Full coverage: Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council found the proposed tourist hostel in a protected building would set an undesirable precedent for similar development in the historic area, as well as devalue property in the vicinity.

Having resisted media efforts to report on the destination of vast public spending to tackle homelessness for the past decade, authorities are slowly changing tack.

Dublin City Council blocked journalists’ requests for access to private emergency accommodation payments for almost a decade. The public procurement of multi-million-euro contracts should never be a state secret.

The network of companies is already a major force in the housing of Ukrainian nationals and international protection applicants. New data released to The Currency also points to multi-million euro homeless service contacts.

In 2023, the State paid private property owners €140m – and rising – to put a roof over the heads of Dubliners left out in the cold by the housing crisis. In the first part of a major series, we name the biggest earners.

Previous appeals failed to overturn demands for payment from Dublin City Council on the Appian Way site in Ranelagh. Will this one fare any better?

A company in Johnny Ronan's real estate stable appealed Dublin City’s demand for payment on a Dublin 6 site for the second year running. It disputes the €4.5 million valuation and now owes the council a six-figure sum.

This summer, a landmark building changed hands for €23 million; meanwhile Dublin City Council agreed to pay nearly four times that price to use it for emergency accommodation over 10 years. Its landlord appears in a series of similar deals.

A property vehicle linked to Bain Capital challenged Dublin City Council's decision to add the Clonskeagh site to its vacant site levy last year. The annual levy on the €10 million site would bring in €700,000 for the local authority.

Dublin City Council wants payment for three years between 2020 and 2022. The company is appealing, however, as low levy collection continues to haunt local authorities.