Housing charities have called for a new six-month extension to the Government s Covid-19 eviction ban amid fears more than 1,000 renters are at immediate risk of becoming homeless.
Threshold issued the warning today as the eviction ban comes to an end after a 10-day grace period, despite Minister for Housing Darragh O Brien saying there will be no cliff edge , as new protections mean people who have lost income financially due to Covid-19 will still be protected until 12 July.
The most recent eviction ban was introduced last autumn after previous versions at the start of the pandemic, and meant that evictions and rent increases were banned as long as the 5km distance restriction rule was in place.
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Supporters of former Debenhams employees have urged Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to consider his position after Gardaí were deployed to move protesters to allow the liquidator KPMG to extract stock from the Henry Street store in Dublin.
Footage streamed early this morning showed protestors, who attempted to block access to the stores, being physically removed by up to 50 Gardaí.
The Garda Press Office confirmed Gardaí had attended a premises as required for the execution of a High Court order which had previously been secured by KPMG to enable the liquidation to proceed. The Liquidators are simply seeking to complete the process which is entirely lawful based on the Court order which the Liquidators received from the High Court a number of weeks ago, KPMG said in a statement this evening.
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Dun Laoghaire: Protesters Condemn Evictions at St Helen s Court By Mike Gilmore This is the latest in a long string of attempts to oust the tenants from their homes.
Donegal based Mill Street Projects currently owns the block at St Helen s Court and has forced many of the tenants out over the last few years.
Now only eight remain.
Sean Mitchell, a taxi driver who s lived there for six years, details some of the vulture fund s underhanded attempts to get them out. This case is going on for the last four years because they ve been telling lies saying they were going to refurbish the place,
Calls for new State bank to take on AIB and Bank of Ireland after KBC exit
Departure of KBC follows Ulster Bank announcement they are leaving and prompts calls for a State-sponsored bank
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Politicians are calling for a potential new State bank to take on the two giants AIB and Bank of Ireland, who are gobbling up the loans of banks exiting the market.