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Housing

Defence Forces

Tánaiste recommended against Cathal Brugha Barracks being relocated to make way for housing

Updated 24 Jul 2024

30.0k

Housing

Law underpinning tenant's first refusal right to buy property from landlord approved by Cabinet

16 Jul 2024

24.7k

Family Home

Taoiseach says inheritance tax changes deserve consideration in run up to October's budget

16 Jul 2024

53.4k

housing targets

Only 158 new social housing units were built in the first three months of this year

16 Jul 2024

9.6k

Housing

National target of 8 weeks for both probate and conveyancing to be set

16 Jul 2024

16.4k

student accomodation

President signs into law new legislation to ban 51-week student leases

12 Jul 2024

10.2k

Housing

Asking prices for homes up 7.3% in past year, the fastest rate of inflation in nearly two years

8 Jul 2024

8.8k

barge living

Plans to utilise Ireland's canals for residential use could take seven years

6 Jul 2024

21.1k

Student Accommodation

Govt to fast-track ban on 51-week student leases in time for upcoming academic year

2 Jul 2024

10.1k

Research

Future housing demand dependant on migration levels, new report says

2 Jul 2024

18.2k

Homelessness

Opposition slams Government 'inaction' as homeless numbers reach new record high

Updated 28 Jun 2024

6.6k

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

Mother fears 'having to sleep in car' with three children if evicted from Direct Provision centre

The woman, who has international protection status, is one of many people who have been told they need to find alternative accommodation by next week.

The woman has three young children including a newborn

She has been living in Ballyhaunis for six years and is "devastated" to have to move

Rising rental costs and a lack of housing supply mean many people are now facing homelessness

Órla Ryan

27 Jun 2024

10.9k

House Every Weekend

The Tipperary movement teaching people to solve the housing crisis for themselves

22 Jun 2024

46.2k

Home

Housing market 'heating up' again as property price inflation rose by 7.9% in year up to April

19 Jun 2024

14.5k

Housing

Central Bank predicts lag in housing developments, urges govt to rein in core spending

18 Jun 2024

15.4k

Merchants Quay Ireland

'They see no way out': 113% jump in homeless people seeking mental health support from charity

17 Jun 2024

8.0k

Housing

Criticism over controversial guillotine on planning bill, as Harris wants to 'get the job done'

11 Jun 2024

13.1k

direct provision

Refugees struggling to transition from IPAS accommodation and into mainstream housing

10 Jun 2024

18.7k

What does it even mean

The problem with affordable housing in Ireland - no one agrees how much it should cost

Paul O'Donoghue

9 Jun 2024

17.4k

Kerry

Michael Healy-Rae was paid over €150,000 to house Ukrainian refugees in first quarter of year

8 Jun 2024

59.6k

Housing

McDonald rules out Help-to-Buy 'cliff-edge' for buyers who 'baked in' deposit to their calculations

5 Jun 2024

20.6k

Migration

Sinn Féin not seeking to outsource processing of asylum seeker applications to other countries

4 Jun 2024

25.3k

derelict buildings

Opinion: Turn empty houses into homes - there is no more time for excuses

Leigh Brosnan

2 Jun 2024

19.5k

esri report

Poor housing affects mothers' and kids' mental health and relationship with each other

30 May 2024

11.2k

Migration

1,000 asylum seekers to be accommodated at Thornton Hall by the end of June

29 May 2024

28.0k

Bánú

The Gaeltacht housing crisis: 'People can't buy houses or get planning permission and there are few places to rent'

29 May 2024

10.6k

Marian agrios

FG local candidate suspends campaign after report she received money to withdraw planning objection

28 May 2024

52.8k

Housing

Harris wants taxation and planning related to the bulk buying of homes to be reviewed

Updated 27 May 2024

19.8k

Housing

Inter-departmental group to be set up to consider proposals on a referendum on housing

22 May 2024

11.9k

pulls no punches

Five main takeaways from the bombshell Housing Commission report

The report skewered Government policy over housing and said a radical reset was needed.

22 May 2024

30.4k

Darragh O'Brien

Housing Minister says core recommendation from Housing Commission report 'problematic'

22 May 2024

18.3k

Housing Crisis

Major housing report criticises government for 'ineffective decision-making and risk aversion'

Updated 21 May 2024

17.8k

115

Report

Rent inflation has slowed - but so has the increase in supply of homes

20 May 2024

5.9k

Analysis

Ireland is not a country where house prices are meant to fall

19 May 2024

59.4k

100

Housing Crisis

Rent Pressure Zone caps extended until December 2025

14 May 2024

8.9k

cabinet agenda

Building commencements on new homes hit approximately 18,000 in April alone, Cabinet to hear

14 May 2024

6.4k

Housing

Dermot Bannon denies payment for featuring Government grants on Room To Improve

10 May 2024

22.7k

Leaders' Questions

Government blasted on housing as almost one in two say they've postponed buying a home

8 May 2024

13.1k

ESRI study

Households in Ireland are bigger than those in other European countries on average

1 May 2024

22.1k

Homelessness

Homelessness: 13,866 people in emergency accommodation last month

Updated 26 Apr 2024

6.2k

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