The Irish Times view on the Ipsos B&A poll: irked by lack of delivery
Results show widespread impatience with Government
Housing crisis
Fair Deal writer Una McKevitt: Buying a home is like ‘going to Mars – it takes up a huge part of people’s lives’
Set over a single night in a family home, Fair Deal uses a dispute around care and inheritance to ask not who gets the house, but what the house has already done to the people inside it
New rent Bill would add to an incomprehensible jumble and is possibly unconstitutional
This deeply flawed Bill will not in any way resolve the issue of high rents, argues Alan Shatter
Domestic abuse victims left waiting years for social housing after fleeing abusers
One woman took council to court after being told she had voluntarily left the home she was renting
‘This was the family farm’: Owner of south Dublin golf centre opposes rezoning of land
Rosa Roe says she has ‘no intention’ to sell Stepaside property as she believes late husband would not want that
Public somewhat sceptical of Government’s claims of progress on housing crisis
Issue was prominent in minds of voters at time of 2024 general election and has maintained its standing
Two-thirds of voters back insertion of right to housing into Constitution, poll shows
Fewer than a third of voters think Government is making progress on housing, Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll finds
Appetite for radical change grows as voters’ patience wears thin over housing crisis
Half of all voters say country’s problems are getting worse instead of better
Early Edition podcast: Cork landlord ‘traumatised’, Taoiseach bounces back and more weather warnings
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Man describes experience as landlord as ‘traumatic’ after overholding tenant
Eoghan O’Malley has been attempting to gain possession of his property since 2024 when tenant stopped paying rent
Homes in commuter counties still out of reach of middle-earning first-time buyers, SCSI study finds
Affordability study by Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland finds many basic homes are still out of reach of middle-earning first-time buyers
Sinn Féin leads a scattered field
Forming behind the party is an orderly queue of alternatives, all aware that the electorate is frustrated
Big property developers should be careful what they wish for
Threat to sue Government over no-fault eviction ban could come back to bite them hard
Almost six in 10 people would consider buying derelict property, says property website MyHome
Cost of living still has a significant effect on prospective homebuyers, as 46% have postponed buying due to cost concerns
Just 207 long-term nursing home residents renting out their homes
Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin told only 207 homes of Fair Deal residents are being rented out in their absence – far short of expected figure of 5,000
Nine good reasons Irish people are having fewer children, or none
We’re continually told we’re facing a demographic crisis, but solving it is not as simple as lying back and thinking of Ireland
New pension rules could have a harmful effect on supply of rental properties
Proposals could sound the death knell for pension investing in property at a time when Ireland needs all the rentals it can get
‘We are just about holding it together’: Overcrowding, mould and rats in Ireland’s social housing
Nearly a decade after a European monitoring body found the human rights of local authority tenants in the State were being violated by inadequate, unsafe housing, little has changed
Big developers might find it hard to build a strong legal case against rent reforms
Homebuilders are threatening legal action over what they say are unconstitutional measures
What is happening to Irish rental laws?
Rental market reforms in Ireland will come into force from March
Banks lent most money for home purchases since 2008 last month
Lending to households increased by €5.5bn, or 5.2 per cent, last year, new data from the Central Bank shows
Development comprising 134 apartments in the Liberties sold for €80m
Scheme that also features a number of public amenities bought by asset manager of German multinational insurance company Munich RE
Big builders claim rental reforms are unconstitutional and warn Minister of legal action
Five of the country’s biggest developers seek urgent engagement on legislation in advance of March 1st introduction
Less GDP for more homes: a trade the Government would happily make
Two big economic indicators were published on Thursday but the attention was only on one
Number of homes built rises by 20% in 2025, ahead of expectations of Central Bank and ESRI
Taoiseach says he wants to see prices moderate, having been fuelled for years by undersupply
Ireland’s mothers are the oldest in the EU. Why?
Bringing up a baby in your parent’s boxroom is not an attractive idea - but in the long term a mix of social and economic factors are driving fertility lower
Grace Lynch’s death exposes shortfalls in implementing laws
Government planning to ban scramblers from public places
Less than 40% of approved housing estates are being built in Ireland, according to new data
Mitchell McDermott annual review also says number of students beds coming on stream this year will be a 20-year low
Will the Government’s rent control legislation help or harm tenants?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Home Building Finance Ireland increases loan approvals in 2025
Lender has approved financing for more than 16,500 homes to date
‘The rental situation needs to change’: Pet owners struggle to find homes in a housing crisis
Couple with three pet dogs say they have struggled to find accommodation for a number of years
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