Modular homes not a solution says local building contractor
A local building contractor says government suggestions that modular housing is solution to address the current housing crisis is simply inaccurate. Cathal O Connor is a a building developer based in Sligo and is also involved in the provision of prefab structures. He says there are major issues in securing…
‘Twin track approach needed’ for rural Ireland says Leitrim Cllr
A Leitrim Councilor says the Government plans to bring vacant social housing back into use for those fleeing the war in Ukraine could also be used to address the issue of depopulation in parts of rural Ireland/ The Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien is briefing his cabinet colleagues…
Donegal TD urges government to implement a local authority led housing policy
A Donegal TD says the influx of Ukraine Refuges into Ireland may finally force the government to provide funding to renovate derelict and unoccupied homes across the country. Deputy Thomas Pringle says the government must end the reliance on the private sector to solve the housing crisis The…
Housing for All plan ‘missed opportunity’ says local TD
A Sligo Leitrim TD has described the governments housing for all programme as a missed opportunity to seriously tackle the housing crisis that is currently engulfing this country. Sinn Fein’s Martin Kenny says the plan will continue to lead rising house prices with developers set to construction a large number…
Housing crisis continues to dominate Sligo Council agendas
The lack of housing in Sligo is expected to be a dominant item on the agendas of upcoming council and municipal district meetings in the autumn of 2021. Sligo/Drumcliffe Councillor Donal Gilroy earlier this year called for land that’s part of the strategic reserve to be rezoned and used…
Array of obstacles facing councils in building more houses
Sligo 444%, Donegal 192% and Leitrim 266% — these are the massive percentage increases needed in housing delivery in the north west to meet targets in county development plans, according to recently-published figures. And despite the high figure in Sligo, it’s a particularly sensitive issue in Leitrim because of the…
Doherty lashes out at government parties over investment funds’ involvement in housing market
A Donegal TD says investment and vulture funds will buying up large swathes of new housing estates, causing those hoping to rent or buy a home of their own to be pushed out of the market. It comes after an investment fund bought up an estate in Kildare en masse.…