Fitzpatrick & Heavey buys Limerick land with capacity for 400 homes
The company led by Ciaran Fitzpatrick has significantly expanded its land bank in recent years
Housing crisis
‘There’s so few things to do that don’t cost money’: Dublin named 14th dearest city for students
Dublin has been ranked as the 137th least affordable of 150 cities in a new report
A building in Dublin 4 is the only office to be approved for social housing conversion
Apartments on Fitzwilliam Quay seen as template for new council-owned company regeneration of vacant buildings
State’s affordable housing agency to sell more homes privately at full market price
Bill proposes changes to tenure-mix rules for developments built on State land in areas with large populations
Developers seek further tax breaks to boost home building
State must tap international investors for housing cash, lobby group also says
Ireland’s big builders: Who are the new construction heavyweights?
A profile of 10 Irish home builders who are scaling up to deliver thousands of new homes in the coming years
The developers ready to build thousands of new homes
Firms are cutting large land deals and securing finance that could propel them up the country’s home-building ranks
Tusla reports ‘unprecedented demand’ as referrals pass 100,000 for first time
Emotional abuse was most common concern, accounting for 45% of all reports made to agency
Irish house prices rise at slowest rate in more than two years
Prices outside Dublin continue to accelerate amid a shortage of second-hand properties for sale
Hundreds of homes transferred from Circle to housing bodies after regulator intervention
Decision was made on properties after two-year inquiry found issues of governance and transparency
Department ‘not keen’ on increasing cost-rental State funding, says Housing Agency
System for providing home for low and middle income workers facing growing financial viability risks in Dublin
What Vienna and Marino can teach Ireland about making housing affordable
The lesson from Austria is that tenants here pay too much for cost rentals. But as the past examples of Marino and Cabra showed, there is a better solution
Homelessness ‘risk’ for hundreds of refugee families sparks exchange between Ministers
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan downplayed concerns of a Cabinet colleague and said refugees were moving to Dublin because of a ‘desire to live in this region’
Irish house-building slumps amid rising costs, new AIB figures show
Construction under pressure as costs rise, report will show
The new Gen Z dating rules: ‘Why am I advertising myself for love?’
Reliant on social media and dating apps to kindle relationships, love lives become a series of online logistics and mind games
Ires Reit’s plan for 38 apartments in Tallaght rejected over impact to nearby homes
Landlord has sought to expand its portfolio again after selling some underperforming assets
Irish home completions predicted to hit 75,000 units a year, but not until 2035
Davy says long wait will leave a shortfall of about 210,000 homes by then
‘I love my four adult children deeply, but they won’t leave home, and I am desperate’
Tell Me About It: ‘I’ve told my partner I am not going to retire. Work might save my sanity’
Owners of vacant Dublin pub repossess premises after occupation by activists
Black Sheep Investments Ltd, which bought the property in 2016, plans to convert it into apartments
Health and housing will leave other sectors of the economy short of workers – report
Department of Finance paper says channelling workers into critical sectors will have implications for wider economy
Cairn Homes to break €1bn in sales and deliver 6,000 new homes this year and next
The company sold €450m worth of homes in the first half of this year
Average house in Ireland sold just once every 50 years, MyHome report finds
Asking price inflation rose to 5% in second quarter, latest MyHome.ie report indicates
House price statistics: What do they mean and what do they tell us?
Despite a cooling market and a strong pickup in supply, housing affordability has not improved
Dublin City Council seeks contractors to build 4,000 social and affordable homes
Council issues notice seeking builders for a four-year, €2.5bn programme of house building
Supermac’s Pat McDonagh: ‘If I were 25, I’d be on a flight to Sydney or New York tomorrow’
Entrepreneur says ‘fun is going out of business’ and flags concerns over red tape, rules and high costs
Idea to relocate Dublin Port and use site for housing is dealt major blow
Idea of moving city port ‘both implausible and impractical’, says draft national policy review
The row over one-off housing rules: ‘I’m 43 and the situation has completely upset my life plans’
Rural housing plan welcomed in local communities, but it is a ‘huge departure from sustainable development’, says planner
Evara gets green light for 800 new homes at sites in Saggart and Lucan
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy among residents who raised concerns over Saggart development
Supreme Court clears way for rezoning of lands for housing in Dublin
Planning requirements not breached when name of an agent for objector to rezoning named in report, court finds
One in 10 Irish homes is at risk of overheating. Supermarket fans won’t cut it
Middle-floor and top-floor apartments and compact dwellings are at increased overheating risk, as are deep retrofitted homes
Build-to-rent investors are creating a huge time bomb for the State
What happens when renters retire and they can no longer afford expensive accommodation?
Dalkey Lodge Nursing Home site gets green light for 22 homes
Council approves Grassridge proposal for more homes over objections of local residents
Companies, public bodies and charities bought one in five homes sold in 2025
Non-household entities spent €5.1bn on homes last year but rate of growth slowed significantly
Denying our dependence on US firms is like saying Tony Soprano worked in ‘waste management’
As a country we need to be honest about how important American companies are to our economy
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