2008 & 2009 Clúid Housing Association Archive

• Clúid is on the verge of signing a 5-year lease to manage 29 unsold units in Ballincollig, Co. Cork. It is an exciting opportunity to provide much needed social housing in the town. It is part of a wider relationship with Cork County Council where we are looking to manage several other unsold affordable schemes.
• Clúid now has 4,149 homes in management around the country, 3,347 of which are owned by Clúid and the remaining 802 of which are managed on behalf of local authorities and other third party owners.

November 2009 News

Carrigabrick Lodge, Fermoy, Co. Cork

On Friday 16th October Minister John Moloney officially opened Clúid’s new development at Carrigabrick Lodge in Fermoy, Co. Cork. Clúid developed the 14 bed group home and it is managed by the HSE. The event was very well attended and both tenants and guests enjoyed the opening.

• Clúid now has 4,093 homes in management around the country, 3,347 of which are owned by Clúid and the remaining 746 of which are managed on behalf of local authorities and other third party owners.
• Clúid’s Customer Care Charter is now available on our website
• Mill Court, Bandon, Co. Cork - tenants have now started to move into the new sheltered housing scheme in Bandon. The Brothers of Charity will be running an assessment centre for children with learning difficulties within the scheme.

September 2009 News

Clúid Annual Report 2008 The Clúid Annual Report for 2008 is now available to download from the publications section of the www.cluid.ie website or by contacting Geraldine Halpin on 01 7072088.

• Clúid now has 4,018 homes in management around the country, 3,272 of which are owned by Clúid and the remaining 746 of which are managed on behalf of local authorities and other third party owners.

• Gort Mhaoilir, Athenry, Co. Galway
  Clúid has recently taken handover of 20 units in Athenry. The scheme consists of two and three bedroom units in a mixed tenure estate.

August 2009 News

Clúid Housing Association invites you to the official opening of our new development Cathair na gCapall, Clanmalire in Portarlington, Co Laois. Minister John Moloney will officiate at the event on Friday 4th September at 3pm.

• Clúid now has 3,236 homes in management around the country
• Clúid has recently received approval for 30 units at Sutton’s Court in Mitchelstown and 8 units at Rossmore Village in Tipperary bringing the total number of schemes approved this year to 7.
• Clúid has just published “Clúid’s Housing Services – Delivering Excellence in Housing Management”. Copies are available to download from our website or by contacting Geraldine Halpin on 01 7072088
• The official opening of Clúid’s new Sheltered Housing Complex; Ard Na Solais, Lis Na Dara, Dundalk Co. Louth took place on Monday 27th July. Cllr Martin Bellew, Dundalk’s Mayor and Maura Connolly from the Clúid Board officiated and all the residents turned out to enjoy the event.

July 2009 News

At 12pm on Monday 27th July Clúid Housing Association officially opened their new sheltered housing scheme at Ard Na Solais Sheltered Housing, Lis Na Dara, Carrickmacross Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth. May 2009 News

• Clúid now has 3,217 units in management
• Clúid has just published “A Stock Transfer and Regeneration Guide”. Copies are available to download from our website or by contacting Geraldine Halpin on 01-7072088

Clúid celebrates opening of Ormond Drive and Ballygraigue Court in Nenagh

On Friday 15th May Clúid Housing Association will celebrate the official opening of its two new housing developments in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. Clúid is using this opportunity to call on the Government to maintain the investment in social housing build programmes even in these financially challenging times.

As people lose their jobs and their circumstances change it is inevitable that the housing lists will grow. There are now over 56,000 households in need of social housing. Clúid is concerned that if the social housing programme is wound down it will take several years to reinstate. Therefore it is essential that the Government continues to invest money now.

Clúid believes that social housing is the platform for social progress – an affordable, secure home is the foundation on which individuals and families can build their careers, their personal networks and participate fully in society.

This is Clúid’s fifteenth year in operation; in the last 15 years Clúid has built over 3,000 homes across 23 counties. All of Clúid’s developments are 100% funded by the DoEHLG and without this funding the 3,000 plus Clúid tenants could potentially still be on the local authorities’ waiting lists, living in overcrowded family homes or unsuitable and often substandard private rented accommodation.

The capital cost of the two new Clúid developments in Nenagh is €20 million all of which was funded by the Department of the Environment. The development was built in partnership with the local authorities – Nenagh Town Council & North Tipperary County Council.

Clúid welcome the involvement of Dave Fitzgerald Construction and Nenagh Construction and the local sub contracting firms.

All residents in both developments have been drawn from the Nenagh Town Council and North Tipperary County Council housing lists.

Clúid works in partnership with the local authority to ensure all their developments are sustainable and that a range of households are housed. Clúid assesses the tenants’ rent based on their income which means that our properties are always affordable.

In order to continue to provide quality housing at affordable prices Clúid needs the Government to continue to invest in social housing.

Nenagh Town Mayor, Councillor Virginia O’ Dowd, North Tipperary County Manager, Terry O’ Niadh, Nenagh TD Máire Hoctor and Clúid Board Member Christopher Mc Garry all spoke at the event. All guest speakers wished the Clúid’s new tenants well in their new homes.

Terry O’ Niadh thanked Clúid “I want to congratulate Cluid Housing Association on bringing an additional 107 housing units to the town which represents an almost 50% increase in the social housing stock in Nenagh.” He wished “all tenants, present and future, well in their new homes and hope they develop quickly into happy, sustainable communities as part of the greater community in the town.”

Christopher Mc Garry thanked the design team, in particular the two construction firms, Nenagh Construction and Dave FitzGerald saying “The new homes have been superbly designed both in the internal layouts and in respect of the public space and amenity around them.” He also thanked the Department of the Environment for funding both schemes which in cost in the region of €20 million to complete.

Christopher used the opportunity to state that Clúid “intend to continue to grow our housing stock and to expand our work into related areas, such as estate management, regeneration work.” Clúid believes that social housing is the platform for social progress and therefore “in all circumstances, we will place at the heart of this work our aim to meet the needs of residents.”

Official Opening Newtown Meadows, Drogheda

The Mayor of Drogheda, Cllr Frank Maher officially opened ‘Newtown Meadows’ last Friday the 22nd May.

Newtown Meadows is a residential scheme on the Termonfeckin Rd, Drogheda which has a mix of affordable dwellings, local authority social rented dwellings and voluntary housing. Drogheda Borough Council and Clúid Housing Association have worked in partnership with regard to the delivery of the project.

Clúid Housing Association have acquired thirty 1 & 2 bed apartments in this very attractive, highly sought after scheme. The scheme was designed by Finn Design and constructed by Manley Construction. The majority of residents have now moved into their new homes and Cluid’s residents are moving in on the 3rd June.

Official Opening Colliers Wood, Colliers Lane, Portlaoise, Co. Laois

Cluid Housing Association and the residents of Colliers Wood celebrated the official opening of the scheme and Community centre with Councillor Tom Jacob, Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council on Monday 18th May 2009.

The residents moved in during August and September 2008 and the community has begun to flourish. The children enjoyed the story telling and magic provided by Tricky Trickster.

The Community Building is now available for hire by local community groups and private individuals.

All enquiries should be made to Alistair Shute on 051 862020

Clúid and Sisk

This year Sisk Group celebrates 150 years in Ireland and to commemorate this occasion they launched the Sisk Group Volunteer Programme. The purpose of the project is to get Sisk Group staff across all of the group’s companies to work together to give something back to their local communities. The Sisk Group have selected a number of charitable organisations to work with and Clúid Housing Association is proud to be one of the recipients.

On Tuesday 28th April volunteers from Sisk arrived at the Community Hall at our Killarney Court development in Dublin 1 to repaint the hall in its entirety. It was a fantastic day thoroughly enjoyed by all of the Sisk volunteers and by Clúid. There were a mix of skill sets from Sisk’s on site staff to office staff and all worked tirelessly from 8am to 6pm to complete the task in hand. The Killarney Court Community Hall is used by a number of local community groups who will all benefit from Sisk’s generosity. Sisk very kindly left a gift for the mother and baby group who use the hall – toys made from Joinery Division.

Clúid would like to take this opportunity to extend our thanks to Daragh Byrne, Ivan Mc Carthy and all the team from the Sisk Group who have transformed the Killarney Court Community Hall.

New sheltered housing development in Cavan

Clúid Housing Association recently took handover of its second scheme in Co. Cavan. Oriel Lodge, Belturbet is a Sheltered Housing Scheme for the Elderly of 34, 1 & 2 bedroom apartments and Communal Facilities. The first resident’s are due to move in over the coming weeks.

April 2009 News

Clúid now have 3,103 homes in management around the country. Two schemes were handed over in the last month; one of 40 units called Cathair na gCapall which is in Clanmalire, Portarlington, Co. Laois and the other of 24 units in Kilmoney, Carrigaline, Co. Cork. Full details of both schemes cab be found on the Clúid website.

This month Clúid’s scheme profile is Highfield Court, Carriganarra , Ballincollig, Co. Cork; to view information on this scheme please visit www.cluid.ie

Ormond Drive and Ballygraigue Court

Clúid Housing Association is pleased to invite all ICSH members to the official opening of our two new developments; in Nenagh on Friday 15th May 2009 at 12pm in Ormond Drive Community Hall, Tyone, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary

Guest Speakers will include Mayor of Nenagh Councillor Virginia O’Dowd, Maire Hoctor TD Minister for older people and North Tipperary County Manager Terry O’Niaidh.

Guests are invited to arrive at Ormond Drive Community Hall by 12pm on Friday 15th May. Light refreshments will be served after the speeches. Please RSVP by 30th April 2009 to Pamela Southern on 01 707 2253 or psouthern@cluid.ie

Photo: Ormonde Drive, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary

Photo: Ballygraigue Court, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary

February 2009 News

• Clúid has passed the 3,000 unit mark and is proud to announce that we now have 3,005 homes in management across the country.
• Clúid’s North West Regional Office has relocated from Sligo to Galway. The new office is located at Innovation House, Unit 1 Ballybrit Business Park, Ballybrit, Co. Galway.
• In 2008 525 new units were taken into management by Clúid
• This month Clúid are profiling their scheme in Mulroy Park/Radharc Na Cille, Carrigart, Co Donegal on our website www.cluid.ie

2008 News

Clúid Housing Association is delighted to invite you to visit our new website, www.cluid.ie

The new website contains more in depth content than before including details of our regional offices, profiles of our Board and staff members.

The site also gives detailed profiles of our developments, over 100 in total, including descriptions and photographs of each. We have also developed an interactive map displaying all the Clúid developments around the country. This will allow visitors to our website to pinpoint a particular estate in seconds or to view a region and find out about Clúid homes in that area.

Our aim is to make information about Clúid readily available to current tenants, prospective tenants, local authorities, developers and organisations and individuals interested in the work we carry out.

We have a much improved resident section on the new website where forms are readily available for download including our standing order form, household budget form and the compliment or complaint form. It is also possible to download the recently updated Clúid tenants handbook from the website here.

There are various Clúid publications available to download on the publications page. Each month we will have a scheme profile from around the country. We hope you enjoy the new website.