# Kevin Humphreys

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# Housing

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.

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Aug 10th 2019, 6:30 AM

# rental crisis

AirBnb lobbied officials 49 times in two years on crackdown plan

With Dublin rent now averaging €500 above the boomtime figure, pressure is mounting on Minister Eoghan Murphy to act.

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Aug 19th 2018, 4:00 PM

# Clampdown

New Bill seeks to limit Airbnb rentals to six weeks per year

Senator Kevin Humphrey says short term rental platforms should have to register their properties.

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Jun 24th 2017, 6:20 AM

# For Rent

Stag and hen parties using short-term lets in Dublin are draining units off the rental market

Senator Kevin Humphreys says a growing number of apartment block dwellers are experiencing problems with units being let on renting websites such as AirBnb.

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Mar 27th 2017, 6:10 AM

# build it and they will come

After 50 years, Nelson's Pillar is returning to O'Connell Street - in a slightly different format

A Lego model of ‘the Pillar’ is on display in the GPO as part of a recreation of the post office during the 1916 Rising.

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Aug 7th 2016, 12:00 PM

# slow and steady

"The Taoiseach is moving far too slowly" - Labour senator hits out at Enda for delay in Seanad nominations

Kevin Humphreys said that the Seanad appointments and ministerial appointments would amount to “jobs for the boys”.

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May 20th 2016, 11:02 PM

# still waiting

Talks between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil expected to continue into tomorrow

The prospect of Labour supporting a Fine Gael-led minority was also downplayed today.

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Apr 18th 2016, 8:20 PM

# Next best thing

Three Labour ministers who lost their Dáil seats are going for the Seanad

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Kevin Humphreys and Ged Nash are all seeking a Leinster House comeback.

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Mar 18th 2016, 6:08 PM

# no direction

This One Direction election ad sparked an absolute holy show on Twitter

Labour, it’s time to log off.

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Feb 18th 2016, 10:27 AM

# SVP

Labour minister wins €18k car in raffle ... and immediately gives it back

The Society of St Vincent de Paul is very grateful for the gesture.

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Sep 7th 2015, 4:48 PM

# Going for it

Meet the Hillary fundraiser who reckons she has a shot at the Dáil

Linda O’Shea Farren, who failed to get elected to Dublin City Council last year, is seeking the Fine Gael nomination in Dublin Bay South.

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Apr 14th 2015, 8:30 PM

# Debt

Courts 'cannot cope' with amount of home repossessions

‘Angry’ was the word of choice in the Seanad today.

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Feb 25th 2015, 7:13 PM

# Trouble Brewing

Calls for Portlaoise Courthouse to be moved after 'mass gurrier brawl'

“Up to 60 people were involved in a wholesale chaotic brawl, fisticuffs and dangerous scenes of violence.”

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Feb 13th 2015, 7:30 AM

# Green shoots

Here's where Eamon Ryan is going to run in the general election

The party leader is looking to return to the Dáil.

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Jan 10th 2015, 10:30 AM

# Concerns raised

Are JobBridge interns insured if they have an accident in the workplace?

Concerns have been raised about whether interns are being covered by their employers.

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Nov 20th 2014, 7:45 AM

# seasonal jobs

Signing off for Christmas work? Your dole will be restored 'immediately' afterwards

Minister Kevin Humphreys is reminding those on Jobseekers payments that seasonal work of up to eight weeks can be taken.

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Nov 7th 2014, 4:19 PM

# Unemployment

Some employers will take half of job interview candidates from Live Register

A new charter for employers has been launched by the Tánaiste Joan Burton today.

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Sep 29th 2014, 1:57 PM

# IMMA

Fianna Fáil wants Enda to give the Dáil a "detailed explanation" of McNulty-gate

Micheál Martin believes “very fundamental questions” still need to be answered.

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Sep 28th 2014, 8:43 PM

# Unemployment

JobBridge is 'absolutely not' used by employers to get cheap labour

The Junior Minister for Labour Activation said that any employers who abuse the system will be “taken off”.

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Aug 6th 2014, 10:56 AM

# city slickers

Rebel Labour TDs warn of "rip off" over Dublin's property tax being spent in rural areas

And Pat Rabbitte shares their concerns.

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Jul 2nd 2014, 10:17 AM

# total mayor

The Dublin directly-elected mayor plan's back on, says Phil Hogan

The ‘mayors and chairs’ from the county’s four local authorities are expected to attend a meeting on the issue in the Custom House next month.

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Jun 10th 2014, 6:16 PM

# A rat trap

'There were a few screams... mainly from the men': Labour TD catches rat in Leinster House

Before you start, it was an actual rat…

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May 6th 2014, 9:46 AM

# Banking Inquiry

Here are the TDs and Senators who are likely to sit on the banking inquiry

Who is in the running to be part of an unprecedented Oireachtas inquiry into the collapse of the Irish banking system? We’ve been finding out.

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May 2nd 2014, 8:15 AM

# Cover Me

'The government can't make insurance companies insure people'

Brian Hayes told the Dáil that those living in flood plains not being insured was a “commercial issue”.

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Feb 4th 2014, 8:31 PM

# pleased

‘It must be a sign of his own desperation’: Here’s what Labour thinks of Keaveney’s FF switch

“We will struggle,” dead-panned one minister today.

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Dec 3rd 2013, 12:45 PM

# Garryhinch

New restrictions prompt calls for water project in Laois to be fast-tracked

The Garryhinch Water Project has been long mooted as an alternative and sustainable water supply for the Greater Dublin area.

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Nov 2nd 2013, 7:59 PM

# Bailout exit

Backbench TDs would welcome the Troika back... as long as they're on their holidays

“They are quite satisfied that their job is done here in Ireland,” one Fine Gael backbencher said after a meeting with the Troika this morning.

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Oct 31st 2013, 11:31 AM

# Bank Guarantee

Here are the sign-in books for the Finance and Taoiseach departments from September 2008

The books are not a complete record of who visited the Departments in the weeks before the bank guarantee was issued but provide a fascinating insight.

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Sep 14th 2013, 7:45 AM

# Budget 2014

Labour TD says protect social welfare, but FG TD says spending is not sustainable

Two government backbenchers have outlined vastly different approaches to Budget 2014 in columns for TheJournal.ie in the last 24 hours.

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Sep 2nd 2013, 6:45 AM

Voices

Column: 'Now is not the time for excessive cuts that will damage our recovery'

Labour TD Kevin Humphreys believes that an unnecessary €3.1 billion adjustment, as some in Fine Gael have proposed, would result in lower growth and loss of confidence and says that promissory note savings should be used.

Sep 2nd 2013, 6:40 AM

# Budget 2014

TD accused of 'recycling' two-year-old list of education cuts

Fianna Fáil TD Charlie McConalogue has raised concerns about spending cuts proposed by Education Minister Ruairí Quinn ahead of October’s Budget, but Labour says he’s trying to “increase his personal profile”.

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Aug 19th 2013, 8:45 PM

# School

€60.4 million spent on renting prefabs as classrooms over three years

A prefab costs around €13,500 to rent a year.

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Aug 11th 2013, 8:00 AM

# tax exiles

Labour TDs hit out at 'stomach churning' approach to 'tax traitors'

A number of TDs from the junior coalition partner have hit out at a proposal for tax exiles to give money to charity in return for two extra months residency in the Irish state.

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Jul 15th 2013, 5:28 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should Irish tax exiles be rewarded if they give money to charity?

The Government is considering a plan to let multimillionaire tax exiles stay in Ireland for longer every year if they give money to charity. What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea?

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Jul 15th 2013, 9:47 AM

# Bank Guarantee

No full record of who visited Taoiseach's department on bank guarantee night

Enda Kenny has revealed that their is no exhaustive record of who visited his Department during the period leading up to the State guarantee of the banks nearly five years ago.

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Jul 15th 2013, 6:30 AM

Voices

Column: What a week in the life of a backbench TD looks like

Debates, meetings, touching base with constituents, heading up to Meath East by-election, organising sand bags, reading the newspapers and having words with his colleagues – Kevin Humphreys recounts his busy schedule this week.

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Mar 30th 2013, 7:00 PM