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The lift in my apartment building is broken and there's no money to repair it. What can I do?
10+ hour, 34+ min ago (431+ words) The lift in our apartment complex is broken. The board of directors says that we do not have adequate funds to pay for this. We pay every year into a sinking fund - how can we not have enough? The sinking…...
Unregistered dentist offered treatment to patients from sittingroom of Dublin apartment
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (400+ words) An unregistered dentist was offering patients treatments, including X-rays, in the sittingroom of a Dublin apartment, the Irish Dental Council has said. The council, a regulatory body tasked with promoting high standards of professional education and conduct among dentists, cited…...
Developer puts "1m price tag on three-bed apartment for social housing in Ranelagh
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (462+ words) A developer has put a "1 million price tag on a three-bedroom apartment it is proposing to sell to Dublin City Council for social housing. Ardstone subsidiary, Sandford Living Ltd is making a renewed bid to secure planning permission for a…...
Tax breaks and expanded grants needed to accelerate action on urban vacancies - building coalition
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (521+ words) Tax breaks, expanded grants, modified buildings regulations and dedicated teams in local authorities are all essential to tackle urban vacancy and dereliction, a coalition of building, environmental and social organisations has said. The Vacant to Vibrant Building Alliance, an initiative…...
High Court challenge against smaller apartment sizes to be heard in December
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (448+ words) The High Court is to hear a legal challenge in December to the Minister for Housing's new apartment planning standards. Mr Justice Richard Humphreys gave permission on Monday to several councillors and a journalist to bring the case against the…...
Russian drone and missile attack kills three in northern Ukraine
8+ mon, 3+ hour ago (365+ words) An early morning Russian attack killed three people on Friday in northern Ukraine's Sumy region, a regional official reported, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow's attempts to advance in the area had failed with heavy losses. Russian forces are engaged…...
Ukrainian strikes kill three, Russian officials say, as Kyiv and Moscow exchange fire
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (264+ words) Ukrainian drone attacks overnight killed three people, Russian officials said on Saturday. Russia's ministry of defence said air defences intercepted or destroyed 112 drones across eight Russian regions and the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula. A drone attack on the Rostov region, on…...
Do you live in a studio apartment? Amid plans to make them smaller, we'd like to hear your experience
10+ mon, 4+ day ago (184+ words) New apartment guidelines reducing the size of studios, the number of windows and the amount of private outdoor space in apartment schemes are due to be published by Minister for Housing James Browne on Tuesday. We'd like to hear what…...
Mother and baby home survivor upset by absence of 1, 090 infants from key report
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (702+ words) A survivor of the Sean Ross Abbey mother and baby home at Roscrea, Co Tipperary, has expressed shock that a recently published report made "no mention" of 1, 090 babies who died there, with "no call for excavations, no investigation into where…...
New inquest opens into baby's death five days after birth at Midland Regional Hospital
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (472+ words) A new inquest into the death of Aaron Cullen, a baby who died five days after his birth, has been opened after new evidence was secured by his mother concerning resuscitation equipment. An initial inquest returned a narrative verdict, however,…...