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Full coverage: Dublin City Council

The battle for homelessness landlord data: Rewinding the week that was

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.

Thomas Hubert
30th Mar, 2025 - 8 min read

Coldec Group emerges as key player in private homeless housing industry

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.

Niall Sargent
27th Mar, 2025 - 5 min read

Revealed: The 23 Dublin landlords paid millions for homeless accommodation

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.

Thomas Hubert
25th Mar, 2025 - 21 min read

Receiver of Ronan Group company bids to quash €315,000 vacant site levy

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?

Niall Sargent
23rd Apr, 2024 - 3 min read

Ronan Group fails in bid to quash €315,000 unpaid vacant site levy bill from council

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.

Niall Sargent
20th Feb, 2024 - 3 min read

365 homeless beds, an €86.6m contract – and zero competition

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.

Thomas Hubert
22nd Nov, 2023 - 7 min read

Bain, the old paper mill, and the levy: Planning board has its say on vacant status of €10m site

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.

Niall Sargent
20th Nov, 2023 - 3 min read

Council chases Dublin Port Company for €840,000 in unpaid vacant site levy

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.

Niall Sargent
9th Nov, 2023 - 3 min read

“Heaven after 19 years of torture”: What one Dublin social homes project tells us about the housing crisis

Residents are moving into new council apartments on Dominick Street. From a collapsed public-private partnership to years of back-and-forth between officials over funding, the site illustrates the good, the bad and the ugly of public housing delivery.

Thomas Hubert
15th Jul, 2023 - 31 min read

Paschal Donohoe: The closure of Chapters bookshop and why the government and city planners need to imagine a new future for city centres

Paschal Donohoe laments the closure of one his favourite bookshops and insists that collective action must be taken to protect cultural landmarks in Dublin.

Paschal Donohoe
30th Oct, 2021 - 3 min read
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