Living in cold, mouldy, damp council homes in south DublinSurvey finds problems including inability to keep house warm due to lack of insulation, old windows and inefficient heating systemsThu Dec 04 2025 - 06:00
Met Éireann forecasts unsettled week ahead with heavy rainTemperatures remain low, with frost possible at the start of the weekMon Dec 01 2025 - 10:01
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 MarchFri Nov 28 2025 - 16:42
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 yearThu Nov 27 2025 - 20:15
Ireland’s Changing Suburbs: The ‘Dubification’ of Navan, Co MeathUnable to afford homes in the capital, thousands moved to the Co Meath town but services have been slow to developTue Nov 18 2025 - 06:00
‘We want people living there’: How Dundrum in south Dublin became a housing battlegroundSouth Dublin neighbourhood has seen an intensification of apartment block construction over the past two decades, despite some objectionsSun Nov 16 2025 - 06:00
Family ‘angry and frightened’ after being locked out of affordable housing for second time Homes in Barrackfield West development start at €243,477 for a one-bedroom apartment, with three-bedroom homes priced at €365,216Mon Nov 10 2025 - 06:00
Weather Ireland: Heavy rain forecast for next week as Met Éireann issues warningStatus yellow rain warning issued from Monday night until Tuesday middaySun Nov 09 2025 - 15:38
Infrastructure court challenges could be restricted under new proposalsGovernment to examine measures aimed at introducing higher threshold for pursuing judicial review casesMon Nov 03 2025 - 06:00
Terence Crosbie case: Firefighters, nurses and former teacher among 80 who wrote character letters Appeals for leniency submitted to Boston court in advance of seven year minimum sentenceSat Nov 01 2025 - 06:00
The Housing Crisis and Me: Can anything be done to fix this runaway train? Government unveiled a plan to end homelessness by 2016, but things have only got worseSat Nov 01 2025 - 06:00
Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie sentenced to at least seven years for rape in Boston Crosbie committed an act of ‘extraordinary sexual violence’, says judgeThu Oct 30 2025 - 14:20
‘Is it really worth this much?’: How costs spiralled on a couple’s derelict home renovationThe Housing Crisis & Me: Ed Williams (40) and Alannah Horne (36) used vacant property funding on Dublin homeThu Oct 30 2025 - 06:00
Couple apply to build log cabin after failing to find rented home within €1,600 monthly budget The Housing Crisis & Me: Aiva Tuohy and partner Dylan Tone, in their 20s, say they feel ‘forgotten’ by GovernmentWed Oct 29 2025 - 06:00
‘There’s no other option’: Leitrim woman’s commute went from six minutes to six hoursThe Housing Crisis & Me: Martha Gilheaney did not think it would be possible to buy anywhere in the country, let alone DublinTue Oct 28 2025 - 06:00
Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim named Tidy Towns winner for 2025Rosscarbery, Co Cork, Dalkey in Co Dublin, and Tralee, Co Kerry, among winnersFri Oct 24 2025 - 13:40
Catherine Connolly confirms she used parliamentary allowance on trip to Syria in 2018Humphreys ‘sorry’ if mother of hit-and-run victim feels she did not do enough for family; Connolly says former prisoner she employed in Dáil was recommended by Éamon Ó’CuívMon Oct 13 2025 - 23:05
Fota Wildlife Park in Cork to close temporarily over suspected bird fluContagious disease spreads among poultry, wild birds and pet ones, but is rare in humansMon Oct 13 2025 - 21:31
The budget bet big on apartments. Will it help fix the housing crisis?Four experts – a builder, an architect, an economist and a policy expert – weigh in on measures contained in Budget 2026Sat Oct 11 2025 - 06:00
Residents living beside proposed development claim submissions to Dublin council ‘selectively redacted’ Tuath Housing Association is seeking permission to build 463 homes in BallymunWed Oct 08 2025 - 06:00
‘Nobody came to our door to tell us’: Dublin grandmother discovers plan to demolish home New 463-unit development is planned by Tuath Housing AssociationWed Oct 08 2025 - 06:00
Tax incentives for developers announced in bid to boost housing supplyMinister says building more homes is ‘absolute priority’, but first-time buyers see little change regarding affordabilityTue Oct 07 2025 - 21:13
‘Nothing in Budget for people like me’: A renter’s verdictLack of help with cost of living and failure to increase rent tax credit gives tenants little to cheerTue Oct 07 2025 - 20:43
This is a budget for developers, but what do renters, landlords and house hunters get?Supports in place kept on but Government’s key focus shifts to developersTue Oct 07 2025 - 17:52
‘There’s no way I will be able to buy a house’: What people want from Budget 2026 A renter, a landlord, a teacher, a farmer, a pensioner, a business owner share their viewsMon Oct 06 2025 - 13:57
From €70m tag for mooted museum to overcharging for emergency accommodation: Six things we learned from C&AG reportComptroller and Auditor General says TB infection rates in cattle rising despite €100m eradication schemeTue Sept 30 2025 - 19:03
Galway students face 18% rise in private accommodation costs Residential Tenancies Board says rent pressure zone rules apply irrespective of length of tenancy Tue Sept 30 2025 - 06:00
Irish Rail to remove gender titles from online train booking systemHMGENDERRAILThu Sept 25 2025 - 19:07
Government spending on social housing ‘socially problematic’ and poor value, TDs toldOireachtas Committee told ‘boom-bust’ pattern of spending deeply problematicTue Sept 23 2025 - 18:21
Families may have another chance to avail of tenant-in-situ schemeMinister for Housing tells local authorities they can proceed with more acquisitions of propertiesTue Sept 23 2025 - 06:00
People who work should get priority for social housing, says Fianna Fáil’s Robert TroySinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin says there is ‘no legal basis’ for Minister of State’s suggestionMon Sept 22 2025 - 16:52
Tipperary pensioner who died after assault remembered as having a ‘heart of gold’Teddy Murnane had a ‘great way of connecting with people’, his funeral Mass hears in Tipperary town Fri Sept 19 2025 - 14:17
DCU should reconsider on-campus student rent hikes, says MinisterJames Lawless asks university to justify rise in service charges covering utilities on campusFri Sept 19 2025 - 06:00
Ikea enters Irish housing market with €73m investment in DublinOne, two and three-bedroom apartments and duplexes will be built at Rathborne Crossing, Ashtown Wed Sept 17 2025 - 16:40
Student accommodation crisis single biggest barrier to completing educationOireachtas committee to be told of ‘critical shortage’ of publicly-funded, purpose-built housingWed Sept 17 2025 - 07:01
TY students uncover 19th-century artefacts in St Anne’s Park archaeology projectDig took place at ruins of mansion once owned by Lord Ardilaun of the Guinness familyTue Sept 16 2025 - 16:22
Dublin college increases fees in on-campus student accommodation in RPZ loopholeResidential Tenancies Board says an increase in service charges is permissible under rental lawsTue Sept 16 2025 - 10:29
Children in Dublin council estate exposed to toxic neurochemical in drinking water, tests show Toxic neurochemical is thought to originate from lead pipes commonly used up to the late 1970sMon Sept 15 2025 - 10:37
Ireland weather: warnings for strong winds, heavy rain issued by Met ÉireannYellow wind warning for Clare, Kerry, Galway and Mayo comes into effect from 9pm on Sunday Sun Sept 14 2025 - 12:50
‘Nowhere to live’: Ireland’s student accommodation crisis is only getting worseStudents 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 fixSat Sept 13 2025 - 06:00
Number of landlords investigated over serious breaches in rental law doublesRTB has started 249 new investigations into deliberate breaches of rental law so far this year, compared with 124 in all of 2024Thu Sept 11 2025 - 12:25
Plan to increase on-campus housing for students is delayed again Only project to be opened so far under funding from student plan is 116 beds at Maynooth UniversityWed Sept 10 2025 - 12:00
Prison service ‘stretched beyond limits’, with number of prisoners without beds up 150% Most of those in custody last year left school before passing their Leaving CertificateThu Sept 04 2025 - 12:21
Units for thousands of campus student beds unbuilt despite having planning permission Planning permission granted as far back as 2018 for 2,853 units in UCD, DCU and TrinityThu Sept 04 2025 - 10:00
People in Border counties may get emergency alert on phones on Sunday‘No action needed’ by recipients as UK government tests warning for a life-threatening emergencyWed Sept 03 2025 - 11:58
Going to college? How to find student accommodation and what to watch out forHow to maximise chances of finding a student place to live and figuring out costsWed Aug 27 2025 - 16:42
‘I don’t know if I’ll have a job to go back to’: adult education teachers protest over precarious contractsTeacher group believes up to 100 teachers are affected by job cuts, with many students affected amid uncertaintyWed Aug 27 2025 - 16:12
‘I felt treated like a dog’: The Dublin landlord behind evictions, fines, short contractsTenants have complained about Leevin Ireland, the property company offering ‘a place to call home’ for international students and professionalsWed Aug 27 2025 - 06:00
No Luas Red Line between Connolly and The Point for ‘several weeks’ following fireFire severely damaged George’s Dock Bridge near the International Financial Services Centre Fri Aug 22 2025 - 18:06
‘A scheme for the wealthy’: Just 7% of applicants have had defective concrete homes fixedSome 220 homeowners have had works completed under Defective Concrete Block Scheme out of 2,870 applications since June 2020Thu Aug 21 2025 - 06:00
