Housing Crisis

Dublin Central TD loses all Oireachtas committee positions, including €10,082-a-year role as Oireachtas budgetary oversight committee chair

Sinn Féin says lifting ban will ‘escalate the housing crisis that was already out of control’

Government hopes planned short-term letting register could free up thousands of properties for use in wider rental market

Demand to exceed supply in the medium term with economic data indicating a more positive general outlook than had been anticipated last year

Coalition has shown it can rely on Independents to bolster its razor-thin majority

Sherry FitzGerald managing director highlights flight of landlords from Irish market while Glenveagh boss says planning policy is aggravating crisis

Conference told of four-stage planning process to get projects off ground that can take up to four years to complete

Inside Politics Digest: Government mettle to be tested in first of series of votes triggered by eviction ban lapse

Green and Independent votes under pressure this week as Opposition lays down challenges

Coalition is confident it will win a Dáil vote on the eviction ban but could see its working majority tighten

Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland study highlights high costs and regulatory barriers faced by people trying to restore vacant properties

Group insists on undertaking measures will be implemented for it to support Coalition in Dáil vote

There will always be a need for private rented accommodation, no matter how many new houses and homes are provided by the Government

Violet-Anne Wynne had been paired with Minister for Justice, who is on maternity leave

Text includes several measures raised by members of the Regional Independent Group

Rents and sales prices have soared, with critics saying Airbnbs and ‘golden visas’ for foreign investors have aggravated the problem

Green Party politicians voice concerns on ending eviction ban, but sources say a number of measures agreed including council purchases of homes as social housing

Complaints sent to Ministers after start of academic year show housing crisis having a significant impact

City councillors will next month vote on Constitution Hill project where costs have risen from €44.5m to €58m since 2020

First LDA homes in the capital have rents set at almost 60 per cent below market rates

Republic is expanding wood production, says Government report

Sinn Féin’s motion set to put further pressure on the Coalition

Sinn Féin continues to ‘demonise’ people who rented out properties, says Kerry TD

Companies are making submissions to council on the Dublin commuter belt

Vote to come amid recriminations in Green Party after TD for Dublin Central Neasa Hourigan signals she will vote with Sinn Féin against Government

Seen & Heard: Tesco hits suppliers; Dublin Airport’s security queue plan; AIB pulls plug; Kerrygold row talks

Opinion: The nice thing about being a landlord in Ireland today, as the late Margaret Thatcher might observe, is that you never seem to run out of other people’s money

Cliff Taylor: Government needs to decide what kind of rental market it wants

Rent index, which analysed 19,539 new tenancies, found average increase of €22 across country on previous quarter

Property industry insists prices will continue to grow even as higher interest rates send markets across the globe into reverse

Varadkar and Donaldson criticise Sinn Féin for taking out ads in US newspapers seeking Border poll

Independent report finds Dublin City Council has been paying up to 44% more than private developers to build social housing

Sinn Féin figures suggest emergency accommodation is near capacity in many local authority areas

Year-on-year inflation in Dublin fell to 4.3% as higher borrowing costs slows market

Hammy theatricals, performative anger and ranty soundbites designed for the main news bulletins are no substitute

Property Clinic: The issue of mould in apartments in Ireland is commonplace

Little sign of backbenchers or Independents revolting against the Coalition

Applications for homes in Dublin and Wicklow, significantly below market rents, remain open until Monday

Lioncor chief executive cites ‘planning blockages and general inertia’

Tánaiste’s comments come after reports that some Ministers favour rental tax breaks in coming months