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
Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)
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’
Rent control plan unworkable on current timeline, Ipav says
Group representing estate agents calls for six-month lead-in period after reforms come into force in March
Donnybrook Magdalene laundry survivor faces eviction: ‘I have nowhere to go. I am frightened’
Nuala Clarke (70) is being evicted over antisocial behaviour when she experienced psychosis three years ago
DCU rents comply with RPZ rules ‘to the letter’, university’s president tells Government
University president rejects ‘any suggestion that DCU has sought to exploit loopholes in rent pressure protections’
Number of renters seeking advice on eviction notices spiked in September, charity says
Increase in eviction-related queries to Threshold came months after announcement on new rental controls
Landlord Marc Godart disqualified as a company director for five years
Disqualification warranted ‘in the public interest’, says corporate watchdog
RTB closing in on deal for new offices at Clerys Quarter
Core Capital chief seeking new development opportunities following dismissal of Revenue winding-up petition
Doctor played ‘cat and mouse’ to avoid being found in breach of landlord duties, says judge
Dr Abdallah Alsaleh lost his High Court appeal against a €7,500 damages award to a couple who alleged he unlawfully evicted them
Mass eviction on Mountjoy Square: ‘I don’t know where to go with the babies’
Landlord intends to sell apartments and has issued notices of termination through estate agent Buckley Real Estate
Share of mortgage lending to landlords has halved since 2020, Central Bank data shows
There has been a 43% reduction in lending in real money terms since 2020 despite of a 51% increase in the median cost of a house
Why Irish landlords are selling up and leaving the rental market
New Residential Tenancies Board figures show rise in eviction notices. But what is behind this?
Student awarded €7,000 over ‘incessant’ landlord demands and charge for using dining table
Conduct amounted to ‘very severe’ breach of tenant’s peaceful occupation of house, RTB says
Are new rental rules really causing a landlords ‘mass exodus’ from housing market?
Rise in number of eviction notices issued by landlords intending to sell their property comes before regulations take effect in March
Number of eviction notices increases by third due to landlords selling property
Some 5,405 notices of termination received in third quarter of 2025, up from 3,995 in same period last year
Average rents at almost €4,000 a month in Ireland’s priciest area
Renting a home in Foxrock in the first quarter of this year would set a household back an average of €3,718 a month, according to the CSO
Nurse who had not had lie-in ‘for 18 months’ over noise from apartment above is awarded €2,000
RTB tribunal found the ‘lack of any meaningful response’ to the concerns raised by the tenant had prolonged a ‘difficult situation’ for her
Neighbours who claimed tenant filmed them fail in RTB complaint
Grievances included that landlord failed to address alleged antisocial behaviour by one of its tenants
Man fails in attempt to make landlord liable for tenant’s behaviour
Residential Tenancies Board told man was spat upon and assaulted by neighbour’s tenant
Landlord fined for not evicting tenants who caused neighbours ongoing ‘nightmare’
Drug dealing, threatening behaviour and missing cat at centre of concerns outlined to Residential Tenancies Board
Spanish tenant of ‘filthy’ Dublin property secures damages after deposit unlawfully held
Residential Tenancies Board hears claim woman discovered 12 people, not six, in house share
Tenant who said she saw landlord ‘peering’ through window at night is awarded €2,000
Her heating system was broken for more than two years, Residential Tenancies Board also told
Average house prices in Ireland now eight times higher than earnings - MyHome.ie
Asking prices for homes up 5.7% in September but rate of increase has slowed
Galway students face 18% rise in private accommodation costs
Residential Tenancies Board says rent pressure zone rules apply irrespective of length of tenancy
Ex-lord mayor’s rental house not maintained in proper state of structural repair - council
Nial Ring says East Wall home no longer rented under HAP scheme with ‘nothing to do with council or RTB’
DCU should reconsider on-campus student rent hikes, says Minister
James Lawless asks university to justify rise in service charges covering utilities on campus
Dublin college increases fees in on-campus student accommodation in RPZ loophole
Residential Tenancies Board says an increase in service charges is permissible under rental laws
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