Post Tagged with: "housing"

NED O’Shea Construction is preparing a new application after they were informed  their previously approved planning application for 235 new homes in Lisloose, Tralee, has been overturned by An Bord Pleanála. Building plans were developed in consultation with Kerry County Council for the housing project through the Large Scale Development […]

THERE were over 2,000 requests for housing maintenance repairs from Council tenants in the Tralee Municipal District last year. At the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council this morning, Cllr. Deirdre Ferris asked how many requests were made by Tralee MD tenants forrepairs/replacements in 2023, a […]

A NEW residential development has been given the go ahead at the site of the CBS Monastery at Castlecountess in Tralee. Kerry County Council granted permission to the applicants Nailun Limited for the development, subject to 19 conditions. The existing two-storey building — which is located adjacent to CBS The […]

NED O’Shea Construction company has lodged a planning application for a €70m, 235-home, Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) in Lisloose, Tralee. The 9.2-hectare Lisloose site is located off the Bracker O’Regan Road and aims to supply housing for the growing population, while also creating 200 direct construction jobs in the local […]

THE government has approved €2.5 million to tackle vacancy and dereliction in Kerry. The funding is being allocated to Kerry County Council in Call Three of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF), a fund to tackle vacancy and dereliction in our towns and cities. The local authority will acquire […]

THE next phase of social housing in Lohercannon will deliver an extra 94 units, but they won’t be delivered for around four years. Council management gave an update on the their social housing plans at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors last Thursday. Three housing  schemes by approved housing […]

KERRY County Council has published plans for a local authority housing development at Matt Talbot Road in Tralee which incorporates part of the Island of Geese site. Under the Part VIII planning process, the Council has published, on its website, the plans and designs for the 27 residential units. The […]

THERE will be 70 social and affordable housing units commencing construction next year in the Tralee Municipal District, while 120 units completed units will have the keys handed over to tenants by the end of October 2022. The details were revealed after a question from Sinn Féin Cllr Cathal Foley […]

SINN Féin TD for Kerry, Pa Daly, has invited students across Kerry to share their experiences of the student accommodation crisis in the party’s online survey. The survey is an opportunity for students and apprentices to share their stories about how the housing crisis is impacting on their studies and […]

STAGE one and stage two approval has been granted by the Department of Housing to Kerry County Council for the construction of 15 apartments in Tralee. The apartments will be built at Hawley Park, St Martins Park and Mitchel’s Road. Minster for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley  welcomed the news saying: […]

THE Minster for Housing, Local Government and Heritage was in Tralee on Monday to officially open a new estate in Tralee. Minister Darragh O’Brien TD also visited numerous projects and developments in Tralee, Farranfore, Barraduff, Rathmore and Killarney. Chief among the events on the agenda was the official opening by Minister […]

TRAVELLER accommodation at Rathass is set to be redeveloped after the go ahead was given by councillors at a special meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Thursday. The existing accommodation of four two and three-bedroom units is set to be replaced with four two-bedroom units and 2 three-bedroom units. There […]

AN announcement of €1,170,000 in funding for the refurbishment and re-letting of 78 vacant social homes in Kerry this year has been made this afternoon by Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien. As a result of the funding made available to Kerry County Council, there will be refurbishment of […]

KERRY County Council will receive €1,082,718 under the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for Social Houses. Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, Peter Burke TD, and Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan today […]

KERRY County Council is investigating preliminary designs for social housing units on a section of the Island of Geese on the Matt Talbot Road. This was revealed after a question by Fianna Fáil Cllr Johnnie Wall at Monday’s meeting of the Tralee MD of Kerry County Council, where he asked […]

GRANT funding totalling €991,600 has been allocated to Kerry County Council under the 2020 Voids Stimulus Programme to enable the refurbishing of 50 social housing units for the purpose of re-letting them to individuals and families. As part of the July Stimulus Programme, the Department of Housing, Local Government and […]

KERRY is to receive state funding of €405,286 to improve housing stock for older people and people with a disability. It’s part of an €18 million nationwide package announced by Government today to improve housing conditions. Deputy Government Chief Whip, Brendan Griffin TD welcomed the news and said; “This funding […]

FORTY-THREE new local authority housing units from two developments are scheduled to be completed in the Tralee Municipal District in 2021. While 28 units are due to be completed by the end of this year in Balloonagh (adjacent to Connolly Park), there are 22 housing units currently being built in Ardfert […]

TRALEE Municipal District councillors have approved the construction of eight social housing units in Rahoonane. The development will consist of four terraced two bedroom units and four terraced three-bedroom units on a site of 0.28 hectare. The site is located at the edge of the Shanakill and Rahoonane estates fronting […]

THE Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Mr Eoghan Murphy TD, performed the official opening of 33 new local authority social housing units in Kerry on Friday and also visited two sites in Tralee and Killarney where a total of 82 new homes are currently under construction. Minister Murphy […]

TRALEE Municipal District councillors met on Monday morning to approve a local authority housing development for the second time. On Monday, September 4, Councillors unanimously approved the construction of a 28-unit estate, which will be located in the lands behind Scoil Eoin Primary School, adjacent to Stacks Villas and south […]

FIVE local authority housing developments are at the planning/design stage in Tralee Municipal District at the moment with completion dates scheduled by the end of 2020. The update on the housing list was given at the latest Tralee Municipal District meeting of councillors on Monday. There are 37 units under […]

A TRALEE Municipal District councillor has called for changes in council tenancy agreements to give more power to the local authority when it comes to dealing with individuals who are making their neighbours’ lives a misery in estates. Speaking at Monday’s Tralee MD meeting, Cllr Locke said residents in estates […]

THE busy junction connecting Connolly Park with Rock Street is to be upgraded before a 28 unit social housing development nearby is occupied. Councillors unanimously approved the construction of the estate, which will be located in the lands behind Scoil Eoin Primary School, adjacent to Stacks Villas and south of Connolly Park, […]

THE contract has been signed for the construction of 21 new housing units in Tralee. The new homes will be developed at Killeen Road and are being constructed under the Rebuilding Ireland Programme. The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John Sheahan, and the Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Norma Foley […]

A KIELDUFF native’s idea won the Overall Award at the Homes for Smart Ageing Universal Design Challenge announced yesterday in Dublin. Michelle Moore (née Savage) came up ‘The Abhaile Project’ which she founded and developed with well-known architect Dermot Bannon of RTE fame and another architect Ciarán Ferrie. Michelle — a […]

€3.2 million has been allocated Clúid to build 19 social houses in the Mitchels/Boherbee area in Tralee. In total €3.9 million has been allocated by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government to Cluid and St. John of God Housing Association. €218k and €512k has been allocated to Clúid […]

  OVER €3.6m in Government funding has been allocated for Kerry’s housing needs. The funds will be used across a range of housing schemes to make more social housing available and to improve housing for people with disabilities, as well as retrofitting homes to improve energy efficiency. Labour TD, Arthur […]

THE Government have announced they are to invest €62m with Kerry County Council in a bid to reduce the housing list in the county by 26%. It is planned that 1058 social housing units will be delivered by the local authority by the end of 2017. Overall, a total of €62,028,669 is […]