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<p> The majority of such termination notices are because the landlord wishes to sell their property, with the next most common reason for family homelessness being rental arrears. Stock picture</p>

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Notices of termination 'main driver of homelessness for families in Dublin'

Dublin Region Homeless Executive will tell Oireachtas housing committee such notices account for 42% of families entering homelessness to date in 2025

<p>Simon Harris said the Government would take a number of other steps to address viability in the construction sector in the coming weeks.</p>

politics

Simon Harris 'remains to be convinced' on tax breaks for developers

<p>The spectre of career politician and septuagenarian Michael Lowry (pictured) giving Paul Murphy the two fingers in the Dáil chamber as the new government was formed could not have shown more clearly whose interests they will represent.</p>

comment-analysis

Is Ireland sliding into a gerontocracy where the older generation dominates?

House construction

news

Ireland’s home building falls to lowest non-covid May level since 2015

Department head 'unhappy' about housing charity leaving hotel it bought empty for three years

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Department head 'unhappy' about housing charity leaving hotel it bought empty for three years

Plans for 400 student bedspaces in Cork get go-ahead despite strong local opposition

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Plans for 400 student bedspaces in Cork get go-ahead despite strong local opposition

Housing Stock

Housing target of 41,000 ‘not realistic’, James Browne says

Mr Browne has admitted previously that meeting the 2025 target would be “extremely challenging”, and all predictions are trending around 34,000

Thu, 19 Jun, 2025

Newly built houses in Ireland

First-time buyer average income grew by €15k while home values increased by €100k, says report

The median average mortgage payment for first-time buyers has also risen by almost €500 to €1,400 since 2019

Thu, 19 Jun, 2025

Loading platform made of scaffold system on housing development construction site

Department finds 'positive indicators' of increasing housing supply, committee to hear

However, secretary general Graham Doyle will say that 'major challenges remain'

Wed, 18 Jun, 2025

Opposition criticises 'ramshackle' rental reforms in Dáil

Opposition criticises 'ramshackle' rental reforms in Dáil

Government proposals will see the establishment of a new country-wide rent pressure zone

Wed, 18 Jun, 2025

Emergency laws to extend RPZs nationwide will be pushed through this week

Emergency laws to extend RPZs nationwide will be pushed through this week

Housing minister says it is a matter of 'priority and urgency' to extend RPZs across the entire country to prevent landlords from hiking rents by more than 2% per year

Wed, 18 Jun, 2025

Land Development Agency sod-turning at Clongriffin

Enhanced tenant protections are welcome, but housing reforms fall short

The reforms announced recently around security of tenure are welcome, but there needs to be a focus on new construction to counter the impact of the RPZ reforms, writes Michael Byrne

Wed, 18 Jun, 2025

Housing and planning measures

Homes turned into ‘financial assets’, hundreds of housing protesters told

People gathered outside Leinster House on Tuesday for a “Raise the Roof” rally, where five opposition TDs addressed the crowd

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Judicial review of plans to build homes on site of former mental hospital will add €30m to cost of scheme

Judicial review of plans to build homes on site of former mental hospital will add €30m to cost of scheme

Dáil housing committee heard there would be significant delay to the project to build 852 homes on the site of the former Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, Dublin

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Emergency laws to extend rent pressure zones likely to be passed by Friday

Emergency laws to extend rent pressure zones likely to be passed by Friday

Change will prevent landlords from hiking rents by more than 2% per year

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Sean O’Driscoll: 'Ireland needs radical action to end its infrastructure crisis'

Sean O’Driscoll: 'Ireland needs radical action to end its infrastructure crisis'

The ESRI chairman says the Government must accept there is a 'national crisis in Irish infrastructure'

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

'Undercapitalised' developers struggle to scale up house building, TDs to hear

'Undercapitalised' developers struggle to scale up house building, TDs to hear

The Housing Agency and the Land Development Agency to tell Oireachtas housing committee about blockages supply of homes

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Fergus Finlay: The community that showed what a difference it can make in a day

Fergus Finlay: The community that showed what a difference it can make in a day

The wait for regeneration for residents at Dolphin House has been decades long, but the 'meantime' solution was sorted in just one day

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

The Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use

Former HSE chief Paul Reid to head up planning authority

Mr Reid will chair An Comisiún Pleanála which is due to replace An Bord Pleanála

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Value of credit unions' mortgage book rises 34%

Value of credit unions' mortgage book rises 34%

As of the end of March, mortgages represented 10.4% of the entire credit union loan book

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Irish housing

Supply of private rental units set to fall 'significantly'

Opposition TDs are calling on the Government to drastically increase investment in public housing to meet social and affordable housing needs

Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

Estate agent For Sale sign

Housing minister urged to remove restrictions on tenant in situ scheme

The restrictions placed earlier this year mean that councils are no longer permitted to buy any property where a tenant is facing eviction due to a landlord selling on a property

Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

Envelop for an eviction notice to a defaulting renter in due to missed rent in recession

The landlord: 'I never signed up to be that fing bard'

I shouldn't have to be put in the position of giving my tenants notices of eviction, but rent control changes are forcing me to sell up and get out

Sun, 15 Jun, 2025

The concept of home ownership and Euro

The tenant: 'Safeguards' are just guidelines on how far landlords can push their luck

As renters know all too well, there is a world of difference between what landlords are allowed to do and what they're able to do

Sun, 15 Jun, 2025

Ireland's households have €160bn in savings. Could it be used to solve the housing crisis?

Ireland's households have €160bn in savings. Could it be used to solve the housing crisis?

As Irish households save billions, experts propose channelling funds into state-backed housing and infrastructure investments for long-term gain

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Old broken shoes of a little boy as a symbol for child poverty

Rosita Sweetman: I was poor when the country was — being poor in a rich Ireland must be torture

Ireland is now, statistically, one of the richest countries in the world - but child poverty, or children in consistent poverty, has increased by an astonishing 78% in the past year, according to a new report

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

All-Island Business Conference

Taoiseach defends rent reform plans, slams 'over the top' political backlash

Government plans include inflation-linked caps and end to ‘no-fault’ evictions, drawing fierce opposition criticism in Dáil

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

Opposition accuses Government of making 'sacrificial lambs' of renters

Opposition accuses Government of making 'sacrificial lambs' of renters

Leaders' questions saw heavy criticism of new rent rules

Wed, 11 Jun, 2025

Rent control changes will make student accommodation crisis 'a lot worse', Dáil committee told

Rent control changes will make student accommodation crisis 'a lot worse', Dáil committee told

Paul Murphy accused higher education minister James Lawless of signing off on deal that would give students no rental protection

Wed, 11 Jun, 2025

Mortgage application loan agreement and house key

Mortgage rates drop but Ireland remains amongst the most expensive in Europe

The rate in Ireland exceeds the euro area average by 38 basis points with Ireland climbing one place to fifth in the euro area ahead of Germany, the Netherlands, Greece and Luxembourg

Wed, 11 Jun, 2025

Knife crime sentencing

Elaine Loughlin: Browne becomes minister for muddled messaging amid rental change confusion

New measures are aimed at 'attracting private investment while protecting tenants'

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

Housing Stock

Rent pressure zones have 'discouraged' the supply of new homes, Dáil committee told

Members of the Housing Commission, including Cork developer Michael O'Flynn, were critical of the Government for failing to implement its recommendations

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

Child poverty

Number of children in Ireland in consistent poverty rose 78% to 100,000 in just one year

More than 102,000 children are now in consistent poverty as experts warn Ireland faces a generational poverty crisis without intervention.

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

Tenancy Agreement

Government accused of 'making it up as it goes along' following rent control changes

Coalition party leaders agreed to changes to the rent pressure zones that will see the entire country come under a rent control system for the first time.

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

Councillors erupt into war of words after former Cork lord mayor votes against social housing scheme

Councillors erupt into war of words after former Cork lord mayor votes against social housing scheme

'I’m sorry housing isn’t sexy enough for you to vote for it. That is not a reason to vote against housing,' Labour councillor Peter Horgan told Independent councillor Kieran McCarthy

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

Land Development Agency sod-turning at Clongriffin

Government yet again tinkering around the edges of the housing crisis with rent pressure zone plans

The opposition, homeless charities, and the housing industry itself are all critical of housing minister James Browne's proposed reform of rent pressure zones

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

Housing crisis: 'I feel more hopeless than I ever have before about life in Ireland'

Housing crisis: 'I feel more hopeless than I ever have before about life in Ireland'

The uncertainty of rising rents and scarcity of accommodation means the couple can't rule out the 'nuclear option' of leaving families and friends to emigrate

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

Rental sector changes will encourage landlords to evict tenants, Focus Ireland warns

Rental sector changes will encourage landlords to evict tenants, Focus Ireland warns

It comes as a number of trade unions and organisations came together ahead of a Raise the Roof rally outside Leinster House next week

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

Documents Search

Eight years on, Mulcahy Report into alleged planning corruption remains unpublished

Whistleblower Gerard Convie had made claims about planning irregularities in Donegal County Council in the early 2000s

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

Keys from room hotel on the door

Sweeping RPZ changes could be a 'timebomb' with tens of thousands of tenants facing eviction

Proposed changes to the rent pressure zone system are intended to attract international investment and kickstart the building of apartments

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

Irish households' €160bn in savings could be unlocked to fund new homes – SCSI

Irish households' €160bn in savings could be unlocked to fund new homes – SCSI

State-backed housing investment vehicle could release some of the €160bn, most of which is in low-interest current accounts

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

JAMES BROWNE

Controls on rent increases for new build homes to be relaxed under new proposals

Housing minister will bring proposals for an overhaul of the RPZ system to a meeting of coalition leaders

Sun, 08 Jun, 2025

TD wants 'every council house returned in 12 weeks' with 150 vacant homes in Cork

TD wants 'every council house returned in 12 weeks' with 150 vacant homes in Cork

Mr Gould said changes were needed to allow local authorities, rather than waiting for the Department of Housing to give the go-ahead, to be able to work returning homes throughout the year

Fri, 06 Jun, 2025

Government will seek to make development of apartments more viable

Government will seek to make development of apartments more viable

Cabinet housing committee has discussed how to get the greatest volume of housing output from the Land Development Agency

Fri, 06 Jun, 2025

Almost 3,000 council homes currently boarded up across Ireland, new figures show

Almost 3,000 council homes currently boarded up across Ireland, new figures show

Of those, 776 have been out of use for over a year, with two in Wicklow out of use for between 84 and 90 months

Thu, 05 Jun, 2025

Residential Tenancies Board's new ICT system €5.2m over budget

Residential Tenancies Board's new ICT system €5.2m over budget

Online tenancy registration system was delivered 29 months late, without all planned functions, and was over budget by 157%

Mon, 02 Jun, 2025

Open the door and door handle with a key and a keychain shaped house. Property investment and house mortgage financial real esta

Record 15,580 people homeless in Ireland at end of April, new figures show

Latest housing data reveals the highest-ever total, with nearly 5,000 children in emergency accommodation nationwide

Fri, 30 May, 2025

Minister confirms review of home loan scheme as Kildare house prices exceed borrowing limits

Minister confirms review of home loan scheme as Kildare house prices exceed borrowing limits

James Browne says he’ll act quickly on proposals to raise borrowing thresholds for state-backed housing loans in Kildare

Fri, 30 May, 2025

Bloom festival 2025

Taoiseach rejects 'housing vs data centres' energy claim by senior civil servant

Department secretary general had said data centres had used up spare capacity in the energy grid and policymakers faced stark choices — 'is it housing or is it AI?'

Thu, 29 May, 2025

Architectural firm of Home of the Year judge records €176,408 profit for 2024

Architectural firm of Home of the Year judge records €176,408 profit for 2024

Hugh Wallace said the hotel and leisure business is back after it was decimated during the covid pandemic with the main work in the sector now refurbishments

Thu, 29 May, 2025