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    Teresa Murray says people just presume they own their own home

    Are we prepared for the tenant time bomb?

    Home ownership in Ireland is at its lowest level for almost 50 years and has been described as "one of the most important changes in social policy in the last 50 years" - Louise Byrne asks are we ready for it?

    News • 26 Feb 20
    Glenn and Kellie live in Navan, but work in Dublin

    Commuting for a living

    For the people who have to get up really early in the morning, it seems as if they are just living to work, writes Louise Byrne.

    Prime Time • 24 Jan 20
    The co-living development will be built on the site of Brady's pub in Castleknock (pic: Bartra Blanchardstown SHD)

    Co-living development in Castleknock gets green light

    Planning permission has been granted for a 210-bed, co-living development in Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's Dublin West constituency.

    Dublin • 08 Jan 20
    Many of the families have spent a number of years in refugee camps in Lebanon having fled their homes during the deadly Syrian civil war

    Eleven Syrian refugee families arrive in Ireland

    Eleven refugee families have arrived in Ireland from Syria, via a refugee camp in Lebanon.

    Ireland • 30 Dec 19
    Catriona Ward says her son Eoin was due to have spinal surgery on Monday

    Cancellation of boy's spinal surgery 'heartbreaking'

    The mother of a teenage boy whose crucial spinal surgery was cancelled at short notice in Temple Street Children's Hospital, has described the experience as "heartbreaking".

    Health • 17 Dec 19
    The facility is estimated to cost €22m (Pic: Dublin City Council)

    DCC spent €500k on white water facility proposals

    Dublin City Council has already spent more than €500,000 developing its plans for a white water centre at George's Dock in the IFSC.

    Dublin • 04 Dec 19
    Zac and Ella Boland: 'I can go outside but he's still sitting there doing his homework'

    Should homework be history?

    There's increasing doubt that some forms of homework for young children serve any real purpose. One school in south Dublin is currently experimenting with a ban on written homework. How is it working out?

    Prime Time • 22 Nov 19
    The building for people who have physical and sensory disabilities was completed by Respond in 2017 but has yet to open

    Facility for adults with disabilities yet to open

    The HSE has confirmed it has yet to appoint an operator to run a facility for adults with disabilities in Co Monaghan which has lain empty for more than two years.

    Prime Time • 07 Nov 19
    'Horribly overcrowded': Ireland's trains creaking at the seams

    'Horribly overcrowded': Ireland's trains creaking at the seams

    The hurlers of Tipperary and rapper Post Malone may have little else in common but, both have been invoked in defence of overcrowded trains in recent months.

    Prime Time • 24 Oct 19
    Passenger numbers are at record levels with 48 million journeys undertaken in 2018

    Iarnród Éireann warns of need for pre-booked trains

    Iarnród Éireann has warned that it may be forced to introduce pre-book only trains in response to overcrowding on the rail network.

    Prime Time • 24 Oct 19
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