This page contains links recent to media coverage, academic writing, proceedings of the Houses of the Oireachtas, and other writing that refers to AON, its activities, or matters of interest to the multi-unit development sector.
2022
The Irish Times 12/01/22 – Legislation aimed at keeping ‘cowboy’ builders out of industry published
Data Protection Commission January 2022 – Data Protection Considerations Relating to Multi-Unit Developments and Owners’ Management Companies
The Irish Times 04/01/22 – When and why did ‘flats’ become ‘apartments’ in Ireland?
2021
The Irish Times 29/12/21 – Owners of defective homes concerned thousands may be excluded from scheme
The Irish Times 29/12/21 – State faces bills for fire and other defects in apartment blocks
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 16/12/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 16/12/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 16/12/21 – Property Management Companies
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 16/12/21 – Defective Building Materials
Dáil Éireann Debate 15/12/21 – Departmental Strategies
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 15/12/21 – Tax Code
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 15/12/21 – Electric Vehicles
Seanad Éireann Debate 14/12/21 – Order of Business
Seanad Éireann Debate 14/12/21 – Commencement Matters
Business Post 12/12/21 – EV charger grant extended to apartment dwellers (subscription access)
RTÉ News 09/12/21 – Virtual general meetings allowed to continue as Companies Act extended
The Irish Times 09/12/21 – Virtual agms to continue as measures extended
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment 09/12/21 – Minister Troy announces extension of Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020 to 30 April 2022
Dáil Éireann Debate 08/12/21 – Topical Issues Debate – Housing Schemes
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 08/12/21 – Fire Service
The Irish Times 08/12/21 – Property Clinic: ‘Can I sell my apartment if it has no management company?’
Dáil Éireann Debate 07/12/21 – Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members]
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 07/12/21 – Housing Policy
Seanad Éireann Debate 07/12/21 – Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage
Dáil Éireann Debate 02/12/21 – Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
Dáil Éireann Debate 02/12/21 – Questions on Promised Legislation
Seanad Éireann Debate 01/12/21 – Order of Business
Seanad Éireann Debate 01/12/21 – Order of Business
SEAI 01/12/21 – EV Apartment Charging Programme Overview Consultation
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 30/11/21 – Electric Vehicles
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta 30/11/21 – 10 years on from Priory Hall: Scannal anocht ar RTÉ ONE
RTÉ Press Centre 30/11/21 – Scannal – Episode 2 – Priory Hall
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 25/11/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 24/11/21 – Building Regulations
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 23/11/21 – Court Judgments
Dáil Éireann Debate 23/11/21 – Order of Business
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 23/11/21 – Environmental Impact Assessments
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 23/11/21 – Fire Safety
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 23/11/21 – Electric Vehicles
The Irish Times 23/11/21 – Property Clinic: The roof of my parents’ apartment block is shockingly faulty
IPAV Online Lettings and Residential Conference 2021 20/11/21 – OMCs and the MUD Act
Irish Independent 18/11/21 – A new building standards regulator must focus on consumer protection (subscription access)
The Irish Times 17/11/21 – Dispute over service charges at city centre properties settled
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 17/11/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 17/11/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 16/11/21 – Defective Building Materials
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 16/11/21 – Fire Service
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 16/11/21 – Defective Building Materials
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach – debate 16/11/21 – Finance Bill 2021 Committee Stage
The Irish Times 12/11/21 – Bus driver awarded €60,000 over slip on ice at apartment building
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 11/11/21 – Defective Building Materials
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 04/11/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 02/11/21 – Electric Vehicles
Seanad Éireann Debate 02/11/21 – Commencement Matters – Tax Reliefs
Irish Independent 28/10/21 – Hitting building carbon targets will take sticks as well as carrots (subscription access)
Irish Independent 25/10/21 – The Indo Daily: The Priory Hall scandal 10 years on (podcast)
Business Post 24/10/21 – Cosgrave family deny ‘starving’ Ivy Exchange of fire safety funds (subscription access)
The Irish Times 23/10/21 – Claim over Parnell Street buildings fast-tracked to Commercial Court
The Currency 24/10/21 – “This is not Priory Hall”: Court hears of fire safety concerns at Parnell Street development
Seanad Éireann Debate 21/10/21 – Order of Business
Irish Independent 16/10/21 – Building laws ‘still open to abuse’ 10 years after safety fiasco at Priory Hall (subscription access)
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 12/10/21 – Tax Code
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 12/10/21 – Fire Service
Dáil Éireann Debate 06/10/21 – Leaders’ Questions
Seanad Éireann Debate 06/10/21 – Order of Business
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 05/10/21 – Fire Safety
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 05/10/21 – Defective Building Materials
Irish Independent 02/10/21 – In-depth: Priory Hall 10 years on – ‘We were worried about being homeless and a mortgage for a home we couldn’t live in’ (subscription access)
The Irish Times 01/10/21 – Landlords can write off costs of building defects against tax but not owner-occupiers
Dáil Éireann Debate 30/09/21 – Defective Dwellings Bill 2021: First Stage
Green Party 30/09/21 – Green Party’s Defective Dwelling Bill to ensure homes are fit for purpose
The Irish Times 30/09/21 – Owners and later occupants of homes with defects could seek redress under Bill
Irish Independent 30/09/21 – Court allows Lloyd’s to sue former Ronan firms over defects (subscription access)
Seanad Éireann Debate 29/09/21 – Housing For All – a New Housing Plan for Ireland: Statements
DublinLive.ie 29/09/21 – ‘Lives at risk’ this Halloween due to Dublin Fire Brigade staff shortages
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 28/09/21 – Defective Building Materials
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 28/09/21 – Tax Code
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 28/09/21 – Defective Building Materials
Chill Insurance 27/09/21 – What To Look For When Buying An Apartment THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE PURCHASING
Engineers Journal 27/09/21 – Engineering a catastrophe? How human error causes high-rise tragedies (subscription access)
Irish Examiner 22/09/21 – Tánaiste all but rules out full redress for homeowners impacted by mica
The Irish Times 22/09/21 – Plight of mica-stressed homeowners dominates FG party gathering
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 17/09/21 – Defective Building Materials
Irish Independent 17/09/21 – ‘Don’t buy a new apartment’ – why this was my advice during the Celtic Tiger
Dáil Éireann Debate 16/09/21 – Leader’s Questions
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 16/09/21 – Renewable Energy Generation
Dáil Éireann Debate 15/09/21 – Freedom of Information: Motion [Private Members]
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 15/09/21 – Housing Provision
Irish Examiner 12/09/21 – Darragh O’Brien must fix political defects of past
Business Post 12/09/21 – Defects: Ó Broin shines a light on the fallout of Celtic Tiger Ireland’s housing follies (subscription access)
Office of the Planning Regulator September 2021 – A Guide to Taking in Charge of Completed Residential Developments (Planning Leaflet 15)
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 09/09/21 – Renewable Energy Generation
The Irish Times 08/09/21 – Inside Politics – The legacy of ‘Celtic Tiger’ housing – with Eoin Ó Broin (Podcast)
The Irish Times 07/09/21 – Property Clinic – The management company at my apartment block won’t let me park my car
The Irish Times 05/09/21 – Defects: The problems of developer-led construction in Ireland (subscriber access)
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage – Housing for All – Chapter 5.5.5- Reform Owners’ Management Companies
Wexford People 31/08/21 – Wexford property company is struck off over improper conduct with client’s funds (subscriber access)
Ireland’s Housing Action 32 30/08/21 – Directors, Are they right for your estate????
On The Record, Newstalk FM 29/08/21 – ‘Defects: Living with the Legacy of the Celtic Tiger with Eoin Ó Broin
Today with Claire Byrne, RTÉ Radio 1 27/08/21 – Defects: Living with the Legacy of the Celtic Tiger
Eventbrite.com 26/08/21 – Book Launch 8 September 2021: “Defects” Living with the legacy of the Celtic Tiger
VOICE Ireland 23/08/21 – Apartment Residents have Rotten Access to Compost Facilities
The Housing Agency July/August 2021 – Watch back: Multi-Unit Developments Training Webinars
The Housing Agency 18/08/21 – Multi-Unit Developments Training Session 6: Sinking Funds
VOICE Ireland 16/08/21 – Upgrading Shared Bin Experience (USE) Pilot 2021/2022
The Housing Agency 11/08/21 – Multi-Unit Developments Training Session 5: Role of the Management Agent and the PSRA
DublinLive.ie 07/08/21 – Dublin Fire Brigade’s important advice after resident has lucky escape from apartment blaze in Ballymun
Irish Independent 07/08/21 – Apartment home chargers can become a reality for many after a long wait
The Irish Times 07/08/21 – Connecting up the dots for charging EVs at apartments
SEAI Public Consultation 06/08/21 – EV Apartment Charger Grant Support Scheme
SEAI Public Consultation 05/08/21 – Electric Vehicle EV Apartment Charger Grant Scheme – Consultation Event (YouTube)
The Housing Agency 04/08/21 – Multi-Unit Developments Training Session 4: Company Law for OMCs
MerrionStreet.ie 04/08/21 – Minister O’Brien signs new regulations for the installation of Electric Vehicle recharging Infrastructure
Surveyors Journal Summer 2021 – MUD Act at 10
Surveyors Journal Summer 2021 – Don’t Let the Fund Sink
Business Post 03/08/21 – Developers must install electric car charging points in new apartment complexes
Business Post 01/08/21 – Management company sues builders over alleged ‘fire safety deficiencies’ in complex (subscription access)
The Housing Agency 28/07/21 – Multi-Unit Developments Training Session 3: MUD Financial Management and OMC Accounts
The Irish Times 28/07/21 – Property Clinic – Who owns and controls the car parking in my apartment complex?
Philip Lee Law 28/07/21 – Does the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 (“MUDs Act”) apply to entire multi-unit schemes leased for social housing and PRS?
SEAI Public Consultation 28/07/21 – EV Apartment Charger Grant Support Scheme – Webinar
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 27/07/21 – Defective Building Materials
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 27/07/21 – Departmental Schemes
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 27/07/21 – Solar Energy Guidelines
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 27/07/21 – Tax Reliefs
The Irish Times 27/07/21 – Builders’ claims to be unsupported by State hard to stomach
The Pat Kenny Show Newstalk FM 26/07/21 – The cost of remedying Celtic Tiger-era homes will be at least €365 million (Podcast)
Breakingnews.ie 26/07/21 – Cost of fixing Celtic Tiger-era building errors could exceed €365 million
Irish Examiner 26/07/21 – Burning issue: What now for homes built with dangerous fire safety deficiencies?
The Irish Times 26/07/21 – Fixing Celtic Tiger-era building issues ‘to cost at least €365 million’
The Housing Agency 21/07/21 – Multi-Unit Developments Training Session 2: Service Charges and Debt Collection
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 15/07/21 – Building Regulations
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 15/07/21 – Departmental Schemes
Newsgroup.ie 15/07/21 – Builders responsible for unsafe homes need to be held to account
Dáil Éireann Debate 15/07/21 – Defective Building Materials
The Housing Agency 14/07/21 – Multi-Unit Developments Training Session 1: The Multi Unit Developments Act 2011
Dáil Éireann Debate 14/07/21 – Departmental Correspondence
Seanad Éireann Debate 12/07/21 – Order of Business
Irish Examiner 10/07/21 – Major rift in working group examining fire safety defects in apartment buildings
iRadio 09/07/21 – €5m worth of fire safet defects in Dublin building
The Irish Times 09/07/21 – Apartment owners deferring repairs in hope of State help, group warns
Irish Independent 09/07/21 – Fire defects discovered in Park West apartment block could cost €5m to fix
The Irish Times 09/07/21- Fire defects at Park West apartments in Dublin to cost €5m to fix
Dáil Éireann Debate 08/07/21 – Defective Building Materials
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 08/07/21 – Electric Vehicles
Highland Radio 08/07/21 – Regulatory and insurance mechanisms will be established for building defects
RTÉ News 07/0721 – ‘Get to grips with reality’ – electric vehicle owners in call over chargers
The Irish Times 07/07/21 – Revenue won’t ‘over-rely’ on recent house prices in LPT valuation guidance
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 06/07/21 – Building Regulations
ConstructionIreland.ie 05/07/21 – Call For Local Property Tax To Be Inputted Into Developing Sinking Funds For Properties
The Housing Agency 30/06/21 – Multi-Unit Developments Training
Dublin People 30/06/21 – Property Tax should be used to develop sink funds for apartments, says Senator
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 29/06/21 – Property Management Companies
Seanad Éireann Debate 28/06/21 – Order of Business
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 24/06/21 – Defective Building Materials
Irish Examiner 19/06/21 – Paying the price for light-touch regulation
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 17/06/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Debate 17/06/21 – Questions on Promised Legislation
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 16/06/21 – Construction Industry
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 15/06/21 – Programme for Government
Irish Examiner 15/06/21 – People suffer because of slipshod regulation of construction
Dáil Éireann Debate 15/06/21 – Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members]
Irish Independent 15/06/21 – Litany of scandals from Priory Hall to pyrite show us that building standards must be more than just a facade (subscription access)
The Property Professional Quarter 2 2021 – Owners’ Management Companies (p. 8 & 16)
Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland 26/05/21 – Building Defects and Failures – A Shortfall in Performance (webinar)
The Irish Times 26/05/21 – Management is refusing to repair water damage in our apartment
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 25/05/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 25/05/21 – Defective Building Materials
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 25/05/21 – Defective Building Materials
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 25/05/21 – Proposed Legislation
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 25/05/21 – Defective Building Materials
CornerStone, Special edition: a tribute to Simon Brooke – May 2021 – Owners’ management companies and sustainable apartment living (pages 34-35)
The Irish Examiner 24/05/21 – Key considerations when buying a new premises
The Housing Agency 19/05/21 – New guide highlights 10 considerations for directors involved in ownership and management of residential estates
Chartered Accountants Ireland 19/05/21 – New governance guide for directors of owners’ management companies
Cooney Carey 17/05/21 – Owners’ Management Companies Service Charges and Service Charge Budgets
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 12/05/21 – Housing Issues
The Housing Agency 10/05/21 – Launch of New Guide for Owners’ Management Companies
Chartered Accountants Ireland 06/05/21 – Launch of new guide for directors of owners’ management companies
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 05/05/21 – Defective Building Materials
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 28/04/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 28/04/21 – Housing Issues
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 28/04/21 – Housing Issues
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 28/04/21 – Property Management Companies
Cooney Carey 26/04/21 – Owners’ Management Companies Sinking (Building Investment) Funds
Cooney Carey 24/04/21 – Owners’ Management Companies – Taxation
Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland 21/04/21 – Review of Multi-Unit Development legislation – Policy position
Oireachtas Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage 20/04/20 – Vote 34 – Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised)
Business Post 11/04/21 – MUD Act: bringing home owners together for the common good (subscription access)
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 31/03/21 – Fire Safety
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 31/03/21 – Programme for Government
KFM, Kildare Today 29/03/21 – Interview with Kath Cottier, Chair Construction Defects Alliance
The Irish Times 27/03/21 – Estate agents seek cash buyers for properties with potential fire defects
The Irish Times 26/03/21 – Housing defects group to examine fire safety issues in apartments
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 24/03/21 – Building Regulations
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 24/03/21 – Building Regulations
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 24/03/21 – Home Loan Scheme
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 24/03/21 – Property Management Companies
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 24/03/21 – Vacant Properties
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 24/03/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 24/03/21- Insurance Coverage
Evoke.ie 20/03/21 – Consumer Column: Noisy neighbours are driving me out of my apartment
The Housing Agency – Annual Report 2019 (pages 14, 15, 20)
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 11/03/21 – Building Regulations
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 11/03/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 10/03/21 – Renewable Energy Generation
Office of the Information Commissioner 10/03/21 – Mr and Ms X and Clare County Council Case Number: OIC-101570-K7P2P9
GalwayBayFM 04/03/21 – Call for action on crumbling exterior of Bailey Point in Salthill
VOICE Ireland 04/03/21 – Upgrading Shared bin Experience – improving recycling rates in apartments and MUDs
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 04/03/21 – Defective Buildings
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 03/03/21 – Social and Affordable Housing
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 03/03/21- Rental Sector
The Irish Times 25/02/21 – What power has our management committee to enforce rules in our scheme?
The Property Professional Quarter 1 2021 – Owners’ Management Companies (p. 24-25)
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 18/02/21 – Electric Vehicles
The Irish Times 18/02/21 – How to choose and buy the perfect apartment in Ireland (subscription access) / owenreilly.ie
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 17/02/21 – Defective Building Materials
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 17/02/21 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 17/02/21 – Property Tax
Morning Ireland, RTÉ Radio 1 17/02/21 – Interview with Minister Darragh O’Brien, Defective Housing (playback starts 0:11:30)
KFMRadio.com 16/02/21 – Independent Working Group Established To Examine Defective Housing
HighlandRadio.com 16/02/21 – Independent working group being set up to examine defective housing
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage 16/02/21 – Minister O’Brien establishes Independent Working Group to examine defective housing
The Irish Times 16/02/21 – New powers would allow gardaí clamp down on scrambler and quad use (Comments on Defects Working Group)
Evoke.ie 13/02/21 – Consumer Column: Why are my apartment management fees so expensive?
The Irish Times 11/02/21 – British developers show the way to Irish rivals on addressing defective homes
ClareFM 03/02/21 – Shannon Apartment Complex Residents Call For Government Intervention
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 28/01/21 – Management Companies
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 28/01/21 – Defective Building Materials
Donegal Daily 27/01/21 – Former Council CEO takes up new position
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 27/01/21 – Property Services Regulatory Authority
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 27/01/21 – Building Regulations
LGiU 27/01/21 – Local government and multi-unit developments in Ireland
Leinster Leader 26/01/21 – Apartment owners group welcomes appointment to Working Group on Defective Housing
Engineers Ireland YouTube 25/01/21 – Fire Safety Issues in Existing Flats and Maisonettes
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage 21/01/21 – Minister O’Brien appoints Mr. Seamus Neely to Chair Independent Working Group on Defective Housing
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 20/01/21 – Housing Issues
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 20/01/21 – Defective Building Materials
The Irish Times 20/01/21 – State to be left with a bill of over €15m for Priory Hall reconstruction
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 14/01/21 – Buidling Regulations (cost of Priory Hall)
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 14/01/21 – Departmental Strategies
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 13/01/21 – Housing Issues (Building Defects Working Group)
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 13/01/21 – Fire Safety
The Irish Times 13/01/21 – Post-Christmas illegal dumpers are plauging our apartment block
William Fry 11/01/21 – Security for Costs: Further Developments
Ability Property Services 08/01/21 – New Standards set for Property Service Providers
McCann Fitzgerald 05/01/21 – New Standards set for Property Service Providers
Irish Examiner 03/01/21 – Special Report: Neighbour against neighbour as fire safety defects spark divisions
2020
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 15/12/20 – Property Management Companies
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 15/12/20 – Housing Issues
Seanad Éireann Order of Business 08/12/20 – Order of Business
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 03/12/20 – Building Regulations
Irish Examiner 03/12/20 – End this fleecing of the weakest
Irish Examiner 03/12/20 – No resolution for owners of defective Celtic Tiger apartments
The Pat Kenny Show Newstalk FM 02/12/20 – Construction Defects (feature begins at 00:44:15)
The Irish Times 02/12/20 – Repairs to defective apartments could cost State in excess of €1bn
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 01/12/20 – Building Regulations
Irish Examiner 01/12/20 – Huge numbers of Celtic Tiger apartments may be affected by fire defects, housing committee hears
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage 01/12/20 – Construction Defects – Recording
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage 01/12/20 – Construction Defects: Discussion with Construction Defects Alliance
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage 01/12/20 – Kath Cottier Opening Statement
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage 01/12/20 – Deirdre Ní Fhloinn BL Opening Statement
The Irish Times 01/12/20 – Low-cost loans ‘not sufficient’ to repair defective Celtic Tiger homes
The Irish Times 01/12/20 – Property Clinic – How can I go about installing solar panels for my apartment block?
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage 01/12/20 – Construction Defects
MerrionStreet.ie 30/11/20 – Minister for Justice announces new Minimum Standards for the provision of Property Services
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 24/11/20 – Electric Vehicles
The Irish Times 20/11/20 – Time to stop looking at apartment living as poor relation to house ownership
Oireachtas Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach 18/11/20 – Committee Stage consideration of the Finance Bill 2020 (Amendment No. 168 Report on tax deduction for apartment management charges)
Oireachtas Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach 18/11/20 – Committee Stage consideration of the Finance Bill 2020 (discussion starts at 3:25:30)
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 17/11/20 – Management Companies
Dáil Éireann Debate 10/11/20 – Energy Production
Dáil Éireann Debate 10/11/20 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Debate 10/11/20 – Questions
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 10/11/20 – Legislative Reviews
Mason Hayes Curran Solicitors 06/11/20 – Breaking the Circuit – Effective Collection of Service Charges
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 04/11/20 – Recycling Policy
The Irish Times 03/11/20 – Apartment owners in Co Meath sue developers over defects
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 22/10/20 – Electric Vehicles
Dáil Éireann Debate 22/10/20 – Latent Defects Redress Bill 2020: First Stage
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage 13/10/20 – Debate
Morning Ireland, RTÉ Radio 1 08/10/20 – Issues of Celtic Tiger building defects
The Irish Times 07/10/20 – State group to examine cost of tackling Celtic-tiger building defects
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 06/10/20 – Defective Building Materials
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage 06/10/20 – Committee Work Programme: Discussion
Seanad Éireann Order of Business 25/09/20 – Order of Business
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 24/09/20 – Planning Issues
Dáil Éireann Debate 23/09/20 – National Asset Management Agency
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 15/09/20 – Departmental Schemes (Construction Defects Working Group)
The Irish Times 14/09/20 – Defective Celtic Tiger homes to be focus of new working group
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 13/09/20 – Housing Policy (Management Companies)
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 13/09/20 – Housing Policy (Management Companies)
The Irish Times 26/08/20 – Property Clinic – Why is my apartment’s €3k management fee the same as for commercial premises?
Mason Hayes Curran Solicitors 26/08/20 – COVID-19 – Virtual AGMs and Owners’ Management Companies
The Irish Times 04/08/20 – Property Clinic – As apartment owners, what should we look for in our management company’s accounts?
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 30/07/20 – MUDs and Taking in Charge
Today with Sarah McInerney, RTÉ Radio 1 02/07/20 – New Housing Minister, Darragh O’Brien
The Irish Times 27/06/20 -/Developer wants indemnity in exchange for €1m to fix faults, residents told
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 20/05/20 – Defective Building Materials
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 13/05/20 – Housing Issues
Business Post 10/05/20 – How OMCs can be pennywise as recession looms (subscription access)
Jamie Brindley, TU Dublin, BSc Dissertation 06/05/20 – Is the 2011 Multi-Unit Developments Act fit for purpose?
Irish Independent 25/04/20 – ‘Bouncing off the walls’: Apartment dwellers feel cabin fever (subscription access)
Prime Time, RTÉ 23/04/20 – Lockdown in small spaces
Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1 16/04/20 – COVID-19: Restrictions and Housing
Accounting and Business (Ireland edition) April 2020 – Building blocks
Kane Tuohy Solicitors 30/03/20 – Covid-19 – Briefing Note on OMC AGMS and Service Charges
Engineers Ireland YouTube 23/03/20 – Fire Safety Legacy Issues and the Boom
Engineers Journal 12/03/20 – Fire regulations and legacy issues from the Celtic Tiger years
The Irish Times 03/03/20 – Property Clinic – How do I get an electric car charge point for my apartment block parking space? Will the management company pay – or can it even be done at all?
thejournal.ie 23/02/20 – Owners in Dublin development hit with €18k bill each for fire safety repairs
Irish Mirror 03/02/20 – Ballymun Metro Hotel re-opens in Dublin almost two years after being gutted by fire
Sunday Times (Ireland Edition) 02/02/20 – Fight goes on for victims of tiger era builders (subscription access)
Governance + Compliance Magazine February 2020 – Round the Houses
Engineers Journal 27/01/20 – Fire regulations and legacy issues from the Celtic Tiger years
Irish Examiner 24/01/20 – When homes are not ‘as safe as houses’
The Irish Times 24/01/20 – Fianna Fáil promises €10m redress fund for Celtic Tiger building defects
The Irish Times 24/01/20 – Apartment owner who paid €16,000 for defects will not ‘fix it quietly and go away’
The Irish Times 22/01/20 – Property Clinic – Apartment or house: which is the best buy?
thejournal.ie 19/01/20 – ‘I’m fed up’: Owners of Sandyford apartments given deadline to pay for fire safety repairs
2019
Local Authority Times Winter 2019 – Sustainable Apartment Living for Ireland (page 22)
The Irish Times 16/12/19 – Politicians face calls to compensate tens of thousands who own defective apartments
The Irish Times 16/12/19 – ‘Invisible and fearful’: Are owners of defective apartments being ignored?
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 12/12/19 – Defective Building Materials
Council Review Q4 2019, Issue 62 – Complex Issues of Sustainable Apartment Living for Ireland
Pleanáil 2019/2020 – A review of “Owners’ Management Companies – Sustainable apartment living for Ireland” in the context of the achievement of Project Ireland 2040 compact growth targets (page 106)
Architecture Ireland Nov/Dec 2019 – Sustainable apartment living for Ireland (page 103)
Lunchtime Live, Newstalk 03/12/19 – Do I have to pay my management fees?
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 03/12/19 – Fire Safety Regulations
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 28/11/19 – Building Regulations
The Irish Times 22/11/19 – NAMA receivers must fix ‘structurally defective’ car park at Maynooth Business Campus
Dublin Gazette 13/11/19 – ‘Abandoned’ owners of apartments with building defects appeal for redress
The Irish Times 13/11/19 – Can our apartment block’s sinking fund be used to replace hall carpets?
Irish Independent 09/11/19 – Fears 92,000 ‘shoddily built’ boom-time apartments affected by fire and structural defects
Irish Examiner 07/11/19 – Group claims Govt shuts down proposals to fix construction defects if ‘it costs the State money’
RTE.ie 07/11/19 – Owners of apartments with structural defects appeal for State assistance
The Irish Times 07/11/19 – Up to 92,000 boom-era apartments may have defects, committee hears
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government 07/11/19 – Latent Defects – debate full text
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government 07/11/19 – Latent Defects (playback starts 0:58:50)
Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1 06/11/19 – Redress for defective Celtic Tiger apartments (discussion starts at 0:37:00)
The Irish Times 06/11/19 – Owners of defective apartments aim to ‘hold Government to account’
The Irish Times 06/11/19 – Owners of defective apartments form lobbying group seeking State redress
Irish Examiner 05/11/19 – Why foundations of our building regulations are as weak as ever
The Irish Times 04/11/19 – Developer lobbies against ‘onerous’ apartment fire-safety standards
Law Society Gazette 01/11/19 – “Muddy Waters” – Apartments, owners’ management companies, and how they interact with the law (PDF version- page 52) / Muddy waters (Html version)
Drivetime RTÉ Radio 1 31/10/19 – Grenfell, Building Defects & Ireland (discussion starts at 1:13:44)
The Irish Times 30/10/19 – Can a management company stop me short-term letting my apartment?
The Irish Times 24/10/19 – SF tables Bill seeking redress board for Celtic Tiger building defects
The Irish Times 23/10/19 – Our OMC has been badly managed and is in arrears, should we try to self-manage it?
Bespoke Estate Agents 22/10/19 – The Importance of a Sinking Fund
Dáil Éireann Debate 22/10/19 – Latent Defects Redress Bill 2019: First Stage
Mason Hayes & Curran 17/10/19 – Corporate Governance & Compliance: Owners’ Management Companies – Common Problems and Pitfalls
Joint Oireachtas Committee on HP&LG 16/02/19 – General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed)
Dáil Éireann Debate 08/10/19 – Budget Statement 2020 (EV charging points in apartments)
Engineers Journal 07/10/19 – Housing infrastructure: Compact growth and sustainable apartments
Irish Examiner 04/10/19 – Mick Clifford Podcast: Parents of couple who died in fire reflect on injustice which will never die
Irish Examiner 04/10/19 – Mother of woman who died after fire in building with major safety defects calls for full investigation
The Irish Times 04/10/19 – Celebrities drawn into legal action over Dublin luxury apartments
Accountancy Ireland 01/10/19 – Business heads, community hearts
Dublin Gazette 01/10/19 – Families could be hit with bills of €14,000 over dodgy building work at apartment complex
Seanad Éireann Order of Business 26/09/19 – Housing: Statements
Seanad Éireann Order of Business 24/09/19 – An tOrd Gnó – Order of Business
The Irish Times 19/09/19 – Housing defects are not Government’s responsibility, says Minister
The Irish Times 19/09/19 – Priory Hall scandal: ‘It’s terrible this is falling on the taxpayer’
Today FM 18/09/19 – Charlie Weston on The Last Word (feature starts at 00:19:30)
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 18/09/19 – Building Regulations
Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1 17/09/19 – Remember Priory Hall (feature starts at 1:39:30)
RTÉ News at One, RTÉ Raido 1 17/09/19 – Cost of rebuilding Priory Hall expected to exceed €50 million
The Stand 17/09/19 – Ep 504: Still Dicing With Death – The Government fails to close the Priory Hall loophole (podcast)
The Irish Times 17/09/19 – Repairing defects at Sandyford apartments to cost up to €10m
The Irish Times 17/09/19 – New Priory draws line under shoddy McFeely development
The Irish Times 17/09/19 – Rebuilding fire-trap complex Priory Hall will cost State €40m
The Irish Times 13/09/19 – The Irish view on poor construction standards: Government is ignoring a dangerous situation
Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1 11/09/19 – Apartment Defects – Redress Scheme (starts at 0:54:30)
The Irish Times 10/09/19 – How can I get my neighbours to take their waste recycling seriously?
Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1 09/09/19 – Defective Apartments
Irish Times 09/09/19 – Owner of apartment ‘not fit for habitation’ takes case against insurer
The Irish Times 09/09/19 – Blackrock apartment owners face €25,000 bill for defects
The Irish Times 07/09/19 – Ireland’s defective buildings: Not just a Celtic Tiger problem
The Irish Times 07/09/19 – How Ireland’s weak building regualtions create dangers for buyers
Irish Examiner 05/09/19 – Managing our apartment sector is crucial
Social Housing, ICSH Newsletter Summer/Autumn 2019 – Owners’ Management Companies (page 15)
Irish Examiner 22/08/19 – We’ve much to learn about building safety
Construction Business 22/08/19 – Sustainable Apartment Living For Ireland
iProperty Radio/Dublin South FM 20/08/19 – Property Matters (podcast)
The Irish Times 13/08/19 – IRES has spent €1m remedying building defects at Sandyford apartments
SCSI 12/08/19 – Building Better Buildings – Budget 2020 Submission
The Irish Times 08/08/19 – Property Clinic – Does a developer have voting rights at our management company agm?
The Irish Times 31/07/19 – SF Bill seeks to make construction sector pay levy for defects
The Irish Times 31/07/19 – Plans to turn Dublin apartment blocks into Airbnb-style rentals rejected
Irish Examiner 29/07/19 – Terrible cost of fire defects: Family still searching for answers over tragedy
Decisis Law Reports 26/07/19 – Tenant granted leave to bring proceedings challenging implementation of house rules in apartment block
Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1 25/07/19 – Legacy of Boomtime Construction (starts at 1:12:05)
Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1 25/07/19 – Mica Defects Redress Scheme (starts at 1:11:00)
Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1 24/07/19 – Apartment Defects (podcast)
Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1 23/07/19 – Apartment Defects (starts at 1:19:55)
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 23/07/19 – Housing Estates Maintenance / Taking in Charge
Irish Examiner 23/07/19 – Management company loses High Court action over right of access to hotel
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions 23/07/19 – Electric Vehicles – Charging Facilities/Grants for Apartments
The Irish Times 20/07/19 – Residents in legal dispute with Mansfield family over housing estate
Dáil Éireann debate 11/07/19 – Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed)
Irish Examiner 05/07/19 – Belmayne: ‘It will take an actual fire to reveal the truth’
Dáil Éireann Order of Business 02/07/19 – An tOrd Gnó – Order of Business
Property Matters podcast/Dublin South FM 02/07/19 – Proposed reform of OMCs (discussion starts at 36:18)
Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1 02/07/19 – Apartment defects (discussion starts at 1.48.20)
The Irish Times 02/07/19 – Developer gains control of board of defective Dublin 8 apartment block
Ireland’s Housing Magazine 2019 – Apartment living
Dáil Éireann Order of Business 25/06/19 – An tOrd Gnó – Order of Business
Seanad Éireann Order of Business 25/06/19 – An tOrd Gnó – Order of Business
The Irish Times 25/06/19 – ‘Cash buyers only’: The true cost of shoddy boomtime home construction
The Irish Times 24/06/19 – Developer of defective apartments proposes family members for board
Sunday Independent 23/06/19 – Call for new unified housing watchdog
The Irish Times 22/06/19 – More protection needed for people in defective apartments – Murphy
The Irish Sun 22/06/19 – Ireland should accept ‘trade-offs’ as apartment boom expected to hit country to cope with population, Eoghan Murphy says
Seanad Éireann Order of Business 20/06/19 – An tOrd Gnó – Order of Business
Mason Hayes & Curran 30/05/19 – Construction Update: Another Hurdle for Owners’ Management Companies in Litigation
Seanad Éireann Debate 30/05/19 – Fire Safety in Apartment Dwellings: Statements
Seanad Éireann Commencement Matters 29/05/19 – Defective Building Materials
The Irish Times 28/05/19 – Alterations to apartment may have put tenants’ lives at risk, court hears
The Irish Times 25/05/19 – Developer seeks removal of private owner from board
ConstructionIreland.ie 24/05/19 – Govt Criticised For ‘Ignoring’ Dublin Apartment Owners
The Irish Times 23/05/19 – ‘Not possible’ for State to take responsibility for poor Celtic Tiger building.
The Irish Times 22/05/19 – Apartment defects: ‘I feel like I’m living in Legoland, like it could collapse at any minute’
The Irish Times 22/05/19 – Developer says owners must pay to fix defects in Dublin 8 apartment block
Dáil Éireann Debate 16/05/19 – Property Services (Regulation) (Amendment) (Management Company Regulation) Bill 2018: Second Stage – Written record
Dáil Éireann Debate 16/05/19 – Property Services (Regulation) (Amendment) (Management Company Regulation) Bill 2018: Second Stage – Recording (starts at 05:00:00)
OmniPro Accounts 09/05/19 – The Key Problem Areas Encountered by Irish Auditors for Property Management Audits
Irish Examiner 08/04/19 – Residents in the dark over fire safety costs
Extratime.ie 04/04/19 – Residents in West Dublin facing fire safety bill of €50,000
Dublinlive.ie 02/04/19 – Dublin Fire Brigade working to fix safety defects at over 20 apartment blocks across the city
The Irish Times 02/04/19 – Fire safety work ongoing at 24 sites, says Dublin Fire Brigade
Irish Examiner 01/04/19 – Lives at risk due to fire safety failures and building boom’s self-regulation regime
Irish Examiner 01/04/19 – €50k bill to make 2001 homes fire safe
The Irish Times 23/03/19 – Dublin Fire Brigade orders fire safety review at Sandyford complex
The Irish Times 22/03/19 – NCT for housing needed that prioritises safety risks
Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1 21/03/19 – Ballymun Metro Fire – One Year On (podcast)
Irish Examiner 16/03/19 – Who will put our house(s) in order?
Irish Examiner 12/03/19 – Property firm believes there are fire safety deficiencies in 70% of apartments
Irish Times Podcast 03/19 – Boom-Era Apartment Defects “Verging on Systemic”
The Irish Times 11/03/19 – Detailed safety scrutiny of Celtic Tiger properties urged
The Irish Times 11/03/19 – Major fire-safety issues found in 60 apartment blocks in Ireland
The Irish Times 11/03/19 – Building defects problem could happen again, says top architect
ClareFM 07/03/19 – Shannon Resident Hits Out At Government and Council For Turning Their Backs On Them
Irish Examiner 07/03/19 – Apartment owners face €4m bill over fire safety defects
The Irish Times 05/03/19 – State wary of taking on ‘open-ended liability’ of fixing building defects
The Irish Times 05/03/19 – The Irish Times view on apartment defects: passing the buck
The Irish Times 05/03/19 – Apartment owners unable to access €750m lifeline plan
The Irish Times 05/03/19 – Insurance fund for apartment builders might prevent past failings
Today with Sean O’Rourke, RTE Radio 1 04/03/19 – Celtic Tiger Apartment Owners Facing Big Bills To Fix Defects
The Irish Times 04/03/19 – Apartment owners face €826,000 bill to fix fire-safety defects
The Irish Times 04/03/19 – Boomtime builds: Two decades of problems with Celtic Tiger apartments
The Irish Times 04/03/19 – Boom-era apartment owners left with large bills to fix defects
The Irish Times 04/03/19 – Not so gorgeous living as Belmayne inspected for defects
The Irish Times 04/03/19 – Repairs to roof of Kilmainham apartment block to cost owners €10,900 each
The Irish Times 04/03/19 – Celtic Tiger building defects ‘widespread’, says housing expert
The Irish Times 04/03/19 – Support urged for homeowners hit by defects in boom-era builds
RTÉ.ie 04/03/19 – Celtic Tiger buildings should be risk assessed – fire safety expert
Dáil Éireann Debate 19/02/19 – Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage
Joint Oireachtas Committee on BE&I 19/02/19 – General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion
The Irish Times 28/01/19 – ‘Fundamental’ balcony design flaws at Dublin housing development
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 15/01/19 – Building Control Management System
Dillon Eustace Solicitors 03/01/19 – Interplay between the MUD Act and insolvent development companies
2018
Irish Examiner 21/12/18 – Time to tackle hot issue of fire safety defects
The Irish Times 19/12/18 – How common are fire safety issues in Irish apartments?
The Irish Times 18/12/18 – Fire safety bill on way for residents in Dublin 8 apartment complex
The Irish Times 18/12/18 – Fire officer to make decision on defective Dublin 8 apartments
Irish Examiner 17/12/18 – Dublin apartment owners face €26k bills to fix fire safety issues
The Irish Times 17/12/18 – Fire safety issues ‘present in many boomtime apartments’
The Irish Times 17/12/18 – Catalogue of fire-safety issues leaves owners facing bills of up to €26,000
The Irish Times 17/12/18 – Dublin apartment owners face €3m bill after fire risks found
Dublin Inquirer 28/11/18 – With Short-Term Lets as Neighbours, It’s “like Ibiza here”, Resident Says
Sunday Independent 25/11/18 – Apartment owners to secure cheap loans for remedial works from HBFI
The Irish Times 14/11/18 – Fire safety defects ‘quite low’ in apartment blocks, Dáil hears
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 14/11/18 – Fire Safety
Sunday Times (Ireland Edition) 11/11/18 – The serious side of apartment life (subscription access)
Surveyors Journal Winter 2018 – That sinking feeling
The Irish Times 07/11/18 – Property Clinic – Should we pay €18k to the managing agent to assess the assets of our scheme?
Engineers Ireland YouTube 6/11/18 – Fire fighting in high rise buildings
The Irish Times 17/10/18 – Vast majority of apartments need bigger sinking funds
DublinLive.ie 17/10/18 – Majority of apartment complexes don’t have funds for long-term upkeep
Irish Examiner 11/10/18 – Paying the price of building free-for-all
Irish Examiner 11/10/18 – Homeowners face court action over remedial works
The Hard Shoulder, Newstalk FM 10/10/18 – Discussion of apartment management
Irish Examiner 02/10/18 – Fire safety: Trying to pour cold water on a hot topic
The Sunday Business Post 02/09/18 – Apartment owners’ group warns of bailout time bomb
Dáil Éireann Debate 04/07/18 – Property Services (Regulation) (Amendment) (Management Company Regulation) Bill 2018: First Stage
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Question 03/07/18 – Housing Management Companies
Herald.ie 25/06/18 – Homeowners warned of balcony collapse fears in Celtic Tiger buildings
Irish Independent 25/06/18 – ‘Potential collapse of balconies a real possibility’ – Celtic Tiger homeowners warned of defects
Sunday Independent 17/06/18 – Apartment owners set for property tax discount under new plans
RTE.ie News 08/06/18 – Residents at Dublin estate warned over unsafe balconies
The Sunday Business Post 20/05/18 – Millfield Manor builder is discharged from his bankruptcy in Britain (subscription access)
The Construction Bar Association of Ireland 27/04/18 – An Overview of the Multi-Unit Development (MUD) Act 2011 (Mema Byrne BL)
Irish Examiner 24/04/18 – Homeowners in Dublin apartment complex told to carry out remedial works or face legal action
The Irish Times 19/04/18 – Problems with apartment sector could be a ‘time bomb’ for taxpayer
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government 19/04/18 – Issues Impacting Apartment and Multi Unit Developments (starts at 0:35:10)
RTE.ie News 19/04/18 – Regulation needed in apartment sector – Owners’ Network
The Irish Sun 05/04/18 – COMPLETE BLACKOUT Shocking images from inside Dublin’s Metro Hotel show aftermath of horror blaze which left number of residents without accommodation
The Irish Times 24/03/18 – Metro Hotel fire: ‘Everyone lost their homes but… we lost everything’
The Irish Times 23/03/18 – Technical examination continues at Ballymun hotel fire
Engineers Ireland YouTube 23/03/18 – New Realities in Tall Building Fire Safety
News At One, RTÉ Radio 1 22/03/18 – Investigation underway into cause of major blaze at Ballymun apartment block (audio link)
thejournal.ie 22/03/18 – ‘We don’t have anything else… Everything’s gone’: Entire homes destroyed in Ballymun fire
BBC News 22/03/18 – Dublin hotel fire investigation to begin
theguardian.com 22/03/18 – Eight fire engines fight blaze at Dublin hotel
Metro.co.uk 22/03/18 – Huge fire at Metro Hotel near Dublin Airport raises serious questions
Irish Mirror 22/03/18 – Resident of Metro Hotel in Ballymun, Dublin thought fire was like Grenfell Tower disaster in London
Irish Independent 22/03/18 – ‘I literally grabbed whatever. I was reminded of the Grenfell Tower’ – residents describe fleeing scene of Ballymun fire
Dublin Gazette 22/03/18 – Dublin Fire Brigade commended for response to Ballymun fire
The Irish Sun 22/03/18 – Hotel blaze Ballymun hotel fire – ‘Serious questions need to be asked’ after blaze rips through Dublin Metro hotel building as dramatic aftermath pictures emerge
Irish Mirror 21/03/18 – Large fire breaks out at Metro Hotel in Ballymun, Dublin
The Irish Sun 21/03/18 – FLAT BLAZE Emergency services rush to south Dublin apartment complex after massive blaze breaks out
DublinLive.ie 21/03/18 – Major damage as inferno breaks out at Sandyford apartment block
Irish Examiner 23/02/18 – Residents facing €400k fire safety bill
RTE.ie News 22/02/18 – Owners in Clare development faced with €2.25m bill over fire safety problems
ClareFM 15/02/18 – Brú Na Sionna Express Concern At Bills For Fire Safety Works
Irish Independent 13/02/18 – Apartment owners landed with bills of €5,000 for fire safety work
Irish Examiner 10/02/18 – The dark side of the boom for homeowners
Irish Independent 28/01/18 – ‘I simply don’t have the money’ – Homeowners told to fork out €2.25m for defects or face evacuation
Irish Examiner 27/01/18 – Building oversight simply common sense
Irish Examiner 25/01/18 – Compensate for defective Celtic Tiger homes, says Dáil Committee
The Irish Times 24/01/18 – Four Celtic Tiger developments that had fire and safety issues
The Irish Times 24/01/18 – Having the political will to prevent another Priory Hall
thejournal.ie 24/01/18 – Those who bought houses with major defects ‘should get a redress scheme’
Irish Examiner 19/01/18 – 240 homeowners in Co Clare told pay €2.25m for defects
Irish Independent 01/01/18 – Balcony defects, damp, mould and fire safety issues uncovered in prestigious boom-time development
2017
Byrne Wallace Solicitors 30/11/17 – Key Aspects of the Multi-Unit Development Act
Engineers Journal 10/10/17 – Is Ireland any closer to avoiding its own Grenfell Tower disaster?
International Journal of Law in the Built Environment 09/10/17 – Liability in negligence for building defects in Ireland, England and Australia
The Law Society 06/09/17 – Multi-unit developments and establishing title
Surveyors Journal Autumn 2017 – Burning Issues
LK Shields 29/08/17 – Fire Legislation and Regulations for Apartments
Irish Examiner 28/08/17 – Fire safety issues ‘whitewashed’ in long awaited review
thejournal.ie 20/07/17 – Building failures in Ireland: ‘There isn’t even a helpline you can call’
Law Society Gazette July 2017 – A shot at the title
Irish Daily Mail 01/07/17 – Our Celtic Tiger ‘Firetrap’ ‘Belmayne is just the tip of a very big iceberg’ (Pressreader access)
The Sunday Business Post 25/06/17 – Housing minister seeks AG’s advice on estate fire report (subscription access)
Joe.ie 20/06/17 – A number of Dublin apartment buildings issued with fire safety notices
Irish Mirror 20/06/17 – Seven potentially dangerous Dublin buildings issued with fire safety notices
The Irish Times 16/06/17 – Could something like the Grenfell Tower fire happen in Ireland?
Independent.ie 14/05/17 – Cracking up: the legacy of Celtic Tiger Ireland
Morning Ireland, RTÉ Radio 1 11/05/17 – Firefighters bring Dublin apartment blaze under control (Verdemont Blanchardstown)
thejournal.ie 04/04/17 – Fire brought under control after Beacon South Quarter apartments evacuated
The Irish Sun 04/04/17 – Blaze BATTLE Residents forced to flee as south Dublin apartment complex goes up in flames
Independent.ie 04/04/17 – Residents evacuated after fire breaks out in south Dublin apartment complex
The Irish Times 23/03/17 – How can apartment owners avoid the hit for building defects?
Newstalk.com 16/03/17 – Owners of apartments at Dublin complex to pay €10m to fix defects
Progressive Economy @TASC 16/03/17 – Beacon South Quarter crisis reflects the worst of Turbo Capitalism
DublinLive.ie 15/03/17 – Sandyford apartment block residents face legal action from Dublin Fire Brigade
thejournal.ie 01/02/17 – Residents of Sandyford apartments asked to foot ‘potential’ €10,000 bill
Dublin People 01/02/17 – Apartment owners face massive repair bills
The Irish Times 31/01/17 – State’s biggest landlord backs €10m levy to fix Beacon defects
The Irish Times 24/01/17 – South Dublin apartment owners face €10m bill to fix defects
98FM.ie 24/01/17 – Residents of Sandyford Apartments Face Fire Safety Defects Bill for Millions
thejournal.ie 24/01/17 – Apartment owners could face ‘up to €30 million’ bill to bring complex up to regulations
2016
Leman Solicitors 26/10/16 – Grey area reated by decision that using residential properties as Airbnb short term holiday lets are subject to planning permission
Hayes Solicitors 19/10/16 – Developers cleared in fire safety dispute
Irish Examiner 07/09/16 – Property firm to contribute €1m to pyrite board
BRegsForum 18/08/16 – Defective “Celtic Tiger” projects | The Cubes, Sandyford
Herald.ie 19/07/16 – Shocked Dublin homeowners face €28k bill each as fire safety flaws emerge at city apartments
Surveyors Journal Summer 2016 – Let’s look at apartment living differently
Irish Examiner 09/06/16 – Design of Cork building stopped fire spreading and helped save lives, say fire officers
Irish Examiner 08/06/16 – Firetrap homes: Homeowners suffer sour legacy of boom at Ceol Na Mara
thejournal.ie 16/05/16 – Ireland’s most dangerous homes: ‘The wood of the balcony crumbled like Weetabix’
Irish Examiner 14/05/16 – Someone finally admits they got it wrong
Drogheda Argus 07/05/16 – Ath Leathan apartments are ‘not the only ones with fire faults’
The Irish Times 30/04/16 – Dundalk residents face eviction on fire safety grounds
thejournal.ie 19/02/16 – Government wants property tax reduction law for those paying management fees pushed back six months
Irish Independent 27/02/16 – Ard Dealgan apartments still a risk to community
2015
Irish Independent 30/12/15 – Storm Frank: Gale force winds blow roof off Dublin apartment complex
Cooney Carey 7/12/15 – Owner Management Companies – Service Charge Debtors: Do We Still Need To Provide?
The Irish Times 13/11/15 – Residents are paying unnecessary management bills, TD says
Dublin InQuirer 11/11/15 – Here’s How to Avoid Another Longboat Quay
Irish Independent 9/11/15 – Residents of fire hazard apartments may have to leave homes
The Irish Times 07/11/15 – Longboat Quay and building regulations
The Irish Times 05/11/15 – Untangling apartment building management
Public Affairs Ireland 03/11/15 – Multi-unit Developments Act 2011
Cooney Carey 03/11/15 – OMCs Part 8: Owner Management Companies that have Share Capital – DACs
thejournal.ie 31/10/15 – Overcrowding, severe mould, rotting wood: The issues with this Celtic Tiger council estate haven’t gone away
Irish Examiner 19/10/15 – Bill for defective housing a burning issue
Cooney Carey 12/10/15 – OMCs Part 7: Company Limited by Guarantee not having a Share Capital (CLG)
Newstalk – 08/10/15 – Ratoath apartments could be served with fire safety notice
Today with Sean O’Rourke, RTÉ Radio 1 06/10/15 – Audit of Celtic Tiger Apartments (starts at 0:53:26)
The Irish Times 01/10/15 – Longboat Quay issue could exist in hundreds of developments
RTE.ie News – 30/09/15 – Dublin apartment residents face €4m bill over fire concerns
Morning Ireland, RTÉ Radio 1 30/09/15 – Dublin apartment complex may be evacuated
Cooney Carey 14/09/15 – OMCs Part 6: Does Companies Act 2014 affect OMC’s?
thejournal.ie 08/09/15 – Six apartments burn in overnight blaze
Cooney Carey 27/07/15- OMCs Part 5: Sinking (Building Investment) Fund
Benchmark Property 03/07/15 – An Analysis of the of the Impact of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 on New Multi-Unit Developments
Irish Examiner 29/06/15 – Riverwalk Court: Homes where trouble seeps out of the walls
Cooney Carey 26/07/15 – OMCs Part 4: Service Charge Debtors
Cooney Carey 17/06/15 – OMCs Part 3: Directors’ Responsibilities
Irish Examiner 16/06/15 – Substandard developments: Meath County Council silent on firetrap building
Irish Examiner 15/06/15 – Council ‘left us to live in death trap flat’
The Irish Times 04/06/15 – Redress for building defects is not working
The Irish Times 23/05/15 – Troubled Dundrum apartments make €7m
Irish Examiner 16/05/15 – Architects warning over build rules plan
RTÉ News 15/05/15 – Court hears Dublin flats to be evacuated over fire concerns
Irish Examiner 15/05/15 – Council leaves residents languishing in a fire trap
The Irish Times 07/05/15 – Making changes in a scheme in receivership
Leman Solicitors 13/04/15 – Muddy Waters – What the MUD Act Means for Your Development
Cooney Carey 01/04/15 – OMCs Part 2: Directors Report vs MUD Annual Report
Dublin People 07/03/15 – Priory Hall is ‘tip of iceberg’
Cooney Carey 18/02/15 – Multi-Unit Development Act 2011 – 4 Years On
2014
Surveyors Journal Winter 2014 – Professional guidance for property managers in multi-unit developments
Mason Hayes & Curran Solicitors 16/12/14 – Insolvency Law Update: Dissolved Management Companies – a More Efficient Approach?
thejournal.ie 25/11/14 – Irish Water? The Council? Residents with ‘lake’ in the basement don’t know who to call
Field Fisher Solicitors 28/07/14 – Multi-Unit Development Act, 2011 – failure to comply a blot on title or not?
The Irish Times 22/07/14 – Priory Hall €27m refit bill nearly three times original estimate
Law Society of Ireland 06/06/14 – Practice Note – Application of Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 to conventional housing (both existing and new start-ups)
Limerick Post 24/04/14 – Limerick developer named as owner of residents’ driveways
The Construction Bar Association of Ireland March 2014 – Building Defects in Multi-Unit Developments Barra McCabe BL
Dundalk Democrat 09/03/14 – BBC programme puts Ard Dealgan in ‘Spotlight’
Irish Examiner 24/02/14 – Residents raise concerns about Dublin apartments after wet weather
Irish Independent 23/02/14 – Concerns at apartment block as building defects uncovered
RTE.ie 17/02/14 – Legal actions over Gallery Quay development
The Irish Mirror 25/02/14 – Priory Hall builder Tom McFeely claims he’s been made a scapegoat over firetrap complex
Irish Independent 12/01/14 – Letters: Building managers and water charges
2013
thejournal.ie 13/12/13 – “Our citizens were failed”: President welcomes Priory Hall residents to Áras
Accountancy Plus December 2013 – Audit of Owners’ Management Companies
Morning Ireland, RTÉ Radio 1 28/11/13 – Meath Council orders tenants to leave apartments over fire safety concerns
The Irish Times 15/10/13 – Lessons of Priory Hall
BBC News 11/10/13 – Priory Hall: Dublin fire hazard flats deal accepted
thejournal.ie 10/10/13 – “We can finally put Priory Hall behind us” – deal is reached on apartment complex
The Irish Times 16/09/13 – Hogan sets deadline for Priory Hall resolution
Irish Independent 08/09/13 – How we dream this nightmare will end
thejournal.ie 04/09/13 – Explainer: What is happening with Priory Hall?
thejournal.ie 01/09/13 – Two years on: Pictures show Priory Hall apartments in ruin
Irish Mirror 29/08/13 – Priory Hall resident makes impassioned plea to Taoiseach after husband takes his own life
thejournal.ie 25/08/13 – Priory Hall residents watch their homes ‘deteriorate beyond repair’
Property Clinic SCSI 23/06/13 – If the director of our Owners’ Management Company becomes the managing agent too, who will monitor it?
Irish Independent 13/06/13 – Property occupiers hit as neighbours renege on their service charges
Surveyors Journal Summer 2013 – Service charges excluded?
Herald.ie 31/05/13 – Families given a fortnight to quit ‘firetrap’ homes
The Irish Times 30/05/13 – Property Clinic
Irish Examiner 17/05/13 – Priory Hall scandal: A century on, the same old story
thejournal.ie 13/05/13 – Dublin City Council: We’ve acted in the best interests of Priory Hall residents
thejournal.ie 11/05/13 – Column: I’d give my heart and soul to never have heard the words ‘Priory Hall’
thejournal.ie 11/05/13 – Priory Hall in ruins as residents left ‘in limbo’
Irish Building Magazine 23/04/13 – Eight in 10 new homes not being inspected for defects
RTÉ News 22/03/13 – Supreme Court to hear Priory Hall appeal in May
thejournal.ie 02/02/13 – Priory Hall: ‘The Tenements of the Boom’
2012
Surveyors Journal Winter 2020 – No smoke without fire? Fire safety and building standards in Ireland
Irish Independent 06/12/12 – Law is on your side so insist on fair fees, flat dwellers told
The Irish Times 05/10/12 – Apartment owners have rights too
The Irish Times 05/10/12 – Dublin property agent faces strike-off
thejournal.ie 26/09/12 – Dublin City Council spends €638,000 on security for Priory Hall
The Irish Times 20/09/12 – Is apartment insured after winding-up?
The Irish Times 13/09/12 – Taking ownership of multi-unit living
The Irish Times 06/09/12 – Our developer went bust – what now?
The New York Times 03/09/12 – In Ruined Apartments, a Symbol of Ireland’s Fall (subscription access)
thejournal.ie 31/07/12 – Developer Thomas McFeely wins Supreme Court appeal over Priory Hall
The Irish Times 12/07/12 – What is fair in war on service charges?
The Village 02/07/12 – Priory Hall is no exception.
Irish Independent 11/04/12 – Concern over fire safety at apartment building
thejournal.ie 02/04/12 – Column: ‘I loved living in Priory Hall. I loved this apartment’
Irish Independent 01/03/12 – Don’t let property management charges go through the roof
Irish Property and Facility Management Association Issue I, 2012 – Residential Consumer Guide – Noise and Anti-Social Behaviour
2011
Accountancy Plus December 2011 – Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 – The Legal Aspects
Jesuit Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland 15/12/11 – Buying a House – Is the Buyer Protected? Some Reflections from a Legal Perspective
thejournal.ie 28/11/11 – In pictures: Six weeks on, Priory Hall is a ghost town
Irish Examiner 22/11/11 – Priory Hall crisis was building up for years
Irish Independent 18/11/11 – Priory Hall apartments never checked by fire inspectors
The Irish Times 08/11/11 – Architects must answer for misery of bad building
Law Society of Ireland 04/11/11 – Practice Note – Effect of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 on existing developments
The Irish Times 03/11/11 – Developer of our building hasn’t handed over the common areas
The Guardian 26/10/11 – Residents flee Priory Hall, symbol of Ireland’s property madness
thejournal.ie 18/10/11 – Priory Hall developers told to hand over passports
RTÉ News 14/10/11 – Priory Hall apartments to be evacuated
Byrne Wallace Solicitors 02/10/11 – Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011
The Irish Times 29/09/11 – Can the Mud Act stick?
Klumer Mediation Blog 03/09/11 – Muddying the Waters – Confidentiality and Voluntariness in the MUDs Act 2011
Surveyors Journal Summer 2011 – MUD is good
Wyse Property Management Limited June 2011 – MUD Act 2011 – Brief Summary and Practical Issues
Accountancy Plus June 2011 – Auditing Property Management Companies
Mason Hayes & Curran 11/05/11 – MUD – Refreshing Facelift Or Just Another Problem?
Law Society Gazette May 2011 – Here’s MUD in Your Eye (page 34)
Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 – Number 2 of 2011
The Irish Times 28/04/11 – Property Investor
The Irish Times 05/02/11 – Council seeks to empty buildings for fear of fire
The Irish Times 06/01/11 – Property law may fall at finish line
2010
The Irish Times 04/10/10 – Beacon creditors to hold meeting
Dr. Lorcan Sirr, DIT, Public Affairs Ireland June/July 2010 – Apartment Living and the Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009
The Irish Times 11/06/10 – Bill to regulate management firms for apartment blocks
The Irish Times 10/06/10 – Will Multi-Unit Bill ride to the rescue this summer?
2009
The Irish Times 26/11/09 – Property Investor
Northern Ireland Assembly Private Members’ Business 9/11/09 – Multi-unit Development Management Company Reform
The Sunday Business Post 19/09/09 – Group to lobby for changes to new developments bill (subscription access)
Irish Independent 09/09/09 – Flat residents ‘owed €181,000 by Carroll firms’
The Competition Authority 14/08/09 – Decision – Case COM/06/06 Alleged anticompetitive practices in the provision of pay-TV infrastructure and services to apartment developments
The Competition Authority August 2009 – Pay-TV exclusivity in apartment developments – Guidance to residents
The Irish Times 19/06/09 – Bill to regulate development fees and charges broadly welcomed
The Irish Times 28/05/09 – Bill to protect homeowners from management firms
RTE.ie 27/05/09 – Apartments bill to give owners more rights
Herald.ie 15/04/09 – Judge’s ruling gives residents of apartments new legal rights
Irish Independent 20/02/09 – Managing on your own
The Irish Times 24/02/09 – Owners subsidising developers, says council
Houses of the Oireachtas – Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 (Bill 32 of 2009)
2008
The Irish Times 17/12/08 – Guidebooks on property management published
The Irish Times 25/09/08 – The ‘intelligent’ guide to apartment living
The Irish Times 24/09/08 – New guide targets apartment dwellers
Irish Independent 12/09/08 – Flat plan: Do I own my balcony?
The Irish Times 26/06/08 – Apartment managers will have to change ways
The Irish Times 24/06/08 – Proposals to reform apartment management
Irish Independent 27/05/08 – The questions you must ask before buying an apartment
Environmental Protection Agency 19/04/08 – Organic Waste Management in Apartments – Final Report
Irish Building Control Institute 06/03/08 – Fire Engineering in Residential Buildings
Dillon Eustace 15/02/08 – Common Areas of Apartment Developments
The Irish Times 08/02/08 – Apartment stumbling block
2007
The Irish Times 22/11/07 – Home Truths – Gogan’s guide to apartment living is refreshingly no-nonsense
The Irish Times 01/11/07 – Apartment owners out in force to discuss management companies
Irish Examiner 08/06/07 – Property management complaints to rise
Law Society Gazette March 2007 – Arrested developments? (page 38)
2006
Irish Independent 19/12/06 – Law reform relief for flat owners
News At One, RTÉ Radio 1 03/10/06 – No regulation of companies that manage apartment blocks
The Labour Party July 2006 – Know Your Rights – Labour Party Guide to Management Companies and Taking in Charge
The Irish Times 19/01/06 – Residents take charge of charges
2005
Auctioneering/Estate Agency Review Group July 2005 – Report to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
2000
Law Society of Ireland 01/07/00 – Practice Note – Transfer of Common Areas to Management Company
Law Society of Ireland 01/05/00 – Insurance on apartments or quasi-apartments
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