More than €17m in payments provided over past two years to people struggling with burial costs
Additional needs payment sees rent supports of €2.36m granted – including €1.37m for rent arrears
Renting
Dublin cost-rental scheme dropped over rising costs
Housing body Clúid says it will have to switch to 100 per cent social housing at Bannow Road development in Cabra
State’s largest private landlord estimates its rents are 20% below market value
Ires Reit says Government rent reforms will allow it to unlock ‘significant value’
Rise in number of properties to rent but still below pre-Covid levels despite rule changes
Legislation overhauled RPZ system and allowed landlords to reset rents between tenancies
High Court judge critical of Supermac’s owner Pat McDonagh in case involving unpaid rent
Pat McDonagh gives evidence in three-day dispute over arrears on Kilkenny outlet
Fairness of basic income for arts scheme under scrutiny as new funding round opens
Artists unsuccessful in previous funding express frustration at nature of scheme and monitoring of recipients’ output
Back-garden living incentives could expose older homeowners to abuse, charities warn
People renting under such arrangements are known as licensees rather than tenants and have far fewer protections
Church of Ireland ‘less likely’ to let vacant rectories due to rent reforms
Church’s representative body sought meeting with Ministers to discuss ‘possibility of an exemption’ from new rent rules
Landlord ordered to pay €5,000 damages to family over mould
Tenants claimed they suffered major health issues due to seven years of mould
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Government was advised that rent reforms carried ‘significant’ risk of evictions
Housing Department’s analysis of new regulations conceded they would cause average rents to ‘increase in the short term’
Four times more short-term lets than private rentals available
Number of short-term lets outnumbers long-term rentals by four to one, Threshold claims
Risk of poverty rate highest in several years, according to CSO
People living in rented accommodation were more likely to be at risk of poverty at 24.2 per cent
Commercial property recovering but Middle East conflict threatens new inflation spike
New report from SCSI predicts rents and capital values, across three main classes, will rise in 2026
Tenant threatened to murder landlord and her children, RTB told during eviction hearing
Tribunal directs tenants to pay €3,150 in rent arrears and €2,500 damages for breach of obligations
Eviction notices served on 36 homes in Wexford withdrawn
Landlord company Patchflow Ltd acknowledges ‘stress’ caused to tenants, says further discussions will take place
Renter’s recordings of ticking clock and dog barking fail to prove noise disturbance
Residential Tenancies Board finds eviction notice issued to Tadeusz Mirocha was invalid
Disabled artist is ‘back to worrying’ about how she will afford rent after final BIA payment
Maryam Madani (36), living in Bettystown, Co Meath, was in receipt of basic income scheme until last month
More than 1,300 applications received for 56 cost-rental homes in Dublin
Successful applicants will pay €1,547 per month for two-bed units allocated in first phase of Oscar Traynor Woods housing development
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Will new renting rules stop me getting back into my home on my return from working abroad?
New regime coming into force this month draws a significant line between small, or accidental landlords, and large, or ‘professional’, ones
Dáil sounded like a Formula 1 grand prix this week but was really a slow bicycle race
Inside Politics: Changes to rent regulations prompt high-decibel bad-tempered exchanges
Minister for Housing expects rents to fall after recent reform of rules
James Browne said driving supply is ‘only way’ to make renting more affordable
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
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
I’m renting a new-build apartment and it’s mouldy. What can I do?
Property Clinic: I don’t want to be held responsible by my landlord for the problem or for the cost of repairing it
Landlord Ires Reit back in profit and increases revenues despite selling some units
Irish listed company says its average monthly rent rose 2.1% last year to €1,852 as it sold off some lower-value properties
Landlords’ complaints are proof public bodies cannot win
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Prime Dublin city centre residential investment guiding at €15.5m
Pembroke Street portfolio comprises 23 apartments and is generating gross rental income of €1.021m annually
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
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
The housing crisis that can’t be solved, and the cost of being a stay-at-home parent
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Rental reforms will drive landlords out of sector, property group tells Minister
Body warned of likely legal challenges against rental reforms in pre-budget letter
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