A child was among 32 people deported to Georgia, a designated safe country, on a chartered flight out of Dublin Airport on Thursday night

This comes after complaints from passengers about disappearing services in the greater Dublin area

The figures are a long way off what was predicted by outgoing Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien.

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien described the Planning Bill as the most significant reform in planning legislation since 2000.

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien has said it was his own view that the €13 billion Apple funds should be invested in infrastructure such as housing

Local authorities received over 1,100 notifications to convert commercial buildings to new homes between 2018 and 2023

Sinn Féin said the plan would cost €13.2 billion.

The government funding will kick in next year due to increased demands for dog control and the need to ensure resources on the ground to enforce the pending ban on XL Bully dogs from February

The ESRI has estimated the number homes needed based on projected population growth at local authority-level

Minister for Finance Michael McGrath is set to be confirmed as Ireland's next EU Commissioner

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said the Government needs to build up the capacity in the construction sector before it can commit to building 250,000 homes

Dublin Airport has submitted an application to Fingal County Council to expand its capacity to 40 million passengers per annum.

When the Government came to power in June 2020, some 23,600 social homes were in the planning pipeline — but some 1,150 have never progressed.

The Cabinet signed off on a Bill which would see a restructuring of An Bord Pleanala as part of a major overhaul of the State's planning system

The Minister for Housing was taking Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil