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100% Redress Party to hold information evenings after election green light

The 100% Redress Party is to hold a series of information evenings in Donegal after being registered by the Electoral Commission. The party was approved by the Electoral Commission earlier this month to contest county council, Oireachtas and ...

14 Oct 2023 at 12:43

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MEP Mullooly to push European Commission regarding the defective blocks crisis

Midlands North-West MEP Ciaran Mullooly is pressing the European Commission to urgently advance its infringement proceedings against the Irish Government over its handling of the defective concrete blocks scandal, which has devastated ...

30 Aug 2025 at 18:06

Elections

100% Redress Party could run four Inishowen candidates

The 100% Redress Party could run as many as four candidates in Inishowen in June’s local elections. The party, which was registered with the Electoral Commission last September, announced its first candidate in Inishowen on Sunday. ...

19 Mar 2024 at 16:25

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Defective blocks campaigners urge Darragh O’Brien to attend public meeting

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has been urged to attend a public meeting in Donegal with the owners of homes affected by defective blocks. The Mica Action Group has written to the minister following an information meeting in ...

26 Jul 2023 at 14:01

Inishowen MD

Defective Concrete Blocks scheme payment delay is 'simply ridiculous'

Homeowners waiting up to 12 weeks to receive payments upon submitting claims under the Defective Concrete Block Scheme has been described as “absolutely ridiculous” by Councillor Joy Beard. The Inishowen councillor said it is ...

08 Aug 2025 at 16:18

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Calls for housing in Donegal to be ‘assigned special status’

A call has been made to declare a housing emergency due to the lack of available housing and the ongoing mica crisis. Denis McGee of the 100% Redress Party stated that “the government must acknowledge the fact that, though ...

23 Jul 2025 at 10:29

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Mac Lochlainn says government 'dragging their heels' costing people up to €42,000

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has again appealed to the government to honour the commitment that they made last Autumn to make the increase in the cap for the Defective Block Grant Scheme available to all homeowners availing of ...

29 Apr 2025 at 08:31

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Ward urges Minister to reconsider fixed date in Defective Concrete legislation

Deputy Charles Ward has urged the Minister for Housing to reconsider the proposed fixed date of March 29, 2024 in the upcoming Defective Concrete Amendment Bill in the Dáil today. The proposed changes, which were ...

10 Jun 2025 at 19:09

Local News

Donegal County Council calls for public inquiry into Defective Concrete Crisis

Donegal County Council has passed a motion seeking an independent judicial statutory public inquiry into the defective concrete block crisis. The motion was moved by Independent Councillor Frank McBrearty, ...

27 May 2025 at 11:39

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‘It's exhausting to live this crisis 24/7, 365 days, year-in, year-out’

Deputy Charles Ward has told the Dáil how people are looking to move on with their lives and be rid of the burden of the defective concrete crisis. However, the 100% Redress TD says the strain on ...

25 Jun 2025 at 16:09

Local News

Ward: ‘We’ve done our part – now it’s time for the Housing Minister to do his’

Charles Ward TD has said it’s over to the Minister for Housing following a meeting described as “encouraging” on Monday. Minister James Browne was at the County Offices in Lifford to discuss ...

13 May 2025 at 11:33

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‘Absolutely essential’ to pass defective concrete blocks laws in next fortnight

Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn told Dáil Éireann it was “absolutely essential” that legislation on the defective concrete blocks saga be passed within the next two weeks. The Sinn Fein ...

03 Jul 2025 at 15:09

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