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Money will be available for remediation of apartments and duplexes with fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects.

Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien is expected to bring a memo to cabinet on Wednesday, proposing a scheme which will cover the remedial costs of fire, structural safety and water-caused defects on apartment buildings and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013.

The residential property price index is now level with the peak recorded during the Celtic Tiger

The average cost of properties jumped by 14.1% in the 12 months to June.

A farmer and former developer has secured court approval for a personal insolvency arrangement (PIA) that will write off more than €5.4 million of debt.