected representatives, Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue and Fine Gael Deputy, Joe McHugh to explain why they will be voting in favour of making constituents homeless. The north west TD’s were speaking ahead of their party’s motion…
Eviction bill to be debated in the Dáil
Government and opposition TDs are set to clash over the decision to end the eviction ban in the Dáil later. A Sinn Féin motion calling for the decision to be reversed will be voted e but many TDs, including some in Government, have yet to decide what side to…
Local representative calls for eviction ban retention
A local representative for the Labour Party says they will be backing a Sinn Fein motion to retain the eviction ban. Party Leader Ivana Bacik has called on the Government to reverse its decision not to extend it beyond the end of this month. It comes after Green Party TD…
Taoiseach under scrutiny over eviction ban decision
The Taoiseach has come under fire over the decision to end the eviction ban. The decision was taken to allow the moratorium to elapse at the end of this month. Speaking in the Dáil today, Independent Donegal TD Thomas Pringle challenged Leo Varadkar, calling for a public housing scheme to…