Sinn Féin rails against Minister over housing figures
Party refutes Browne’s claim that State is delivering 50 per cent of all new homes
Housing crisis
Families at risk of homelessness may have another chance to avail of tenant-in-situ scheme
Minister for Housing tells local authorities they can proceed with more acquisitions of properties
People who work should get priority for social housing, says Fianna Fáil’s Robert Troy
Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin says there is ‘no legal basis’ for Minister of State’s suggestion
Income thresholds for student grants could rise to €150,000 per household
Government considering proposal to reduce VAT rate on new apartments
Up to 70% of income earners priced out of property market, LDA chief says
Cormac O’Rourke says earners in first six income deciles cannot afford average rents or prices without State support
‘For millennials the biggest fantasy was threesomes. For Gen Z it’s monogamy’: Why young people are having less sex
Regardless of whether they are still at home, or in their own place, younger adults seem to be finding it harder to form long-term relationships
State currently delivering 50% of all new homes, Minister says
Minister James Browne says State responsible for 15,000 of new homes delivered
Blackrock Clinic co-founder among objectors to plans for new homes in south Dublin
Cairn Homes has been trying to develop site for seven years
Morgana: ‘Rents are too high, it’s too expensive to live, but I will cling on to Ireland’
Singer-songwriter Morgan MacIntyre - aka Morgana - on the Irish language, moving across the Border and her new single
DCU should reconsider on-campus student rent hikes, says Minister
James Lawless asks university to justify rise in service charges covering utilities on campus
Ireland’s ticking time bomb: our changing demographics
The State urgently needs to plan for an older population, which means attracting and retaining high-skilled migrants
Construction sector worth €14.3bn to Irish economy
CSO data also shows more than 6% of all people employed in Ireland worked in the construction sector in 2024
Dublin is becoming a place of extremes, home to only the very richest and the poorest
More than 3,300 new houses were built in Dublin city last year. Just 155 were bought by households
US tariffs will have only moderate impact on Irish economy, Central Bank says
The financial regulator says EU-US trade deal is unlikely to lead to significant reduction in existing foreign investment
Who’s Building Ireland review: A quirky take on housing crisis with a snapshot of rising racism here
Television: Candid stories from immigrant construction workers are refreshingly honest and cut through the nonsense that can make living here such a struggle
Taoiseach corrects Aontú leader as case of missing boy is raised in Dáil
Independent Ireland requests minute’s silence for Charlie Kirk as Dáil returns amid tight security
Irish house price inflation eases slightly to 7.5% as average cost hits €422,400
Annualised rate of price growth slows marginally
Student accommodation crisis single biggest barrier to completing education
Oireachtas committee to be told of ‘critical shortage’ of publicly-funded, purpose-built housing
Housing crisis has made life worse for women suffering domestic violence, conference told
National Women’s Council director Orla O’Connor calls for Government housing policy that incorporates women’s safety
Number of housing units granted planning permission down 12.5% in second quarter
Across the four local authorities of Dublin, there was an annual decline of 35.5% in the total number of dwelling units approved
Gen Z turns back on property to build wealth, Revolut survey claims
Housing crisis continues to price them out of market
Taoiseach’s exchange with exhausted mother a fraught moment but not a gotcha
Frustrated mother of a sick child has passionate but respectful encounter with Taoiseach
Presidential election: Jim Gavin says Government performance on housing ‘not good enough’
Former Defence Forces member says Women of Honour group has ‘done a great service’ by highlighting abuse and needs to be supported
Electronic conveyancing could cut time taken to buy a home to as little as four weeks
A secure, paperless and electronic conveyancing process would save costs, cut red tape and reduce stress of house sales
More than half of local authorities must double housing output to hit new targets
Second-hand properties listed for sale in July equated to just 0.7% of total private housing stock, Sherry Fitzgerald report shows
Sale prices for Irish homes rose 5% in first six months of the year
Roscommon topped the league in the three and four-bedroom category with increases of 10.49% and 9.24% respectively
Why is a State organisation competing with taxpayer-funded housing bodies in developing new apartments?
The vast majority of approved housing bodies are micro- or small-sized organisations with fewer than 100 homes on their books
‘Nowhere to live’: Ireland’s student accommodation crisis is only getting worse
Students face a dearth of on-campus beds, hours-long commutes, couch-surfing and a scrap for rooms in an already overheated private rental market. There is no quick fix
The GAA could solve a more pressing problem for Ireland than the presidency
Imagine if the associations’s existing network were pressed into service to implement a proven Danish model of co-operative housing
Property firms seek temporary VAT reduction to boost viability
Industry body Irish Institutional Property highlights rising cost of construction in ‘already distressed property market’
Diagnosed with cancer at 18: ‘It was like, okay, the fun part of life is over’
The Sugartown author on invincibility, mother-daughter relationships and baring her soul in return for publicity
What’s the point of party think-ins when the same social problems persist?
Participants will undoubtedly focus on the presidential election campaign, which is a short-term diversion from long-standing and worsening social issues
Credit union lending now at highest level since 2008
Milestone surpassed even as number of loans issued in the 12 months to June drops 4.7% compared with previous year
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