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House prices rise in every county as property shortage bites

A shortage of properties for sale saw the average price of a house jump by almost €28,000 last year, a report has found. Nearly one in 20 homes is vacant, despite the lack of supply, according to a wide-ranging analysis by GeoDirectory database. The ...

18 Jan 2022 at 13:18

National News

Vacant property grant extended to cover remote rural areas

The vacant properties scheme which offers grants up to €50,000 has been expanded to include properties in more remote rural areas in addition to towns and cities, it has been confirmed. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, ...

15 Nov 2022 at 16:03

Local News

Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant expanded to remote rural areas of Donegal

Vacant or derelict properties, so often an eyesore or an impediment in any town or village is being tackled head-on with the news today that an expanded Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant has been launched. The expanded grant now includes ...

15 Nov 2022 at 16:10

National News

Government’s 0.3% vacant property tax is ‘laughable’, Dail hears

The Government’s vacant property tax of 0.3% has been criticised as “laughable” during Tuesday’s Dail debate which was dominated by the housing crisis. It comes after a report by a banking lobby group found that rents in Ireland have ...

06 Dec 2022 at 16:49

National News

New bill aims to tackle derelict properties and ease housing crisis

A new bill has been launched to tackle the scourge of 90,000 vacant homes in the country. Steven Matthews TD, Green Party Spokesperson for Planning and Local Government, and Chair of the Oireachtas Housing and Planning Committee, ...

22 Feb 2022 at 12:49

National News

New €13m fund to buy old rural buildings will tackle 'scourge of dereliction' - Humphreys

A new fund worth €13 million to tackle vacancy and dereliction in rural Ireland has been announced. The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, today (March 27) announced news of the fund, which aims ...

27 Mar 2023 at 11:31

National News

SHOCKING: Just FOUR vacant property refurbishment grants issued so far this year

JUST four vacant property refurbishment grants have been issued in 2023. That's according to a quarterly report released today (July 17) by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, which shows just one grant ...

17 Jul 2023 at 14:17

South Donegal

Important Bundoran Vacant and Derelict buildings info event tomorrow

Donegal County Council is holding a drop in information event at Bundoran Library tomorrow to provide information on the supports available to refurbish Vacant and Derelict properties in the resort. It takes place from 11am ...

03 Oct 2023 at 11:19

Local News

Council to appoint Vacant Homes and Town Regeneration officers shortly

Donegal County Council’s search for a Vacant Homes Officer (VHO) and a Town Regeneration Officer (TRO) could be coming to an end shortly. Chairman of the Lifford-Stranorlar Municipal District, Cllr Patrick McGowan has ...

27 Jan 2023 at 09:21

Crime & Court

House ransacked in recently reported Ballyshannon burglaries

Gardaí are investigating two burglaries that occurred at houses in the area of Tubber, Cavangarden, and Ballyshannon. The burglaries occurred at vacant properties and they were only reported this week. In the first ...

02 Apr 2024 at 12:31

South Donegal

Killybegs house fire ‘may have been started deliberately’

Gardaí are investigating a house fire that occurred on the Donegal Road, Killybegs (near the graveyard). Gardaí were alerted to the fact that a vacant house was on fire shortly after 10 pm on Friday, December 1. ...

05 Dec 2023 at 13:31

Glenties MD

Over four hundred applicants for Croi Conaithe grant scheme

Donegal County Council has processed 424 applications as part of the Croi Conaithe Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant Scheme. The Council administers the scheme on behalf of the Department of Housing, Local ...

16 Nov 2023 at 15:35

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