How many TDs and Senators live in rented homes?
A survey by The Irish Times suggests landlords outnumber renters by some distance among the politicians in Leinster House
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Homeless numbers hit new record high of 15,915
Latest figures do not include rough sleepers or unaccommodated asylum seekers
Legislation on housing for foreign nationals to be brought forward under plan
Possible move characterised as an attempt to solve a problem ‘that does not exist’
Homelessness: Number of people in emergency accommodation rises to new high of 15,747
Almost 5,000 children included in total, which has risen by 11 per cent since May 2024, Department of Housing figures show
A key social housing scheme is in danger of falling apart. Why?
The State has pulled the plug on a multi-million euro deal at the last minute, throwing the public-private partnership model into doubt
Proposed changes to rent rules will incentivise evictions, housing charity warns
Property owners group says planned reforms, set to go before Cabinet on Tuesday, would be unfair to private landlords
Rent Pressure Zones: Pressure on Government as it proposes to link certain rents to inflation
Cost-rental tenants may benefit from lower rents in future
More than 85% of planning roles sought two years ago remain vacant
Delays in planning process cited by developers, builders and utilities as big reason for undersupply of housing
BBC faces legal costs bill of more than €3m after jury finds it defamed Gerry Adams
Former Sinn Féin president said he took case to ‘put manners on British Broadcasting Corporation’
Sec Gen rejection of ‘housing tsar’ shows Government ‘shambles’ - Sinn Fein
Top civil servant Graham Doyle says he opposed term and not proposed role
Ireland could face anti-tourism protests without regulation of AirBnB-style lets, officials warn
Difficulties with ‘over tourism’ in other EU countries cited in internal documents
Councils warn building 12,000 social homes a year not feasible without urgent support
Association of local authority management says more staffing, better processes and more access to land needed if Government targets are to be met
James Browne broke Dáil rules when refusing to release housing data, Ceann Comhairle finds
Data refused due to commercial sensitivity with department saying it would be cumbersome to provide
New home starts are at lowest level since 2016
Department of Housing figures show number of new homes commenced this year at its lowest level since 2016
‘It felt empowering and worthwhile’: Singer marks three years of weekly housing protests at Dáil Éireann
Martin Leahy says lack of housing is ‘a failure on the part of Government’
Chronic inability to build anything big in the State is baked into the system
New Oireachtas committee needs continued failure in big projects if it is to function effectively for its members
Sinn Féin accuses Government of misleading public over ‘additional’ Uisce Éireann funding
€1bn allocation did not provide any further funding, utility‘s chair told former minister
Brendan McDonagh withdraws from consideration for housing ‘tsar’ role after Fine Gael blocks appointment
Tánaiste Simon Harris told Minister for Housing James Browne his party had been ‘out of the loop’
Number of people in homelessness reaches new record high of 15,418
Emergency accommodation users up by 11.2 per cent over 12 months to end of March, official figures show
State missed its target for delivery of social homes in 2024 by almost 20%
Shortfall of more than 2,300 homes on 12,930 goal, though affordable homes beat estimates in some measures
Single mother and children face homelessness following new tenant-in-situ scheme restrictions
Young woman’s landlord recently informed her of his intention to sell Artane apartment
Apartment scheme set to miss 5,000 target by huge margin
Just seven contracts with developers have been signed so far for the delivery of 870 apartments
Nine times as many Irish properties on Airbnb as in long-term rental, charity says
Threshold voices concern about investment properties being tied up in lucrative holiday letting markets
Taoiseach is accused of ‘plámásing’ Trump at White House as critics scorn housing ‘joke’
Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin said joking about homes crisis was never ‘a good answer’
Charges for excessive water use not being considered ‘at this time’, department says
PBP TD Paul Murphy claimed such a move could serve as ‘a Trojan horse’ for wider reintroduction
Government funding row stalls delivery of up to 5,000 social and affordable homes
Approved Housing Bodies say they have been waiting over six months to start work on projects because department refuses to sign off on funding
Scrapping rent controls and offering tax breaks under review, but no guarantee they will solve housing crisis
Micheál Martin looks to encourage private investors to return as housebuilding and apartment completions slow down
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald writes to Ceann Comhairle following Dáil row with Taoiseach
Government response to housing debate ‘could have been written by ChatGPT’, Labour claims
Deliverance almost at hand for Coalition’s overdue triplets after Michael D summons the Seanad
Details of exactly when Upper House meets on Wednesday remain sketchy, perhaps in an attempt at crowd control
Minister insists no ‘pre-determined outcome’ of rent pressure zones review
Government under attack for proposals to end rent controls, amid claims electorate was ‘conned’
Taoiseach signals major policy shift on housing with possible end to rent pressure zones and more reliance on private sector
Micheál Martin has said the State needs to ‘pivot’ to encourage more private investment in the housing market
Great purge of Parnell Square turned out to be weak Milk of Magnesia effort in the end
Reports of a major clear-out were greatly exaggerated. The party’s frontbench looks very familiar
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald makes frontbench reshuffle
A number of senior TDs will remain in their existing portfolios
Eoin Ó Broin: New government is destined to repeat housing mistakes of the past
Four things need to happen to fix the housing crisis
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