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Housing Crisis

Housing Market
First-time buyers facing 'out of control' housing market like 'The Hunger Games', says TD
4 hrs ago
7.5k
95
Yesterday
19th May 2025
Housing Crisis
Rental prices rising at near 20-year high as Limerick rents shoot up towards Dublin levels
Nationally, rents rose by 7.3% on average, judging by listed rental prices compared to the previous year.
19 May
16.4k
50
RELATED
Dublin building collapse example of why derelict site levy should rise, says councillor
14 May
Shared equity scheme gets two more years - but Sinn Féin says it will 'make things worse'
13 May
RPZ changes will have 'significant impact' says Minister, who claims he understands renters' fears
7 May
This week
18th May 2025 - 20th May 2025
Housing Crisis
'Highly coincidental' Airbnb launched €100k in rural Ireland grants two weeks after clampdown, says TD
Airbnb’s new grants range from €1,000 to €10,000 and are available to local organisations and community groups.
Two weeks after government announced it is moving to ban planning permissions for short-term lets in towns of more than 10,000 people, Airbnb launched its 'Rural Tourism Fund'
Christina Finn
Updated 18 May
42.0k
73
Last week
11th May 2025 - 17th May 2025
The Daily Poll
Do you think new residential buildings should be built higher?
11 May
27.4k
174
This month
May 2025
Judicial Reviews
Uisce Éireann CEO says 'serial objectors' to treatment plants are costing the state 'billions'
Updated 9 May
12.5k
33
Browne says First Home scheme for second-hand homes being examined but there's concerns about price increase
8 May
10.9k
27
Housing Crisis
Nurses call for special housing payment similar to 'London weighting' to offset rising rents
Mairead Maguire
7 May
7.0k
37
Housing Crisis
Minister says new housing tsar will have to be 'forthright with any conflicts of interest'
Updated 7 May
5.0k
rent pressure zones
RPZ changes will have 'significant impact' says Minister, who claims he understands renters' fears
7 May
6.2k
13
Deposit Protection Scheme
Bill that would see deposits kept by third party rather than landlord brought to Leinster House
7 May
7.9k
29
Renting
Ten legal actions initiated against landlords as thousands found in breach of standards
5 May
24.5k
28
HOUSING SHORTAGE
Opinion: Irish people being against immigration is like Brazilian people being against football
Peter Flanagan
3 May
15.1k
133
The Morning Lead
Chaos of housing tsar controversy is a symptom of a longer running dysfunction in Housing
Processes set up to avoid argy bargys between the coalition partners have broken down.
Christina Finn
3 May
10.4k
52
Last month
April 2025
Leaders' Questions
Taoiseach quizzed on why Housing Minister needs to 'job-share' with new €430k Housing Tsar
Updated 29 Apr
36.7k
73
Housing Crisis
Garda body says new recruits can't 'vet' who their housemates are as it calls for housing scheme
28 Apr
34.5k
The Morning Lead
Over-paying, no transparency and an archaic bidding process: Readers on buying a home in Ireland
Purchasing a home has arguably never been more difficult – and that’s even before the horror stories our readers experienced.
27 Apr
28.9k
53
ESRI
Increase in Airbnb listings not the 'root cause' of rental property shortages, research finds
25 Apr
9.8k
41
RELATED
Short-term let rules one step closer as Cabinet gives green light
15 Apr
'Absolutely devastating': Kerry Councillors raise concerns about short-term lets register
12 Apr
185% increase in the number of short-term lets granted planning permission last year
6 Apr
Tánaiste says debate on short-term lets register has taken too long and wants it in place next year
4 Apr
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
12.3k
80
Housing Crisis
The HSE has more than 230 vacant properties, with 93 'surplus to requirement'
23 Apr
20.1k
22
South Dublin
Family set to lose Rathmines home as value exceeds amount council will pay for private renters
13 hrs ago
81.2k
64
your stories
Was your home-buying process a nightmare? Did you encounter any bad practice along the way?
19 Apr
12.3k
Housing Crisis
Just 41 homes available under HAP scheme in March, representing 4% of all properties
17 Apr
6.0k
22
area aesthetic
Young people blocked from living in towns due to objections over ‘character of an area’, says minister
16 Apr
37.9k
49
Housing Crisis
Short-term let rules one step closer as Cabinet gives green light
Updated 15 Apr
17.5k
57
Housing Crisis
Taoiseach says no decisions made yet on Rent Pressure Zone changes
14 Apr
6.0k
17
Housing
There are 26 landlords in Ireland who own more than 500 properties each
14 Apr
49.7k
41
Housing Crisis
Family spent eleven years living in converted workshed in Dublin back garden
12 Apr
85.5k
Housing vs tourism
'Absolutely devastating': Kerry Councillors raise concerns about short-term lets register
12 Apr
37.9k
The Morning Lead
Cairn Homes chief says emergency law needed to stop thousands of planning permissions lapsing
Up to 15,000 planning approvals held up by delays such as judicial reviews are at risk of lapsing, according to Cairn Homes.
Government sources have said they are acutely aware of the issue and will look at what can possibly be done to assist.
Christina Finn
10 Apr
16.7k
22
Hurry Up
Almost 15,000 homes could be built on state-owned land fairly quickly, LDA finds
9 Apr
7.7k
23
AirBnBs
185% increase in the number of short-term lets granted planning permission last year
6 Apr
17.4k
36
March
March 2025
Illegal Evictions
Over 350 illegal evictions recorded since 2015 amid calls for no-fault eviction ban
29 Mar
14.3k
41
Daft
Latest quarterly house price report shows that price inflation is at an eight-year high
25 Mar
13.5k
60
bpfi
Yet another housing forecast says the government will miss its completion targets
21 Mar
10.1k
84
big interview
Harris says building higher merits consideration as Irish cities are 'very low rise'
Simon Harris says renters can’t be worse off by any reforms.
Christina Finn
reports from New York
19 Mar
18.7k
95
Housing Crisis
Majority of county councils failed to collect the Derelict Sites Levy for two years in a row
17 out of 31 local authorities didn’t collect any money from landowners.
17 Mar
16.7k
51
Housing Crisis
Opinion: My heart sank when I saw the laughter in the Oval Office about our housing crisis
Sylvia Power
Updated 14 Mar
26.0k
110
Micheál Martin
'Not a laughing matter': Martin lambasted for reaction to Trump's housing crisis comment
Updated 13 Mar
23.6k
68
Housing Crisis
Number of houses and apartments granted planning permission fell 21% last year compared to 2023
Updated 12 Mar
7.1k
55
Taoiseach in the Oval
Laughter in the White House as Trump says the Irish housing crisis is a 'good problem to have'
Updated 12 Mar
33.1k
73
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