Councils warned to speed up changes to development plans and ease housing shortages
Ministers ‘seriously concerned’ over progress and set deadline of June for local authorities to act
Housing crisis
If 36,000 new houses were built last year, why were only 58 sold to buyers in Dublin?
In reality, we don’t actually know for certain how many houses we’re building
Developer seeks to reignite plan for 480 new homes in south Dublin after paying out €3.22m in ‘exceptional planning costs’
Aidan Gallagher’s Bowbeck says development has been delayed by judicial review that led to €3.22m in costs, and economic factors
Housing as investment has priced out ordinary workers
Government design, not market forces alone, has shaped today’s housing crisis
Is it any wonder young women fantasise about becoming stay-at-home girlfriends?
We did everything feminism told us to do. We got an education. A good job. But we don’t feel free. We’re frazzled and burnt out
Government pushes for apartment living in desperate bid to deliver housing
Refusal to raise Help-to-Buy threshold and reduction of VAT rate on apartments signal shift in relationship with traditional three-bed semi-Ds
I am a selling agent and here are my housing predictions for 2026
Property professionals give their views on demand, Government schemes and housing completions
Mary Lou McDonald among objectors to development of former pub
Sinn Fein leader objecting to student housing planned for site of former pub in Cabra
Cost of buying typical home in Dublin hits €500,000
Home prices increased by 7% last year, CSO figures show
Fair Deal review: Aislín McGuckin holds nothing back as a pantomime monster for the ages
Una McKevitt’s play turns into a riotous, black farce. It’s a tonal shift that pays off
More than 2,000 homes bulk purchased by ‘vulture funds’ since pledge to end practice – Doherty
Minister for Housing insists ‘sustained, practical, effective action’ has been taken to restrict multiple unit sales
Vast majority of bookings for short-term lets in Ireland are entire homes
Critics of short-term letting argue it takes properties off the market that could be sold for housing or rented out
As rain teems down, it’s revealed councillors tried to zone flood-prone sites for development
Inside Politics: Government accused of prioritising tourism over housing
Easing inflation a boost for Government building plans
Surveyors say certainty will maximise value for taxpayers’ cash
The new short-term letting rules: has the tourism sector won at the expense of housing?
Ban on planning for new short-term lets in places with more than 20,000 people is seen as a victory for tourism over housing
Overcrowded prisons, HSE Long Covid financial support ending and Bondi Beach suspect appears in court
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan: The lack of housing could risk Irish emigres not returning to the country
Armada Hotel’s expansion and the era of the disposable corporate leader
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24% rise in Dublin housing units built or under construction
Planning approval in place across four local authority areas for more than 80,000 residential units
Tens of thousands of Dublin social housing tenants to be notified of rent increases
Letters to be issued from Monday will detail average increases of 30 per cent
Highly educated emigrants are more likely to return
Housing crisis runs the risk of deterring returning emigrants in the current generation, which will damage the economy
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
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It has been a quiet start for Ireland’s new President
You have more transparency buying a steak in Ireland than you do a home
If we want to fix housing, we need more homes. But we also need to fix the process by which homes are sold
‘There’s no humanity any more’: Homebuyers on ‘soul-destroying’ bidding wars
Concerns of ‘phantom bidding’ exist, but estate agents point to reality of scant supply and massive demand
From rent reform rows to short-term lets: Housing remains biggest issue in Irish politics
Inside Politics: Sinn Féin under fire for opposing €90bn loan to Ukraine; Taoiseach stages landmark moment in the Dáil
The housing crisis that can’t be solved, and the cost of being a stay-at-home parent
The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Rental reforms will drive landlords out of sector, property group tells Minister
Body warned of likely legal challenges against rental reforms in pre-budget letter
Unclear how many short-term lets could be returned to residential use under crackdown
Department of Housing says ‘significant number’ of properties will be brought into long-term market
Sherry FitzGerald chief: ‘For 30 years ... all the government has focused on is first-time buyers’
Marian Finnegan says the policy focus on housing here leans too heavily towards first-time buyers
‘Shannon was bursting out in tears with fear’: Boyd-Barrett tells Dáil of couple and children facing eviction
Couple and children with special needs face living in hostel due to impending ‘no fault’ eviction, Dáil told
Too early to say whether measures to lure property investors back are working
Hooke and MacDonald boss says new forward sales of apartments are still curtailed by viability issues
Dublin stately home owner fights council plan to rezone his land for housing and public use
Marc Cochrane has, through representatives, described plans to build on centuries-old estate as ‘architectural vandalism’
Tens of thousands face rent rises, say Sinn Féin, after Tenancies Bill passes Dáil vote
Government-supporting TD Danny-Healy Rae votes against rent reform legislation amid protests
The Irish Times view on short-term lets: Government rhetoric rings hollow
There is a reluctance to make difficult trade-offs to address housing crisis
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