Sligo councillor calls the provision of more modular homes to ease housing crisis
With the ongoing housing crisis continuing to impact the north-west region, a Sligo Councillor is calling on the local authority to take more measures to rectify the issue. Solidarity-People Before Profit Councillor Gino O’Boyle has previously been an outspoken critic of the council’s approach to housing. He raised the subject…
Local TD claims the provision of housing in Donegal is ‘in absolute chaos’.
A Donegal TD has slammed the government for its failure to deliver affordable housing. Speaking in the Dáil Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn described the housing crisis in county Donegal as in “absolute chaos”. With non-affordable housing and defective blocks wreaking havoc in a number of homes, Independent TD…
Donegal TD begs the government to ‘cop themselves on’ and address the housing crisis
Government officials have been told to cop themselves on when it comes to the delivery of affordable housing in the North West and elsewhere. It comes as just seven out of 31 local authorities delivered housing through affordable housing schemes last year. Sligo, Leitrim or Donegal are not…
Sligo Councillor says legacy issues existed in health and housing before the war in Ukraine
A Sligo Councillor believes that refugees are being unfairly blamed for a number of local issues when really the finger should be pointed at successive Governments. Cllr Arthur Gibbons has reiterated that there is no place in the town and further afield for any form of discrimination against people…
Leitrim has lowest amount of A-rated homes nationwide
New data shows that Leitrim has the lowest amount of A-rated homes nationwide. More than 80 per cent of homes built since 2020 are heated using electricity. The figures from the CSO also show the highest proportion of A-rated homes are in Kildare, county Dublin and Meath. …
Calls for Killybegs housing units to be fast tracked
There are calls for planned housing units in Killybegs to be fast tracked. The project is currently at preliminary stage but there’s concern that it’s not moving quick enough to cope with the demand for housing locally. Cathaoirleach of the Donegal MD Cllr Niamh Kennedy says it’s no…
‘Growing interest’ in those seeking to live in rural parts of Leitrim
There’s said to be a growing interest in those seeking to live in rural parts of County Leitrim. Latest figures from Leitrim County Council show that there’s an average of 12 bids per Council owned property in the Manorhamilton MD alone. The statistics have also revealed that there…