A remedy on legal challenges to housing can’t come fast enough
Lorcan Sirr’s assertion regarding figures makes for very disturbing reading
Housing crisis
Letters: Grappling with the housing crisis
Alongside speed of delivery, the composition of supply also matters
Dublin City Council move to former DIT site from Wood Quay expected to cost €581m
Deal to buy Kevin Street site expected to be finalised in weeks with former offices expected to be replaced with housing
Construction sector ‘needs up to 111,000 more workers’ to hit housing targets
Roughly 25,000 new workers per year are needed to deliver investment planned between now and 2030, report finds
Residential building sees 6.5% drop in activity
Irish Mortgage Advisors say fall in house building activity will be ‘a disappointment’ to people hoping to get onto the property ladder
New tax break for apartments would cut costs by just 1%, officials warned Government
Department of Finance officials warned new corporation tax break could cost as much as €120m
Dramatic decline in social homes bought second-hand by councils in 2025
Figures ‘demonstrate’ Coalition ‘slashed funding for vital homeless prevention schemes’, says Sinn Féin
Landord Ires to buy 77 apartments in Naas as it recycles cash
Listed residential landlord pays €31.8m raised from sale of non-core assets as it returns to the acquisition trail
Supply of homes to rent in February hits by far its lowest level in 20 years
Rents across the State increased by 4.4% last year, up from an inflation rate of 3.6% in 2024, Daft.ie report shows
Council chiefs threatened with visit to headmaster’s office over housing sluggishness
Inside Politics: Council chiefs threatened with visit to headmaster’s office over housing sluggishness
Councils warned to speed up changes to development plans and ease housing shortages
Ministers ‘seriously concerned’ over progress and set deadline of June for local authorities to act
If 36,000 new houses were built last year, why were only 58 sold to buyers in Dublin?
In reality, we don’t actually know for certain how many houses we’re building
Developer seeks to reignite plan for 480 new homes in south Dublin after paying out €3.22m in ‘exceptional planning costs’
Aidan Gallagher’s Bowbeck says development has been delayed by judicial review that led to €3.22m in costs, and economic factors
Housing as investment has priced out ordinary workers
Government design, not market forces alone, has shaped today’s housing crisis
Is it any wonder young women fantasise about becoming stay-at-home girlfriends?
We did everything feminism told us to do. We got an education. A good job. But we don’t feel free. We’re frazzled and burnt out
Government pushes for apartment living in desperate bid to deliver housing
Refusal to raise Help-to-Buy threshold and reduction of VAT rate on apartments signal shift in relationship with traditional three-bed semi-Ds
I am a selling agent and here are my housing predictions for 2026
Property professionals give their views on demand, Government schemes and housing completions
Mary Lou McDonald among objectors to development of former pub
Sinn Fein leader objecting to student housing planned for site of former pub in Cabra
Cost of buying typical home in Dublin hits €500,000
Home prices increased by 7% last year, CSO figures show
Fair Deal review: Aislín McGuckin holds nothing back as a pantomime monster for the ages
Una McKevitt’s play turns into a riotous black farce. It’s a tonal shift that pays off
More than 2,000 homes bulk purchased by ‘vulture funds’ since pledge to end practice – Doherty
Minister for Housing insists ‘sustained, practical, effective action’ has been taken to restrict multiple unit sales
Vast majority of bookings for short-term lets in Ireland are entire homes
Critics of short-term letting argue it takes properties off the market that could be sold for housing or rented out
As rain teems down, it’s revealed councillors tried to zone flood-prone sites for development
Inside Politics: Government accused of prioritising tourism over housing
Easing inflation a boost for Government building plans
Surveyors say certainty will maximise value for taxpayers’ cash
The new short-term letting rules: has the tourism sector won at the expense of housing?
Ban on planning for new short-term lets in places with more than 20,000 people is seen as a victory for tourism over housing
Overcrowded prisons, HSE Long Covid financial support ending and Bondi Beach suspect appears in court
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan: The lack of housing could risk Irish emigres not returning to the country
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24% rise in Dublin housing units built or under construction
Planning approval in place across four local authority areas for more than 80,000 residential units
Tens of thousands of Dublin social housing tenants to be notified of rent increases
Letters to be issued from Monday will detail average increases of 30 per cent
Highly educated emigrants are more likely to return
Housing crisis runs the risk of deterring returning emigrants in the current generation, which will damage the economy
Residential Tenancies Board grants almost 1,000 applications for legal help over three years
Body has increased annual funding to enforce cases, including unlawful tenancy terminations, overholding and rent arrears
Message from the Editor: Catherine Connolly, climate denialism and rugby’s non-runners
It has been a quiet start for Ireland’s new President
You have more transparency buying a steak in Ireland than you do a home
If we want to fix housing, we need more homes. But we also need to fix the process by which homes are sold
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