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The Journal
05-05-2025
- Business
- The Journal
Ten legal actions initiated against landlords as thousands found in breach of standards
A TOTAL OF 80,150 inspections of private rental accommodation were carried out by local authorities in Ireland last year – marking a 26% increase on the year prior. Minister for Housing James Browne announced the record-breaking figures today. Local authorities' inspection teams have been allocated €10.5 million for 2025 to allow them to carry out further inspections. Overall, the number of inspections conducted has quadrupled in recent years. In the period 2005 to 2017, inspection levels were averaging out at 20,000 a year. Browne said that regardless of where tenants are living, it is important that their accommodation meets required standards. He said that he wants 'robust inspections' to continue. 'We want to ensure that rental tenants are afforded standards which ensure requirements such as adequate heating, ventilation, sanitation, and fire safety measures are met. It's the basics – and it is what renters should be able to expect from every landlord,' Browne said. Advertisement He praised the local authorities for the significant increase in inspections completed and said that the additional funding will help achieve the government's 'ambitious' inspection targets. The minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 and specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light, fire safety and the safety of gas, oil and electrical installations. These regulations apply to all properties let or available for let. All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply with the standards set down in the Regulations. Cork City Council carried out the largest number of inspections – 17,559 – while Longford County Council carried out the least: 280. Of the 62,085 dwellings inspected, 37,800 did not meet the regulatory requirements on the first inspection. 55,310 Improvement Letters were issued to landlords for improvements on the property to be carried out, and 2,330 Improvement Notices were served on landlords. 210 Prohibition Notices were served on landlords, which means they are not able to let the property until the necessary improvements have been carried out. Letting a property while under a prohibition notice can lead to prosecution. Ten separate legal actions on landlords were initiated as a result of the inspections: five in Donegal, two in Dublin city, one in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, and two in Wicklow. Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Former Putin-appointed governor on trial for breaching UK sanctions
A man who President Vladimir Putin appointed as the Governor of Sevastopol after Crimea was illegally annexed by Russia has gone on trial accused of breaching UK financial sanctions against him. Dmitrii Ovsiannikov is accused of receiving more than £75,000 from his wife Ekaterina Ovsiannikova and a new Mercedes Benz SUV from his brother Alexei Owsjanikow. Between them, the three defendants face ten charges of breaching the sanctions, and two charges of money laundering. They deny all the charges. Dmitrii held a senior position in Crimea for three years and the court heard he was also Russia's Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade. Two years after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, President Vladimir Putin appointed Dmitrii Ovsiannikov as acting governor of the "strategically significant" city of Sevastopol in Crimea, the jury were told. In 2017, elections were held there for the position of governor and Mr Ovsiannikov won. Paul Jarvis, for the prosecution, said he "was an important political figure within the Russian Federation" though Dmitrii Ovsiannikov later resigned from the position in July 2019. As a result of his senior job in illegally-annexed Crimea, the EU imposed financial sanctions on Mr Ovsiannikov saying that among other things he had "called for Sevastopol to become the southern capital of the Russian Federation." When the UK left the EU, the UK imposed financial sanctions on him too. He later challenged the EU sanctions and had them lifted, but the UK sanctions still apply. They are called the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The regulations make it a criminal offence to try to get round the sanctions. The trial is the first criminal case involving the breach of the Russia Regulations. In August 2022, Dmitrii Ovsiannikov travelled to Turkey from Russia and applied for a British passport. Despite the fact that the UK sanctions still applied, the jury heard that he was granted a passport in January 2023, which he was entitled to because his father was born in the UK. Mr Jarvis said: "The father of Dmitrii and Alexei had been born in Bradford, United Kingdom, in 1950. Their mother was Russian. Dmitrii and Alexei hold British passports by virtue of their father being a British citizen." Dmitrii Ovsiannikov then arrived in Britain on 1 February 2023, moving into his brother's house in Clapham, where his wife and two younger children were already living and attending private school. On 6 February, Dmitrii Ovsiannikov applied for a Halifax bank account, saying on the form that he was single, but also saying that he was living in Clapham with his wife. Over the next two and a half weeks Ekaterina Ovsiannikova transferred £76,000 into her husband's account allowing him to put down a deposit on a Mercedes Benz GLC 300 SUV. However, the bank later realised he was on the UK sanctions list and froze the account. After this, he went back to the dealership and recovered his deposit. His brother Alexei Owsjanikow bought the car instead, paying more than £54,000 the prosecution said. The prosecution say that when Mr Ovsiannikov's wife sent him the £76,000 and his brother bought the car they were in breach of the Russia Regulations. Mr Jarvis told the jury that "they maintain that they either did not know that Dmitrii was a designated person or they did not realise that as a designated person he was not permitted to receive that type of help". He also added that Dmitrii Ovsiannikov must have known he was subject to UK sanctions, because on 7 February 2023 he was applying for them to be lifted and had included his unique ID number and group ID number from his sanctions listing on the form. Speaking to the jury, Mr Jarvis said that this showed that Mr Ovsiannikov was aware of the sanctions "and he must have made his nearest and dearest aware of that too". In January 2024 all three defendants were arrested and interviewed by police. Four months later, Alexei Owsjanikow paid more than £40,000 in school fees for his brother's two youngest children who were at the Royal Russell School in Croydon - also a breach of the sanctions. Paul Jarvis told the jury that in a police interview Alexei accepted that he had paid the school fees, but he maintained that the payments did not amount to a breach of the Russian Regulations because he believed that Ekaterina was solely responsible for those fees and not Dmitrii. The trial is expected to continue at Southwark Crown Court for three weeks.
BBC News
18-03-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Former Putin-appointed governor on trial for breaching UK sanctions
A man who President Vladimir Putin appointed as the Governor of Sevastopol after Crimea was illegally annexed by Russia has gone on trial accused of breaching UK financial sanctions against Ovsiannikov is accused of receiving more than £75,000 from his wife Ekaterina Ovsiannikova and a new Mercedes Benz SUV from his brother Alexei them, the three defendants face ten charges of breaching the sanctions, and two charges of money laundering. They deny all the charges. Dmitrii held a senior position in Crimea for three years and the court heard he was also Russia's Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade. Two years after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, President Vladimir Putin appointed Dmitrii Ovsiannikov as acting governor of the "strategically significant" city of Sevastopol in Crimea, the jury were 2017, elections were held there for the position of governor and Mr Ovsiannikov Jarvis, for the prosecution, said he "was an important political figure within the Russian Federation" though Dmitrii Ovsiannikov later resigned from the position in July a result of his senior job in illegally-annexed Crimea, the EU imposed financial sanctions on Mr Ovsiannikov saying that among other things he had "called for Sevastopol to become the southern capital of the Russian Federation."When the UK left the EU, the UK imposed financial sanctions on him too. He later challenged the EU sanctions and had them lifted, but the UK sanctions still are called the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The regulations make it a criminal offence to try to get round the trial is the first criminal case involving the breach of the Russia Regulations. In August 2022, Dmitrii Ovsiannikov travelled to Turkey from Russia and applied for a British the fact that the UK sanctions still applied, the jury heard that he was granted a passport in January 2023, which he was entitled to because his father was born in the Jarvis said: "The father of Dmitrii and Alexei had been born in Bradford, United Kingdom, in 1950. Their mother was Russian. Dmitrii and Alexei hold British passports by virtue of their father being a British citizen."Dmitrii Ovsiannikov then arrived in Britain on 1 February 2023, moving into his brother's house in Clapham, where his wife and two younger children were already living and attending private school. On 6 February, Dmitrii Ovsiannikov applied for a Halifax bank account, saying on the form that he was single, but also saying that he was living in Clapham with his the next two and a half weeks Ekaterina Ovsiannikova transferred £76,000 into her husband's account allowing him to put down a deposit on a Mercedes Benz GLC 300 the bank later realised he was on the UK sanctions list and froze the this, he went back to the dealership and recovered his deposit. His brother Alexei Owsjanikow bought the car instead, paying more than £54,000 the prosecution prosecution say that when Mr Ovsiannikov's wife sent him the £76,000 and his brother bought the car they were in breach of the Russia Jarvis told the jury that "they maintain that they either did not know that Dmitrii was a designated person or they did not realise that as a designated person he was not permitted to receive that type of help".He also added that Dmitrii Ovsiannikov must have known he was subject to UK sanctions, because on 7 February 2023 he was applying for them to be lifted and had included his unique ID number and group ID number from his sanctions listing on the form. Speaking to the jury, Mr Jarvis said that this showed that Mr Ovsiannikov was aware of the sanctions "and he must have made his nearest and dearest aware of that too". In January 2024 all three defendants were arrested and interviewed by months later, Alexei Owsjanikow paid more than £40,000 in school fees for his brother's two youngest children who were at the Royal Russell School in Croydon - also a breach of the Jarvis told the jury that in a police interview Alexei accepted that he had paid the school fees, but he maintained that the payments did not amount to a breach of the Russian Regulations because he believed that Ekaterina was solely responsible for those fees and not trial is expected to continue at Southwark Crown Court for three weeks.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
GH Research Announces Pricing of $150 Million Public Offering
DUBLIN, Feb. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GH Research PLC (Nasdaq: GHRS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients by developing a practice-changing treatment in depression, today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering in the United States of 10,000,000 ordinary shares at a public offering price of $15.00 per share for total gross proceeds of approximately $150 million. All of the ordinary shares are being offered by GH Research PLC. The offering is expected to close on February 6, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. In addition, GH Research PLC has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 ordinary shares at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Cantor, Stifel and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Canaccord Genuity and Citizens JMP are acting as co-lead managers for the offering. A registration statement relating to these securities was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and declared effective on March 17, 2023. Copies of the registration statement can be accessed through the SEC's website free of charge at A preliminary prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the offering were filed with the SEC and are available free of charge by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website free of charge at When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus related to the offering can be accessed through the SEC's website free of charge at or obtained free of charge from any of the joint book-running managers for the offering: Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Capital Markets, 110 East 59th Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10022, or by email at prospectus@ Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate, One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, California 94104, by telephone at (415) 364-2720, or by email at syndprospectus@ or RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 200 Vesey Street, New York, New York 10281, by telephone at 877-822-4089 or by email at equityprospectus@ For the avoidance of doubt, any such prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus will not constitute a 'prospectus' for the purposes of the Irish Companies Act 2014 (as amended), the EU Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended) (the 'Prospectus Regulation'), the European Union (Prospectus) Regulations 2019 of Ireland (as amended) or the Central Bank (Investment Market Conduct) Rules 2019 of Ireland and will not have been reviewed by Central Bank of Ireland, as competent authority, or any competent authority in any European Economic Area (the "EEA") member state or the United Kingdom. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of that jurisdiction. In any member state of the EEA this announcement and any offering are only addressed to and directed at persons who are "qualified investors" ("Qualified Investors") within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation. In the United Kingdom, this announcement and any offering are only addressed to and directed at Qualified Investors (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order"), or (ii) who fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order, and (iii) to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons being referred to as "relevant persons"). This announcement must not be acted on or relied on (i) in the United Kingdom, by persons who are not relevant persons, and (ii) in any member state of the EEA, by persons who are not Qualified Investors. Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to and will only be engaged with (i) in the United Kingdom, relevant persons, and (ii) in any member state of the EEA, Qualified Investors. About GH Research PLC GH Research PLC is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients by developing a practice-changing treatment in depression. GH Research PLC's initial focus is on developing its novel and proprietary mebufotenin therapies for the treatment of patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including statements with regard to GH Research PLC's expectations regarding the completion of the proposed securities offering. Words such as 'anticipates,' 'believes,' 'expects,' 'intends,' 'projects,' 'anticipates,' and 'future' or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions and no assurance can be given that the proposed securities offering discussed above will be consummated on the terms described or at all. Completion of the proposed offering and the terms thereof are subject to numerous factors, many of which are beyond the control of GH Research PLC, including, without limitation, market conditions, failure of customary closing conditions and the risk factors and other matters set forth in GH Research PLC's filings with the SEC. GH Research PLC undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. Investor RelationsJulie RyanGH Research PLCinvestors@ in to access your portfolio
