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BreakingNews.ie
01-07-2025
- Politics
- BreakingNews.ie
Ireland's housing league table: Check if your area met target for new social homes
The Government plans to keep a league table of how the 31 local authorities are performing on the delivery of social housing. Minister for Housing James Browne has proposed regular publication of data on the performance of councils in constructing social housing on local authority land, especially on the delivery of 'own-build' homes. Advertisement Social homes are delivered in a number of ways under the Housing for All programme: self-build by the council; buying homes in turnkey conditions; acquiring them from non-profit approved housing agencies; or having them transferred from developers under Part V of the Planning Act. In terms of overall provision, including all modes of delivering social houses, the best performers between 2022 and 2024 were Laois (189 per cent of target), Meath (169 per cent) and Wicklow (142 per cent). The local authorities with the lowest figures compared to target were Dublin City Council (49 per cent) and Donegal County Council (46 per cent). Ireland Housing target of 41,000 'not realistic', Minister... Read More The figures also show local councils met just 18 per cent of their targets for building their own social housing between 2022 and 2024. Advertisement A little over 5,000 social homes were built by councils between 2022 and 2024 – compared to a target of 27,400. Three local authorities met less than 10 per cent of the target – Cork County, Kildare and Louth. Mr Browne is expected to tell Cabinet colleagues that releasing the data in this format will make the performances of councils in delivering social homes more transparent and more accountable.
Irish Independent
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Kerry cricketers win through to All-Ireland National Cup semi-final
The match between Kerry and the visitors from Glendermott from Derry city was a fitting drama for a National Cup quarter-final. Varun Ghorpade (25) and Alam Morshed (61) combined in a superb opening partnership of 97 for Kerry. But then in the space of 8 balls, the momentum completely switched as bowlers Ross and Mills sent four batters back to the pavilion while Kerry added just a single run; Kerry and their supporters, suddenly subdued. Qassim (16) and Khurram (21) set about rebuilding and the Kerry tail started to wag. Yaqoob Ali compiled an impressive 41 including four huge 6s. It was more gritty than pretty, but Kerry's determination was rewarded by posting a challenging total of 235. Ben Mills was the standout bowler for Glendermott: 8-0-38-5. As Glendermott's opening batters set about the chase, Kerry captain, Braden Warnke opened his bowling account with two consecutive maiden overs and made the first breakthrough in his fourth. He clean bowled Ben Mills (29) who'd played some classy shots (five 4s and a six), and looked as though he might win the match single-handed. Each time a new batter came to the crease for the visitors, they established a promising partnership, nevertheless, Kerry kept finding a way to break the batter's momentum. When Yaqoob removed Ryan Nolan who made a dogged 22, the score was 179 for 8 and at that point the Derry men's resistance collapsed; batters 10 and 11 failed to add to that score. So, with six overs to spare Kerry secured a place in the All-Ireland National Cup semi-finals. County Kerry CC 1st XI: 235/9, beat Glendermott 1st XI: 179 a.o. by 56 runs MCU Division 1 Kerry's second XI were unable to turn the tide on their poor season on Saturday. Cork County dominated proceedings at The Marydyke. Choosing to bat first, the home squad posted 336 for 4 off their 45 overs. Rob Duggan again showed his quality just missing out on a century dismissed for 99 off as many balls, while Ritesh Sah top-scored with a scintillating, 128n.o., smashing four 4s and two 6s. Kerry in reply were bowled out for 187 in 31 overs, Qassim Mohammed top scored with a defiant 70, but a margin of 149 runs makes it another heavy loss for Kerry 2nd XI. Cork County 2nd XI: 336 for 4, beat Kerry 2nd XI: 187 a.o. by 149 runs MCU Minor Cup In a free scoring match at Midleton in Sunday, Kerry's third squad posted an impressive 264 off their 40 overs, Zadran's 82 (seven 4s and four 6s) came off only 48 balls and Adil Rahil(46) was unlucky to miss out on a half century. But openers Muhammed (80) and Dhiver (30) responded with a top class century partnership, posting 119 in 17 overs to provide Midleton with the best possible platform, Adeel Ahmed also hit 57 off 44 balls, and though Kerry bowlers made them work hard, Midleton completed their chase with 4 balls to spare in the final over. County Kerry CC 3rd XI: 264 for 9, lost to Midleton CC 2nd XI: 265 for 7 by 3 wickets.
Irish Times
30-06-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Government to keep league table on how councils are performing on social housing
The Government will maintain an effective league table of how the 31 councils are performing on the delivery of social housing under a plan to go before Cabinet today. Minister for Housing James Browne will bring proposals for regular publication of data on the performance of councils in constructing social housing on local authority land, especially on the delivery of 'own-build' homes. While almost half of the city and county councils exceeded their Housing for All social housing targets last year, all local authorities performed poorly when it came to the self-build targets. A total of 5,065 homes were self-built by local authorities between 2022 and 2024, only 18 per cent of the target of 27,400. Two councils, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Sligo, reached only 10 per cent of the target while the three worst-performing councils on self-build were Cork County (8 per cent), Louth (4 per cent) and Kildare (three per cent). READ MORE Social homes are delivered in a number of ways under the Housing for All programme: self-build by the council; buying homes in turnkey conditions; acquiring them from non-profit approved housing agencies; or having them transferred from developers under Part V of the Planning Act. In terms of overall provision, including all modes of delivering social houses, the best performers between 2022 and 2024 were Laois (189 per cent), Meath (169 per cent) and Wicklow (142 per cent). The local authorities with the lowest figures compared to target were Dublin City Council (49 per cent) and Donegal County Council (46 per cent). Mr Browne is expected to tell ministerial colleagues that releasing the data in this format will make the performances of councils in delivering social homes more transparent and more accountable. It will also be received as a signal to councils with lower delivery to improve their performance. Mr Browne held a housing summit in early June during which he told local authority chief executives and planners that he wanted a 'serious scaling up' of delivery of social homes. He also agreed with executives that the existing four-stage process for approval was cumbersome. It is understood he will seek approval from Cabinet to reduce that to a one-step process, which will become operational from September this year. Standardised designs for new builds are also being mandated and more modern methods of construction will be incorporated. Mr Browne is expected to say that these measures will streamline the process. The Minister is also seeking approval for a Bill to extend the planning permission time periods for developments delayed by Judicial Review challenges. Tánaiste Simon Harris will tell Cabinet today that with just a week to go there is positive momentum in EU-US trade talks – but that 10 per cent baseline tariffs in some sectors will pose challenges for the Irish economy and businesses. Tánaiste Simon Harris is expected to tell the Cabinet meeting that there is a 'growing belief' at European Union level that agreement can be reached on a trade deal with the United States by the July 9th deadline. He will say that any deal will have to be assessed against what exclusions from the US-imposed 10 per cent tariff can be secured, including scope for zero-for-zero arrangements for key sectors, which Ireland has identified as pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and aviation. In recent talks with Ambassador Jamieson Greer, Mr Harris raised sectoral tariffs on pharmaceuticals and underlined the interconnected nature of the sector on both sides of the Atlantic. In a speech to be delivered later today at an event marking exactly one year until Ireland takes up the EU presidency in the second half of 2026, the Tánaiste will say that the ongoing trade talks 'will fundamentally alter the union's relationship with the United States'. Minister for Higher Education James Lawless will note that construction contracts have been signed for five new buildings in university campuses, worth €380 million and being delivered under public-private partnership contracts. They will be located at the Waterford and Carlow campuses of South East Technical University, the Galway and Letterkenny campuses of Atlantic Technical University, and the Limerick campus of Technological University of the Shannon .
Irish Times
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
‘Scores we missed were brutal': After wasteful win over Waterford, Cork know efficiency is key in Munster final
Hype has the same capricious quality of stocks and shares endlessly disturbed by market sentiment. The time to sell your exposure to Cork hype was seven weeks ago, straight after the league final. If you had a mind to invest now and catch the market at the bottom of the curve, this would be an easy time to buy. [ Cork to face Limerick in Munster SHC final after victory over Waterford ] After weeks of fielding questions about it, Pat Ryan still isn't buying or selling. Did it influence their implosion against Limerick a week ago? Not nearly as much as hitting and hunting and all the other stuff they neglected to do. But for a couple of months the hype was out of Cork's control and that bothered the Cork manager. 'It's hard not to get drawn into the hype and some of it was stupid stuff altogether and a lot of it was coming from outside the county,' he said. READ MORE 'You heard people writing off Limerick, some of our own people – are they off their game or what? From my point of view, look, that was very annoying. I think, sometimes, fellas would be building you up, hoping that you'd get a kick in the ass. 'I thought there was a lot of twisted stuff around it, to be honest with you. If I could find a better word I'd find it, but I thought there was a lot of twisted stuff around it. 'I think our lads are trying to insulate themselves as much as they can and take away the noise. 'I think the learning we got the last day is if you're against any inter-county team – but especially against the likes of Limerick – and if you're a small bit off, they will just make an idiot of you and that's realistically what happened last Sunday.' Cork's inefficiency was an issue again in their 2-25 to 1-22 victory. They hit 17 wides and dropped three shots short. Séamus Harnedy, who was terrific again, scored three points from seven shots and that was emblematic of Cork's finishing. Straight after their first goal, when Waterford were on the rack, Cork hit five wides in about eight minutes and that spell of dominance was spoiled. Cork's Damien Cahalane and Stephen Bennett of Waterford battle it out at Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday. Photograph: James Crombie/INPHO 'The scores we missed were brutal scores, for want of a better word,' Ryan said. 'It wasn't long-range scores or long-range pot-shots, we missed a good few scores around the D and that would be unlike us a bit. 'That's something we'll work on, because our efficiency has to be really, really high against Limerick. It wasn't high the last day. Efficiency is a key part of our game and that's where we need to get to if we want to have any chance in the Munster final.' For Waterford, it was the sixth time they have failed to qualify from the round robin phase of the Munster championship since this system was introduced in 2018. For the second year in a row, they went to the last game needing a win on the road and against the head. Once more it was beyond them. In his frustration afterwards, Peter Queally questioned the fairness of the championship system. 'Clare are the reigning All-Ireland champions, and they were out of the championship because of results last week. Every football team in Ireland is still in the championship. We've been training since October. Don't say that too loudly because we're not meant to be. We've been training in all the winter months,' the Waterford manager said. Cork's Darragh Fitzgibbon and Conor Prunty of Waterford. Photograph: James Crombie/INPHO 'Now the ground is hard, we want to be hurling, and we're gone out of the championship. I'd like to see a change in structure where we're afforded a little bit of a chance to hurl during the summer when everyone wants to hurl and everyone wants to watch hurling, not in December, January and February. 'I've had conversations with fellas who have decided to opt out. People are deciding not to play because of the amount of effort and training that's asked of them all through the winter months. 'Then you come up against three awesome hurling teams and you're putting away your hurley in the summer evenings when all you want to do is hurl.' Whatever else might change, the brutality of the Munster championship remains.
