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• Project Tosaigh to provide a fair deal to renters struggling to pay private sector rents • Housing for All mandates largest ever transfer of State land for housing delivery • €1bn in additional funding gives LDA strong financial base of €3.5bn The Land Development Agency (LDA) will take a lead role in creating a large-scale affordable cost-rental sector in Ireland, a key element of the Government’s Housing For All […]

An update on the ambitious hydro-electric station has been issued by management. The Silvermines Hydro project would see electricity produced by pumping water from a high reservoir to a low reservoir through giant turbines. The lower reservoir, at a depth of 70 metres, already exists by way of an open-cast mine which is flooded. The 360 Megawatt plant has already been included in the European Commission’s ‘Projects of Common Interest’, […]

A new initiative has launched today aimed at improving the connectivity for communities in Tipperary who are suffering from poor mobile phone coverage. Get Connected is seeking to improve mobile coverage in the areas which need it most, by asking the community to come together and request a review of their services. Get Connected is being supported by Cellnex, the telecoms infrastructure operator with over 1,700 telecoms sites around the […]