High noon for developer Paddy Kelly, who faces run-in with the sheriff over unpaid rent arrears
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Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)
Tenant loses High Court appeal claiming landlord had duty to maintain apartment common areas
Leonardo De Oliveira Lima highlighted issues with gates, CCTV, intercoms and heaters at his Swords apartment complex
A fifth of homelessness budget should be spent on prevention measures, Threshold says
Charity says landlords are taking advantage of the rent pressure zones system
Co Laois tenant granted damages from housing body over alleged anti-Traveller abuse from neighbour
In separate case, tenant told by RTB to pay arrears of €12k on property where electricity had been cut off due to non-payment of bill
A ‘flagrant disregard for the law’: Landlords ordered to pay damages to tenants over CCTV monitoring
Cameras at Co Cork property sent notifications to couple’s phones when tenants entered and exited
Landlord must pay €12,000 after serving notice of termination and then re-advertising at higher rent
Natalie Gorghi rented property with her family for more than 11 years
Pensioner who sold personal items to fund rent ordered to pay €6,000 rent arrears
Tenant ‘did not have enough money to eat at times’, both sides in dispute were ‘let down’ by Hap process, RTB tribunal hears
Mother ordered to vacate rental property after failing to comply with landlord’s order to remove XL bully dogs
Tenant argued she had not breached the lease as she had prior consent to keep two labradors at the house
Is a room rented under rent-a-room scheme restricted by RPZ rules?
Exceptions to rent pressure zone rules can be valuable but do make sure you are staying precisely within the rules
Rent arrears, overholding and a combination of both accounted for 42% of disputes lodged with RTB
Tenants were ordered to pay more than €4.3 million in rent arrears by RTB tribunals in the period from January to November of this year
Number of registered landlords up by 5.7% in a year
Number of registered private tenancies increased by 8.4% to 236,198
What does the 2025 housing market have in store? Property experts make their predictions
Lack of supply continues to be the main issue in the market, while falling interest rates continue to have a positive effect
Developer Paddy Kelly’s wife fails in bid to overturn order to vacate Dublin 4 home
RTB had upheld as valid a notice of termination of tenancy served by Miracove on Maureen Kelly in June 2021, with a tenancy end date of January 2022
‘Despite having a roof over my head I still don’t feel safe’
Focus Ireland’s latest Insights report documents how 50 families experienced homelessness
Tenant ordered to vacate property in Kerry after landlords believed she had falsified name and work details
After noting that rental payments were ‘slow coming in’, the landlords discovered that the tenant’s payments were coming from a Revolut account under a different name
I rent out a property for €1,400 a month. Can I raise it to €2,300 after making energy upgrades?
I rent out a property for €1,400 a month. The open-market rent would be about €2,300
Tenant was forced to vacate Cork house after landlord put 6ft fence around it
Woman awarded damages by RTB tribunal says she was forced to vacate house that was ‘completely boarded up’ so she could get in and out only through front door
Brazilian students had to sell personal belongings after landlord failed to return deposit
RTB orders landlord to pay damages to students who were ‘fobbed off’ when they tried to get money back
High Court cancels €20,000 award to tenants who alleged they lived in damp and mouldy apartment
Landlords not required to press building management companies to perform contractual repair obligations, the judge said
Housing solutions: Investing in a granny flat may benefit your family and bank balance
Is it worth buying a home with granny-flat potential, how much does it cost to build and would you be eligible for tax-free income if you rent it out?
Seven-day eviction notice for tenant after drugs raid was not justified, RTB tribunal rules
Notice of termination for antisocial behaviour was ‘a draconian measure’ and would render the tenant homeless, the tribunal said
‘Broken’ landlord tells RTB she had to sell house after tenants’ dogs defecated on floors
In another case gardaí were called because landlord suspected house was being used as growhouse
Two tenants, whose friendship had failed, installed CCTV cameras to watch one another, tribunal hears
RTB tribunal hears how relations deteriorated further after one tenant had his parents stay at apartment for two weeks
Landlord ordered to pay over €10,000 damages after disconnecting electricity and changing locks during illegal eviction
Residential Tenancies Board orders Christopher Bates to pay €12,609 in total within 28 days to man he admits was a good tenant
Main cost-of-living price rises have cost some households €8,000 a year since 2021
Tax cuts and once-off measures in recent budgets, and wage increases for some, have offset a portion of these costs
Woman ordered to pay €6,000 in rent arrears after cutting payments when partner was imprisoned
Agnieszka Labedzka cannot ‘unilaterally decide’ to reduce her rent on Co Kildare apartment, Residential Tenancies Board finds
Should I buy neighbouring property even if it doesn’t have correct planning permission?
Former office premises have been rented out as residential accommodation without changing use
Tenant ordered to pay rent arrears of almost €19,000 over three years
Residential Tenancies Board orders repayment of €500 a month to landlord over 37 instalments
Almost a third of tenancies in Dublin had rent increases above legal limit in past two years
Residential Tenancies Board to investigate findings of study into rent pressure zones
Almost a third of tenancies in Dublin had rent increases above RPZ limit
Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) study finds the national standardised average rent paid by new tenants is now €1,612 per month and highest in Co Dublin at €2,128 per month
Landlord ordered to pay damages after tenant claims to have been subjected to ‘abusive’ messages
Suzanne Moran must pay €500 in damages for ‘stress and inconvenience’ caused to Cormac Figgis
Rosemary Steen appointed as new head of Residential Tenancies Board
Appointment comes as RTB grapples with technological shortfalls and delays resolving disputes
Landlord to pay damages after withholding deposit from students who erected telephone pole ‘with consent’
No issues were raised until after the tenancy ended three years later, despite multiple visits from the landlord, RTB hears
Ireland’s rental market is so dysfunctional even the data does not make sense
In a functional property market, you would expect different sets of data on rents to concur. Not here
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