Some punters feel the country is going to the dogs and needs a change of leadership, while others say they are on to a winner with the incumbents
Dividing lines emerge as parties outline their general election pledges
Irish voters are always more focused on ‘more to do’ than on ‘a lot done’
Paschal Donohoe accuses party of ‘raid’ – but Pearse Doherty says party would add more money to future funds
Not everyone is a first-time buyer, not everyone wants to rent and not everyone wants to buy. Catering to all will be a key challenge for next government
Election 2024: Social Democrats pledges €1 offpeak public transport fares and 50,000 affordable purchase homes if in government
Number of single parent families who are worried about making ends meet almost doubles
We live in a Dublin commuter town and there are not many homes coming up for sale
Statistics agency launches new housing hub containing key data points about the sector
Gaeltacht status is under threat as native Irish speakers ‘just can’t compete against the market’ say locals
Collaborations between writer and historian Conor McCabe and artist Augustine O’Donoghue include a series of door mats with political messages and a new event called Counter-Culture Nights
Dublin council is delivering 300 new homes at high speed and at affordable rates in west Dublin
A string of mistakes made over decades has left a whole generation of people out in the cold. Housing could once again become the issue of the election
The Irish Times brought together a panel of readers to discuss the election. Here’s what they think
Site could provide ‘much-needed housing’ on lands that have ‘long been identified as a crucial area for growth’
At what he admits is a critical time for the State’s planning system, the OPR chief says we now have the resources, legislation and policies to meet our infrastructural and housing challenges
Cost-rental maximum of €1,895 for O’Devaney Gardens and €1,742 for Oscar Traynor Woods
Election 2024: Housing battlelines have been drawn as question of Irish neutrality also rears its head
General election: Taoiseach to announce abolition of means test for carers
A yoga studio in Galway brings a sense of calm ... before talk turns to the general election
Election 2024: Darragh O’Brien says proposal for Help to Buy scheme would ‘bring in price variations across the country’
Letter to ministers Darragh O’Brien and Roderic O’Gorman warned movements are having ‘devastating impact’ on children’s rights
Open-market rents in the capital rising at annual rate of 5.2%, double that seen at end of last year
Labour and Sinn Féin claim scheme has inflationary effect, increasing price of housing for first time buyers
Housing is biggest challenge facing their generation and the number-one thing they want fixed, students say
Party says it will ensure about 50,000 homes are built each year under €40bn plan
Small terraced houses would be more affordable for one- and two-person households, but builders prefer to construct apartments or semi-detached homes because of higher profit margins
Construction input costs on the up but builders confident that demand for housing will carry forward into 2025
Seen & Heard: O’Flynn hits out at housing targets; TVC shareholders’ final payout; MacArdle Brewery concerns
There are 4,561 children across Ireland who tonight will go to sleep in beds they don’t call their own
Government has breached its own 5 per cent spending limit each year since its introduction
Election 2024: Fine Gael leader promises more ‘interventionist’ State on child care and ‘firmer’ migration system
Any Department of Infrastructure will need a long time to get up to speed as happened when department responsibility for climate was switched
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Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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