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US civil servant evicted from Dublin home has spent €10,000 on hotels since January

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Tenant threatened to murder landlord and her children, RTB told during eviction hearing – The Irish Times

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A tribunal has upheld an eviction notice issued by a landlord who claimed a tenant threatened to murder her and her children after she confronted him about alleged antisocial behaviour at the property. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) tribunal directed tenants Chloe Crawford and David Ward to pay landlords Lorraine and John Ryan €3,150 in … Read more

Renter’s recordings of ticking clock and dog barking fail to prove noise disturbance – The Irish Times

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A man has failed to convince a tribunal that 46 audio recordings he made, including of a ticking clock and a dog barking, proved he was subjected to unnecessary noise disturbance at his south Dublin flat. Tadeusz Mirocha asked a Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) tribunal to find that his landlord, Ocp Belgrave II General Partners … Read more

Dublin City Council move to former DIT site from Wood Quay expected to cost €581m – The Irish Times

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. A new Dublin City Council headquarters and apartment complex on the site of the former Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) on Kevin Street could be developed for just over €580 million* according to Dublin City Council. The deal to buy the site is expected to be finalised within weeks and the council hopes to … Read more

Dublin City Council move to former DIT site from Wood Quay expected to cost €670m – The Irish Times

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The redevelopment of the former Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) on Kevin Street as a new Dublin City Council headquarters and housing complex will cost in excess of €670 million, according to confidential council documents. The deal to buy the site is expected to be finalised within weeks and the council hopes to have built … Read more

More than 2,000 applications for 145 cost-rental apartments in new Dublin scheme – The Irish Times

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More than 2,100 applications have been received for 145 new cost-rental apartments charging rents of up to €1,875 per month in Tallaght, South Dublin. Delivered by Respond, the Approved Housing Body said the number of applications represents a “very high level of demand”. It added this demand is “in line with what we are seeing … Read more

‘We are lost, forgotten about, no prospects’ – The Irish Times

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The social contract is an understanding, long perpetuated by parents, believed by children and lived by older adults, that if they worked hard at school, a good “permanent and pensionable” job would follow, and then a house and a life that moves forward in the traditional way. But times have changed and life looks very … Read more

Our once-thriving market is now a ghost-town – fund cuts and have turned it into a soulless drug haven

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AN HISTORIC market could close down after budget cuts left shop owners struggling. Devastated workers at the busy London stalls claim it’s a ghost town after increased rents led to closures and fewer customers. 10 Brixton Village has become a ghost-town after rent increases and business closuresCredit: Ian Whittaker 10 The market contains 179 businesses … Read more

I was trafficked by Insta’s most dangerous woman who forced me to work as stripper & prostitute using witchcraft ‘curse’

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SHE was the stunning Brazilian model who inspired more than a million people on Instagram with her rags-to-riches story – while mixing with Hollywood’s elite, partying with Leonardo DiCaprio and living a life of luxury.  Wellness influencer and spiritual life coach Kat Torres was telling followers how they, too, could have everything they dreamed of. … Read more