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# eoin-o-broin - Monday 20 January, 2020
Sinn Féin objects to Virgin Media for excluding Mary Lou from Leaders' debate
The party is also considering legal action against RTÉ for not including Sinn Féin.
# eoin-o-broin - Thursday 12 December, 2019
Dáil passes Sinn Féin bill proposing immediate rent freeze
The Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019 was brought forward by Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin.
# eoin-o-broin - Tuesday 15 October, 2019
Landlords afraid of property market because of 'difficult' tenants, incoming RTB chairman claims
Tom Dunne appeared before the Oireachtas Housing Committee this morning.
# eoin-o-broin - Saturday 10 August, 2019
Just 8 'change of use' planning applications submitted to Dublin City Council
The council has received 140 exemption applications to the new rules since they came into play a month ago.
# eoin-o-broin - Tuesday 6 August, 2019
Sinn Féin proposes plan to ban controversial co-living developments
The party published a bill today that would if passed ban co-living developments.
# eoin-o-broin - Wednesday 29 May, 2019
Maria Bailey won't chair Oireachtas meeting this morning as talks with Taoiseach loom
Speaking this morning, Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin said “we can all guess the answer” as to why Bailey wouldn’t chair the meeting.
# eoin-o-broin - Monday 13 May, 2019
Minister accused of 'living in cloud cuckoo land' for saying rents are rising at a 'slow rate'
The average cost of renting a home in Ireland in the first three months of this year was at an all time high.
# eoin-o-broin - Saturday 27 April, 2019
DCC's Keegan says criticism 'near hysterical' over him calling homeless services 'attractive' option
That is according to correspondence obtained by TheJournal.ie under Freedom of Information.
# eoin-o-broin - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
The government got an 'F' from 100 organisations over how it's handling child and family homelessness
The government has also been criticised for not introducing national standards for emergency accommodation.
# eoin-o-broin - Sunday 24 February, 2019
Almost €700 million paid to private landlords in rent subsidies last year
€276,600,000 was paid in HAP to landlords via HAP last year.
# eoin-o-broin - Friday 21 December, 2018
'Do the decent thing and resign': Murphy blasted as homeless numbers almost hit 10,000
Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin said that Murphy should “do the decent thing and resign” in light of the new figures.
# eoin-o-broin - Thursday 29 November, 2018
The number of homeless adults in Ireland has risen by 130 in the space of a month
There are now collectively 9,724 people living in homeless accommodation across Ireland.
# eoin-o-broin - Monday 12 November, 2018
'It's clearly not working': TDs hit out at Rent Pressure Zone laws as prices continue to soar
The latest Daft.ie quarterly report found that the average monthly rent nationwide is €1,334.
# eoin-o-broin - Tuesday 9 October, 2018
Government accused of 'a landlords' Budget' over tax break for landlords
Solidarity TD Paul Murphy TD made the charge after tax relief for landlords was announced.
# eoin-o-broin - Tuesday 25 September, 2018
Eoin Ó Broin: 'He is the Minister. The buck stops with him. He must change the policy... or go'
The Sinn Féin spokesperson defends his party’s motion of no confidence in the Housing Minister.
# eoin-o-broin - Sunday 9 September, 2018
15 months into the job, how has Eoghan Murphy performed as Minister for Housing?
Earlier this week, Sinn Féin said it will move to have Murphy removed from office when the Dáil resumes this month.
# eoin-o-broin - Thursday 6 September, 2018
'It could be a turning moment in the crisis': Major housing rally to take place outside Dáil in October
A range of trade unions, housing advocates and groups have today called for a “radical shift” in Ireland’s housing policies.
# eoin-o-broin - Wednesday 29 August, 2018
The number of homeless families has increased to a new record
There are now 1,778 families in emergency accomodation.
# eoin-o-broin - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
Child homelessness rises 35% during Eoghan Murphy's first year in office
There were a record 9,872 people in emergency accommodation in June.
# eoin-o-broin - Thursday 19 July, 2018
'No family should be living in a shed': Warning over plan to allow log cabins as a form of housing
Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin said landlords would take advantage of the law if it was changed.
# eoin-o-broin - Saturday 30 June, 2018
'He's wrong' - Housing Minister says Sinn Féin are mistaken on €200 million government home loan scheme
The €200 million Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme was launched in February.
# eoin-o-broin - Friday 29 June, 2018
A Dublin developer has been advertising rentals within an apartment complex built without planning permission
Rental adverts for Larkfield House, which were placed without naming the building, have appeared online in recent weeks. The building was constructed without planning permission.
# eoin-o-broin - Saturday 16 June, 2018
Sinn Féin drops threat of 'no confidence' motion in Minister Eoghan Murphy
The motion would have forced Fianna Fáil TDs to make a tough political decision.
# eoin-o-broin - Friday 15 June, 2018
Eoin vs Eoghan: Is Sinn Féin's housing billboard fair game or a PR stunt?
Minister Eoghan Murphy compared it to a ‘Trump approach’.
# eoin-o-broin - Thursday 31 May, 2018
Dublin City Council top official says 252 people removed from April homeless figures are 'still homeless'
Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin has accused the government of “massaging the figures”.
# eoin-o-broin - Saturday 5 May, 2018
If a family are living in accommodation paid for through homeless funding, does that make them homeless?
The government says 600 people were counted wrongly as being homeless, others are not so sure.
# eoin-o-broin - Thursday 3 May, 2018
'They never became homeless': Minister defends himself against accusations he manipulated figures
Sinn Féin has accused the minister of “knowingly” manipulating homeless figures.
A proposed new law aims to prevent 27% student rent hikes
The Residential Tenancies (student rents, rights and protections) Bill 2018 was introduced in the Dáil yesterday.
# eoin-o-broin - Thursday 19 April, 2018
'You're just going all over the place now': Eoghan and Eoin went at it on the radio today
The pair had a heated debate over the government’s housing record.
# eoin-o-broin - Wednesday 28 March, 2018
State spent €47 million housing homeless families in Dublin hotels last year
Sinn Féin’s Eoin O Broin said there is not enough money being spent on prevention.
# eoin-o-broin - Tuesday 19 December, 2017
'It's deeply, deeply depressing': There are still over 3,300 children homeless in Ireland
There were 1,530 families with 3,333 children staying in emergency accommodation in November.
# eoin-o-broin - Friday 10 November, 2017
Leo Varadkar has been criticised for calling houses starting at €315,000 'affordable'
Leo Varadkar was unable to give a definition of what constituted affordable housing when questioned recently in the Dáil.
# eoin-o-broin - Wednesday 8 November, 2017
'Rogue landlords' should face tougher sanctions and even jail, Dáil hears
A Sinn Féin motion was passed unopposed by TDs last night.
# eoin-o-broin - Monday 2 October, 2017
Poll: Should the Irish government criticise the intervention of Spanish police in Catalonia's referendum?
The aggressive intervention of the Spanish police in the weekend’s referendum has been criticised by many European leaders.
# eoin-o-broin - Friday 1 September, 2017
Report into fire that destroyed 6 Kildare houses finds remaining homes not compliant with regulations
The report looked at eight houses still occupied in Millfield Manor.
# eoin-o-broin - Saturday 5 August, 2017
'They sleep beside the burnt-out cars - we don't know why. Maybe they get a bit of shelter from them'
There’s been a spike in cars being burnt-out and horses being mistreated at an expanse of land near Clondalkin.
# eoin-o-broin - Friday 4 August, 2017
'It's absolutely disgraceful': There are still over 2,800 children homeless in Ireland
There were 1365 families with 2895 children staying in emergency accommodation in June.
# eoin-o-broin - Wednesday 19 July, 2017
Government accused of 'wilfully' releasing inaccurate homelessness figures
Eoin Ó Broin said that the Housing Department was “knowingly releasing incorrect monthly homeless figures”.
# eoin-o-broin - Tuesday 28 February, 2017
FactCheck: How many new social housing units did the government provide last year?
In the second instalment of our two-part series, FactCheck referees an on-air dispute between Damien English and Eoin Ó Broin.
# eoin-o-broin - Tuesday 15 November, 2016
Homeless numbers in south Dublin rose 60% in nine months
In October, there were 439 people on the council’s homeless register.
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Poll: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin went head-to-head in the first live televised election debate last night where a range of issues from healthcare to housing were discussed.
One moment that set people talking was towards the end of the debate when presenter Pat Kenny asked each of the candidates if they have ever used illegal drugs.
While Martin instantly replied that he has never taken illegal drugs, Varadkar said he already answered this question in an interview several years ago. After he was pressed for an answer from Kenny and Martin, Varadkar admitted he had used illegal drugs but said it was “obviously a long time ago.”
Speaking on the Tonight Show after the debate, Fr Peter McVerry dismissed it as a pointless question, adding that only people buying drugs regularly should have to account for their moral decision.
It is clear that a wider debate is to be had around personal drug use and how much of this should be shared by those running for elected office.
So today we’re asking you: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
Poll Results:
Yes (6741)
No (4590)
I'm not sure (520)
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Lise Hand: Will they? Won't they? Shades of Love Island as big parties can't avoid recoupling talk
By Lise Hand - @liseinthecity
Opinion: Young people don't vote? You may be right, but we might surprise you
By Adam Hallissey and Ben Quigley - @progressbrief
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