Couple ordered to return part of deposit after charging tenants for new carpets aimed at boosting value
Landlords Gerard and Margaret Ryan found to have unlawfully retained €1,910 from the deposit
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If supply is ticking up, so are prices, creating insurmountable affordability challenges for many young people
Taoiseach called ‘slíbhín’ for defence of changes to rental system amid record rent hikes
Micheál Martin accuses Mary Lou McDonald of ‘empty rhetoric, no solutions’ during testy exchanges and heckling in Dáil
Solicitor gets fresh appeal over order to leave his rented Temple Bar apartment
Landlord to be paid €10,000 within seven days towards €20,706 rent arrears
Record number of eviction notices issued ahead of changes to rental rules
More than 7,000 notices received by RTB in first three months of year, with intention to sell property the most common reason cited
Couple ordered to pay damages after ‘appalling’ unlawful termination of elderly man’s tenancy
Late tenant’s son argued the couple’s reasoning could set a ‘dangerous precedent’, allowing landlords to make an ‘unqualified medical decision’ to terminate tenancy
‘Beds in sheds’: Will looser planning rules on garden homes lead to shoddier housing?
Local authorities will be in charge of enforcing building regulations when it comes to modular homes
Mother of three ‘doing everything’ to find alternative home ordered to vacate
Residential Tenancies Board tribunal hears landlord needs house for own use as no longer feasible to live on farm
Back-garden modular homes set to be exempt from planning rules
Homeowners will also be able to avail of tax exemptions for rental income
Cork tenant who allegedly assaulted neighbour through window ordered to vacate property
Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) tribunal heard gardaí attended the property ‘at least’ 22 times
Including cost-rental homes in private tenancy figures gives ‘false impression of growth’
When cost rental is excluded from data, increase in private tenancies is actually much lower than claimed, says Sinn Féin
A new private airport in Ireland? Locals unwilling to give plans a soft landing spot
Fuel protests disrupt devotees of St Thérèse; a sad dispute plays out at the RTB; Irish EU commissioner shows hunted can become hunter
Asking-price inflation for homes drops to lowest rate in more than two years
Median transaction was sold 7% above the original asking price in March with one in six transactions settled 20% or more above asking
Couple cannot pursue challenge over refusal to include car-parking charges in Hap payment
Council believed Housing Assistance Payment form signed by landlord and couple had misrepresented rent amount – judge
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
Landlord ordered to pay €5,000 damages to family over mould
Tenants claimed they suffered major health issues due to seven years of mould
Eviction notices: 20,000 tenants told to leave their homes in 2025
RTB notes ‘high activity’ in rental market so far this year
Do I pay the service charge on my car-park space, or is it my landlord’s responsibility?
The owners’ management company insists the payment must be made by the landlord
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
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
RTB opens investigation into 36 evictions in Wexford housing estate
Housing Minister denies evictions are connected to new tenancy rules
Three big multinationals pay almost half of our corporation taxes
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Landlords’ complaints are proof public bodies cannot win
The RTB’s social media videos are exactly the type of content that will appeal to students
Tenancies board posts portrayed landlords as ‘unscrupulous’, claims representative group
Complaint not taken seriously by State agency, says Irish Property Owners Association
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
Irish evictions have reached a level similar to the 1850s
Child homelessness is the most devastating aspect of this crisis
Landlord sees off case taken by former tenant who made ‘ridiculous’ demands
The Residential Tenancies Board did not hold up the claim that the landlord in Santry, Dublin, had breached his obligations. Photograph: iStock
Tenants feel ‘hopeless’ after receiving evictions connected to Nama’s wind-down
Ellie Solomons, who received an eviction notice in October just weeks after moving in, said tenants are living in ‘shared misery’
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
‘If a private landlord acted like Dublin City Council, they would be in court and paying fines’
The fact local authority tenants do not have recourse to the Residential Tenancies Board is beyond belief
Small landlords can issue eviction notice at any time under new rules if selling to pay debts
Debt will not have to be in arrears in order to qualify as evidence of landlord being in financial hardship
Tenancy termination notice from landlord wishing to return from Australia deemed invalid
Residential Tenancies Board tribunal said document did not bear certification required under international law
Couple who left rented home due to cost of rent and childcare ordered to pay €3,400 for not giving proper notice
Residential Tenancies Board says couple’s personal circumstances ‘cannot be considered by the tribunal’
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