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Housing

Hurry Up

Almost 15,000 homes could be built on state-owned land fairly quickly, LDA finds

9 Apr

7.7k

Housing

'Too early' to make predictions, says Browne as summit told just 25,000 homes might be delivered

8 Apr

9.2k

get a move on

Local authorities must urgently rezone land for housing or face 'wrath' from public, says Browne

Updated 8 Apr

9.2k

Housing

Regulations will ban short-term let planning permissions in towns with populations over 10,000

8 Apr

13.4k

The Morning Lead

Trade war may reduce buyer pool in housing market due to reliance on rich multinational workers

Impacts on the status of rich multinational workers could have major implications on the, already low, housing market activity.

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

8 Apr

37.8k

Housing

Darragh O'Brien says pre-election claim 40,000 homes would be built didn't damage trust in Government

7 Apr

9.4k

AirBnBs

185% increase in the number of short-term lets granted planning permission last year

6 Apr

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Housing

Taoiseach says a housing czar will be appointed 'imminently' as he discusses housing policy

4 Apr

12.7k

valuation once again

Here are the new changes to the Local Property Tax

1 Apr

26.6k

James Browne

Housing minister 'won't get into predictions' on whether social homes target was met last year

31 Mar

12.5k

EU Migration and Asylum Pact

Cabinet green-lights cutting of Ukrainian accommodation payment to €600 per month from June

Updated 25 Mar

26.7k

Hold your horses

Take stock of housing policies before easing lending rules for developers, says Central Bank boss

24 Mar

11.3k

bpfi

Yet another housing forecast says the government will miss its completion targets

21 Mar

10.2k

Accommodation

Ukrainian accommodation payment scheme to be extended but cut to €600 per month

20 Mar

39.8k

Leaders' Questions

Taoiseach accused of 'spoofing' over housing after White House laughter discussed in the Dáil

19 Mar

11.6k

Housing

Calls for Tenant in Situ scheme to be reinstated as 'hundreds' wait to hear if they'll be evicted

Updated 19 Mar

11.8k

The Morning Lead

‘Loss of momentum’: Target of 41,000 homes built this year looks set to be missed by 6,000

The government issued revised housing completion targets of 41,000 this year, but the Central Bank estimates housing completions will be 35,000.

Diarmuid Pepper

19 Mar

10.7k

Independent Ireland

'It wrecks your head, there's so much to be done': MEP Ciaran Mullooly on his EU housing role

17 Mar

16.0k

Housing Crisis

Majority of county councils failed to collect the Derelict Sites Levy for two years in a row

17 out of 31 local authorities didn’t collect any money from landowners.

17 Mar

16.9k

Housing Crisis

Number of houses and apartments granted planning permission fell 21% last year compared to 2023

Updated 12 Mar

7.1k

Taoiseach in the Oval

Laughter in the White House as Trump says the Irish housing crisis is a 'good problem to have'

Updated 12 Mar

33.2k

housing figures

O'Brien gave pre-election housing projections 'in good faith', Tánaiste says

8 Mar

7.9k

Housing

Nearly half of people surveyed by MyHome.ie want rent pressure zones abolished

7 Mar

15.4k

FactCheck

Debunked: Irish Facebook groups inundated with housing scams

6 Mar

5.3k

short-term letting

The government's long promised Airbnb clamp-down may not happen until summer 2026

5 Mar

15.5k

HOUSING SHORTAGE

Opinion: Cohousing developments could bring some relief in the housing crisis

Anne Connolly & Dr Ana Dolan

2 Mar

14.7k

South Dublin

Council threatens homeowner with €5,000 fine (or jail) over insulation added to house in 2018

1 Mar

152k

boland's mills

More than 2,300 applications for 46 'discounted' apartments for key workers in Dublin

26 Feb

11.3k

Cabinet

Fewer than 1,500 drawdowns of Vacant Property Grant despite government targeting 4,000 by 2025

25 Feb

13.9k

The Daily Poll

What do you consider to be affordable rent?

22 Feb

31.2k

Dublin

What exactly is 'affordable' housing ... and how much should it cost?

22 Feb

14.4k

your stories

Have you ever lived in a cabin or modular unit? What was it like?

20 Feb

5.9k

Housing Crisis

Construction body says lack of investment in infrastructure is holding up housing delivery

20 Feb

8.3k

Central Statistics Office

House prices increased by 8.7% last year - almost double the growth rate in 2023

19 Feb

7.1k

Housing Crisis

Opinion: Government dusts off failed Celtic Tiger policies and we all know where they got us

Rory Hearne

19 Feb

8.2k

Housing Crisis

'The owner asked after five days if I wanted sex': International students on sex-for-rent ads

19 Feb

16.1k

Make Yourself at Home

Home of the Year: Homes in Dublin, Tipperary and Cork feature on first episode of new season

18 Feb

15.8k

boland's mills

Dublin apartments for key workers go up for rent at 'discounted' rate starting at €1,710

18 Feb

26.6k

absolute scenes

Watch: 'Name calling' and 'codswallop' accusations fly as Dáil gets heated over housing

18 Feb

14.1k

Housing Crisis

€450m Exchequer boost to provide 3,000 cost rental, affordable and social homes

18 Feb

9.0k

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