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Housing

This week
23rd March 2025 - 28th March 2025
EU Migration and Asylum Pact
Cabinet green-lights cutting of Ukrainian accommodation payment to €600 per month from June
Updated 25 Mar
26.0k
Hold your horses
Take stock of housing policies before easing lending rules for developers, says Central Bank boss
24 Mar
11.1k
48
Last week
16th March 2025 - 22nd March 2025
bpfi
Yet another housing forecast says the government will miss its completion targets
21 Mar
10.0k
84
Accommodation
Ukrainian accommodation payment scheme to be extended but cut to €600 per month
20 Mar
39.2k
Leaders' Questions
Taoiseach accused of 'spoofing' over housing after White House laughter discussed in the Dáil
19 Mar
11.6k
77
Housing
Calls for Tenant in Situ scheme to be reinstated as 'hundreds' wait to hear if they'll be evicted
Updated 19 Mar
11.4k
26
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
10.5k
66
Independent Ireland
'It wrecks your head, there's so much to be done': MEP Ciaran Mullooly on his EU housing role
17 Mar
15.9k
10
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
16.5k
51
This month
March 2025
Housing Crisis
Number of houses and apartments granted planning permission fell 21% last year compared to 2023
Updated 12 Mar
7.0k
55
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
33.0k
73
housing figures
O'Brien gave pre-election housing projections 'in good faith', Tánaiste says
8 Mar
7.8k
54
Housing
Nearly half of people surveyed by MyHome.ie want rent pressure zones abolished
7 Mar
15.3k
41
FactCheck
Debunked: Irish Facebook groups inundated with housing scams
6 Mar
5.2k
short-term letting
The government's long promised Airbnb clamp-down may not happen until summer 2026
5 Mar
14.4k
41
HOUSING SHORTAGE
Opinion: Cohousing developments could bring some relief in the housing crisis
Anne Connolly & Dr Ana Dolan
2 Mar
14.5k
71
South Dublin
Council threatens homeowner with €5,000 fine (or jail) over insulation added to house in 2018
1 Mar
152k
Last month
February 2025
boland's mills
More than 2,300 applications for 46 'discounted' apartments for key workers in Dublin
26 Feb
11.1k
54
Cabinet
Fewer than 1,500 drawdowns of Vacant Property Grant despite government targeting 4,000 by 2025
25 Feb
13.6k
47
The Daily Poll
What do you consider to be affordable rent?
22 Feb
31.1k
89
Dublin
What exactly is 'affordable' housing ... and how much should it cost?
22 Feb
14.1k
3
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
8.1k
39
RELATED
House prices increased by 8.7% last year - almost double the growth rate in 2023
19 Feb
Government to make cabin homes in back gardens exempt from planning
19 Feb
Watch: 'Name calling' and 'codswallop' accusations fly as Dáil gets heated over housing
18 Feb
€450m Exchequer boost to provide 3,000 cost rental, affordable and social homes
18 Feb
Central Statistics Office
House prices increased by 8.7% last year - almost double the growth rate in 2023
19 Feb
7.0k
23
RELATED
Opinion: Government dusts off failed Celtic Tiger policies and we all know where they got us
19 Feb
Government to make cabin homes in back gardens exempt from planning
19 Feb
Watch: 'Name calling' and 'codswallop' accusations fly as Dáil gets heated over housing
18 Feb
€450m Exchequer boost to provide 3,000 cost rental, affordable and social homes
18 Feb
Starter homes, short-term let laws and rent cap review to be prioritised by government
17 Feb
Housing Crisis
Opinion: Government dusts off failed Celtic Tiger policies and we all know where they got us
Rory Hearne
19 Feb
8.1k
38
Housing Crisis
'The owner asked after five days if I wanted sex': International students on sex-for-rent ads
19 Feb
16.0k
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
19
boland's mills
Dublin apartments for key workers go up for rent at 'discounted' rate starting at €1,710
18 Feb
26.3k
60
absolute scenes
Watch: 'Name calling' and 'codswallop' accusations fly as Dáil gets heated over housing
18 Feb
14.0k
55
Housing Crisis
€450m Exchequer boost to provide 3,000 cost rental, affordable and social homes
18 Feb
8.9k
21
South Dublin
Thousands of rental properties in Dublin found in breach of minimum housing standards
17 Feb
22.8k
68
housing crisis meeting
Starter homes, short-term let laws and rent cap review to be prioritised by government
Updated 17 Feb
13.2k
54
Collision Course
Donohoe rules out Celtic Tiger style tax breaks for developers, putting him at odds with Taoiseach
17 Feb
12.3k
80
rent pressure zones
Cabinet committee meeting tomorrow to look at 'all different actions' to address housing crisis
16 Feb
5.8k
TheJournal.ie
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PodcastThe Candidate
The government has put the fear of God into renters
Christine Bohan, Christina Finn, Jane Matthews, and Rónán Duffy look at the new Dáil’s handling of the housing crisis so far. What tone has been set?
30m
no homes to find
Beyond the Pale: 'The Dublin rental market feels like one big pressure zone'
Sylvia Power
15 Feb
10.9k
74
Housing
Government set to sign off on substantial funding increase for housing next week
15 Feb
16.6k
83
housing for all 2.0
Government to publish 'revised' Housing for All plan, Tánaiste confirms
The Cabinet’s new housing subcommittee are due to meet next week.
13 Feb
7.8k
19
rent pressure zones
Scrapping of Rent Pressure Zones 'under review' but decision not yet made, Housing Minister says
12 Feb
8.4k
34
Rents
Rent caps, Help-to-Buy and renters' tax credit criticised in report under government consideration
12 Feb
9.9k
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