Ireland round-up: National strategy launched to tackle rough sleeping; Drogheda housing site permissions extended

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 22 September-28 September, 2018
National strategy launched to tackle rough sleeping
Housing and health ministers have welcomed the launch this week of a national strategy designed to reduce and end rough sleeping and long-term homelessness.
The Planner
Drogheda housing site permissions extended
Louth County Council has agreed to extend the planning permissions for around 2,000 new homes on four sites in Drogheda.
Irish Independent
Effective engagement webinar available on demand
The Planner – in association with the developers of the community engagement platform Commonplace – has hosted a debate on the best ways that planners can manage truly effective consultation processes in a free webinar.
The Planner
A government initiative for 3,500 social homes launched 18 months ago has delivered just 15 countrywide, housing and planning minster Eoghan Murphy has admitted.
Irish Times
Dublin pleads for housing help
Motions urging the government to declare a housing emergency and provide €2.3 billion for housing in the coming budget were passed by Dublin City councillors this week.
Irish Times
Guinness Brewery development frontrunners
Property players Hines, Ballymore and U&I have made the final cut in a bid to be chosen to develop part of the Guinness Brewery in central Dublin as a new urban centre.
Irish Times
Ireland’s first driverless bus made its debut this week ferrying passengers through Dublin city centre.
Irish Independent
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