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Homes

This week
20th April 2025 - 26th April 2025
missed target
Government missed its target of social housing by about 18% (or 2,345 homes) last year
The government met its target for affordable housing but its social housing delivery fell short.
Updated 23 Apr
12.0k
80
Last week
13th April 2025 - 26th April 2025
Housing Crisis
Just 41 homes available under HAP scheme in March, representing 4% of all properties
17 Apr
5.9k
22
Last month
March 2025
Daft
Latest quarterly house price report shows that price inflation is at an eight-year high
25 Mar
12.8k
60
short-term letting
The government's long promised Airbnb clamp-down may not happen until summer 2026
5 Mar
15.1k
41
This year
2025
Bundle of Energy
These are the counties with the highest - and lowest - home energy ratings
Updated 21 Jan
13.3k
12
Last year
2024
GE2024ge2024
To the politicians: 'My generation lives with a housing crisis that will last a lifetime'
Sylvia Power
Updated 28 Nov 2024
13.4k
116
Housing
Taoiseach says Housing for All plan 'a good starting point' but needs updating
Updated 11 Sep 2024
15.1k
46
Homes
Green light for 700 cost rental and social homes in Cherry Orchard in Dublin
6 Sep 2024
19.1k
44
Housing
House prices surge by almost 9% nationally, with Dublin outpacing the rest of the country
14 Aug 2024
20.3k
71
Leaders' Questions
Doherty asks why quarries and block manufacturers weren't pursued over defective blocks
11 Jul 2024
16.3k
derelict buildings
Opinion: Turn empty houses into homes - there is no more time for excuses
Leigh Brosnan
2 Jun 2024
19.5k
98
cabinet agenda
Building commencements on new homes hit approximately 18,000 in April alone, Cabinet to hear
14 May 2024
6.4k
0
housing targets
Increasing housing targets to 50,000 per year not achievable this year or next, says Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar said a 50,000 housing target would be achievable in the longer term.
5 Mar 2024
9.2k
41
Opinion
Opinion: I've been rejected by the government's Cost Rental Scheme again - it's time to emigrate
Jess Ní Mhaoláin
Updated 27 Feb 2024
32.5k
78
All time
Housing Crisis
Dr Rory Hearne: 'As a lecturer, I can see what the accommodation crisis is doing to students'
Dr Rory Hearne
Updated 25 Aug 2023
22.9k
60
Homes
Housing prices 2.2% higher than this time last year
10 Jul 2023
12.5k
31
Housing Crisis
Department of Housing returned more than €380m to exchequer due to underspend by Govt
1 Jun 2023
7.5k
38
Housing
Ireland should follow Denmark and require vacant properties to be rented out, Varadkar advised
15 Feb 2023
24.4k
46
first home
Housing minister rejects warning government scheme may push up house prices
9 Jan 2023
21.1k
23
FactCheck
FactCheck: Is the State the ‘biggest player in housing’?
22 Nov 2022
12.8k
Homes
New Vacant Homes Tax targets unoccupied properties but there are some exemptions
Updated 27 Sep 2022
35.1k
16
Sponsored
Perfect for commuters: Check out these three-bedroom homes in Co Wicklow
16 Sep 2022
15.0k
13
Climate Change
Houses are built to keep heat in and that's a problem during heatwaves, especially in cities
12 Aug 2022
25.1k
31
Homes
€400 monthly payment for hosts of Ukrainian refugees to start in August
26 Jul 2022
25.9k
15
Sponsored
Register now: Contemporary homes just steps from Navan’s vibrant amenities
13 Jul 2022
10.5k
6
Homes
Dr Lorcan Sirr: Ukrainian refugees can be housed quickly and easily if government acts now
Lorcan Sirr
Updated 13 Apr 2022
44.4k
55
Housing
Housing minister says government will pull 'every lever available' to house Ukrainian refugees
12 Apr 2022
20.4k
73
Housing
Revised mortgage-to-rent scheme to help more people in arrears to stay in their homes
24 Jan 2022
13.2k
7
Housing
DCC says 'no low hanging fruit' when it comes to vacant houses in the capital
14 Dec 2021
20.0k
15
Homes
New mica redress scheme 'falls way short of the mark once again', campaigners say
29 Nov 2021
21.4k
57
Housing
Too many three-bed homes and not enough one-beds is one of Ireland’s big housing problems - Varadkar
25 Nov 2021
28.3k
57
defective blocks scheme
Criticism of council after 19 rejections of pyrite homes in Mayo overturned on appeal
22 Sep 2021
21.3k
13
Homes
Mica protesters gather outside Fianna Fail think-in to call for 100% redress scheme
9 Sep 2021
12.2k
26
Govt Plan
Affordable and social homes, tackling vacant sites: Key points from the major new housing plan
Updated 2 Sep 2021
31.3k
112
Daft Report
Properties by the coast in Ireland now cost 23% more than before Covid-19 pandemic
17 Jun 2021
34.9k
16
Explainer
The Mica controversy explained: Here's why thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin to protest today
15 Jun 2021
74.3k
33
Homes
Fianna Fáil bringing motion to establish constitutional right to housing
4 Jun 2021
16.1k
58
Homes
Representative group suggests investors are 'part of the solution' to housing crisis
7 May 2021
19.8k
59
Housing Crisis
Drop in number of households needing social housing but almost 62,000 still on list
9 Mar 2021
14.5k
25
Housing
Average listed price of a home in Ireland was €269k this quarter - a rise of 7.4% on last year
18 Dec 2020
32.1k
21
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