This page contains links recent to media coverage, academic writing, proceedings of the Houses of the Oireachtas, and other places where AON, the activities of the Network, and matters of interest to the multi-unit development sector received mention.
2021
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Questions12/05/21 – Housing Issues
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
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 – 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
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
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
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 Journal 12/03/20 – Fire safety of apartments
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
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
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’
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 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
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
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?
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 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
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
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
The Sunday Business Post 25/06/17 – Housing minister seeks AG’s advice on estate fire report (subscription access)
Irish Mirror 20/06/17 – Seven potentially dangerous Dublin buildings issued with fire safety notices
The Irish Times 16/07/17 – 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)
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
Dublin People 01/02/17 – Apartment owners face massive repair bills
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
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
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
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’
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
2015
Cooney Carey 7/12/15 – Owner Management Companies – Service Charge Debtors: Do We Still Need To Provide?
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
Cooney Carey 3/11/15 – OMCs Part 8: Owner Management Companies that have Share Capital – DACs
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 1/10/15 – 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?
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
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
IrishExaminer 15/06/15 – Council ‘left us to live in death trap flat’
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
Cooney Carey 18/02/15 – Multi-Unit Development Act 2011 – 4 Years On
2014
Mason Hayes & Curran Solicitors 16/12/14 – Insolvency Law Update: Dissolved Management Companies – a More Efficient Approach?
Field Fisher Solicitors 28/07/14 – Multi-Unit Development Act, 2011 – failure to comply a blot on title or not?
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)
The Construction Bar Association of Ireland March 2014 – Building Defects in Multi-Unit Developments Barra McCabe BL
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
2013
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
Irish Independent 13/06/13 – Property occupiers hit as neighbours renege on their service charges
Herald.ie 31/05/13 – Families given a fortnight to quit ‘firetrap’ homes
The Irish Times 30/05/13 – Property Clinic
Irish Building Magazine 23/04/13 – Eight in 10 new homes not being inspected for defects
2012
Irish Independent 06/12/12 – Law is on your side so insist on fair fees, flat dwellers told
The Irish Times 05/11/12 – Apartment owners have rights too
The Irish Times 13/09/12 – Taking ownership of multi-unit living
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 Manaagement 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
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
Byrne Wallace Solicitors 02/10/11 – Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011
The Irish Times 29/09/11 – Can the Mud Act stick?
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
2010
Dr. Lorcan Sirr, DIT, Public Affairs Ireland June/July 2010 – Apartment Living and the Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009
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)
The Competition Authority August 2009 – Pay-TV exclusivity in apartment developments – Guidance to residents
RTE.ie 27/05/09 – Apartments bill to give owners more rights
Irish Independent 20/02/09 – Managing on your own
Houses of the Oireachtas – Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 (Bill 32 of 2009)
2008
Irish Independent 12/09/08 – Flat plan: Do I own my balcony?
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
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
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 Irish Times 19/01/06 – Residents take charge of charges
