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According to data published by the CSO this month, there was an annual increase of 72% in the total number of planning permission approved for new homes in Westmeath in 2023, 1050 homes in 2023 compared to 610 in 2022.

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) published a report today giving details on the 47,900 home energy upgrades supported through Government funded SEAI grant schemes last year.

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien TD visited Galway Harbour on Monday to formally announce the transfer of a three-acre site, with the potential for over 250 homes, to the Land Development Agency (LDA).

Minister for Disability and Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Anne Rabbitte, has called on Galway County Council to allocate some of its increased Local Property Tax funding to the provision of new or upgrading of existing playgrounds around the county.

Mayo County Council is to receive an additional €1.5m in funding next year after Minister Darragh O'Brien announced this week that the Local Property Tax (LPT) baseline fund, which ensures every local authority receives a minimum amount of funding from the local retention of LPT - is to increase for all local authorities by over €75 million.

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, has launched an information campaign encouraging those looking to purchase a new or second-hand home or build their own home to consider applying for a Local Authority Home Loan.

Respond, Ireland’s largest construction-led Approved Housing Body and service provider, has 99 new social homes under construction in Westmeath.

Over the past week, twenty-four white-tailed eagle chicks have been released in locations around the west of Ireland, Lough Derg, the Shannon Estuary as part of a long term reintroduction programme managed by the NPWS.