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Authorities aiming to speed up delivery of houses with new NPF
Jacqueline Hogge
County development plans look set to be revisited as councils around the country seek to accelerate building.
23 April 2025 Features
Farm families on board to build their resilience skills
A nationwide survey of farm families is underway by a team of academics in Dublin City University who are developing a bespoke mental health education programme, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
16 April 2025 Features
Supporting abusers who want to change their ways
A 400% increase in calls to MOVE Ireland, which educates and counsels men who abuse their partners, shows the need to support perpetrators who seek help in living a non-violent life.
Local bus service proving a lifeline in rural Ireland
As passenger numbers continue to increase on Transport for Ireland’s Local Link buses, communities in rural parts of Waterford and Donegal talk about their efforts to secure the service.
9 April 2025 Features
Niall McNamee: ‘betting companies need to do better in their duty of care’
A report by Jacqueline Hogge and Rosalind Skillen examines problem gambling, and the role the new Gambling Authority of Ireland and addiction treatment centres have to play in tackling the issue.
2 April 2025 Features
Opinion: still no answers on when rural Ireland will get a planning break
Despite repeated requests for interview, Minister for Housing James Browne declines to discuss the issue of planning for rural homes.
26 March 2025 Features
Building a home: modular homes can help to ease rural housing crisis
Proposals to ease planning restrictions on modular homes have been broadly welcomed by those who have opted for such housing, as they see it as their only way of securing a place of their own.
26 March 2025 Features
Brass tacks to know when building a rural home
From securing planning permission to ensuring you have all your ducks in a row for a mortgage application, these are the essentials when it comes to building a home in rural Ireland.
19 March 2025 Features
Frustration over delays and price inflation tainting VPRG support
As interest grows in grants offered for the renovation of older homes in rural Ireland, there is concern over alleged price inflation applied by approved providers, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
12 March 2025 Features
Roads policy leaving farm families out in the cold
With safety issues being cited as a reason for rural housing development being stifled, we talk to a farmer who was refused planning permission, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
5 March 2025 Features
Progress being made on probate delays
The Law Society and IPAV say work is progressing to reduce delays in dealing with probate, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
26 February 2025 Features
Farmers’ bid to downsize family home rejected
The decision to sell their farmhouse to a local family has cost a Co Wicklow farming couple dearly as they have been denied permission to build a smaller home on their land by the local authority.
26 February 2025 Features