Ireland’s housing crisis: Why is there such a shortage of homes to buy and rent here? As ordinary people continue to bear the brunt of the State’s dire housing shortage, we examine the reasons for the crisis and look at possible solutionsSun Mar 23 2025 - 06:00
Heathrow airport to reopen with some flights to resume this eveningCompensation for those whose flights were cancelled may not be available due to event outside airlines' controlFri Mar 21 2025 - 16:50
Apartment scheme set to miss 5,000 target by huge marginJust seven contracts with developers have been signed so far for the delivery of 870 apartmentsThu Mar 20 2025 - 06:00
‘People shouldn’t have to live the way we are’: Limerick housing crisis pushing people into homelessness Limerick city saw the largest annual increase in rents in the country last year, according to Residential Tenancies Board dataSun Mar 16 2025 - 21:00
Significant support for tax breaks for developers among homebuyers, MyHome findsSurvey dominated by buyers believes incentives are needed to increase supply of rental properties and homes to buy Fri Mar 07 2025 - 05:01
New restrictions mean councils unable to refurbish homes bought under Tenant in Situ schemeOpposition TDs say move will make scheme unworkable and put more people at risk of homelessnessThu Mar 06 2025 - 22:12
Further restrictions applied to key State scheme aimed at preventing people from entering homelessnessLocal authorities told to ‘prioritise acquisitions for families with children, older persons or people with a disability’Tue Mar 04 2025 - 20:17
Almost a fifth of Galway students living with family or in emergency accommodation, survey findsThe vast majority of respondents said they struggled to find accommodationTue Mar 04 2025 - 15:47
Wheelchair user had to crawl up and down stairs of rented Dublin apartment Glenn Quinn (63) crawled up and down stairs of rented home while searching for new placeTue Mar 04 2025 - 06:00
Q&A: Do I need planning permission for my home energy upgrades?If the work changes the external appearance of the building or render it inconsistent with neighbouring structures it may require planning permissionMon Mar 03 2025 - 22:04
System would ‘grind to a halt’ if everyone sought planning permission for external insulation, expert saysPrivate planning consultant Tom Phillips says work should be exempt from requiring permissionMon Mar 03 2025 - 21:13
South Dublin homeowner faces imprisonment or €5,000 fine after retrofitting home under Government grant Sustainability, climate, environment: Clive Ryan spent €16,000 to have external insulation installed on home in Kilnamanagh in October 2018Mon Mar 03 2025 - 06:00
Homelessness hits new high as 100 more children enter emergency shelterFigures come as Minister rows back on Government commitment to end homelessness by 2030Fri Feb 28 2025 - 15:09
‘You can see holes in the ceilings’: Dublin flats residents protest over damp, mould and dereliction They stage march to demand repairs and maintenance so they can live in 'safe and healthy homes'Thu Feb 27 2025 - 19:02
Landlords with 100-plus tenancies in Dublin now have 26% of rental marketNumber of institutional landlords in capital has grown, with average rent for new tenancies at €2,226Wed Feb 26 2025 - 16:15
Retrofitting rental homes in the State would cost €8bn, ESRI findsFour–fifths have lower energy efficiency ratings and would cost up to €43,000 each to upgradeFri Feb 21 2025 - 06:00
House prices could increase due to relaxation of garden-room planning rules, say expertsDepartment of Housing is considering changes to exempt free-standing modular or cabin-style homes from planning permission Thu Feb 20 2025 - 06:00
‘Alarming’ incidence of ‘sex for rent’ advertisements, survey of international students finds The views of 512 international students were reported in the study for the Irish Council for International StudentsWed Feb 19 2025 - 06:00
Sex for rent offers in Dublin: The landlord wanted me to share a bed with himWhen she contacted a man who was advertising a room, it turned out she would have to share a bed with himWed Feb 19 2025 - 06:00
‘We’re just about getting by’: Young family faces eviction after council declines to purchase home from landlord Paul Harney (42) lives in three-bedroom apartment in Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, with his wife and daughter Fri Feb 14 2025 - 14:00
‘Anxiety levels are through the roof’: How speculation around rent pressure zones is affecting one renterMark Finlay (42) says the RPZ rules are the only reason he can afford to pay his rentFri Feb 14 2025 - 09:39
Owners of defective apartments face further delays to grants after Housing Agency oversightLegal advice revealed ‘pathfinder’ scheme was not fully compliant with lawFri Feb 14 2025 - 06:00
Thousands of landlords face fines of up to €15,000 for illegally increasing rents in fresh crackdownRTB data identifies 16,000 ‘tenancies of concern’ with rent rises above 2 per centFri Feb 14 2025 - 06:00
Housing RPZs: What will a new rental regulation system mean for renters in Ireland? Q&A: The Government wants to attract more private landlords, but how will that affect rents? Tue Feb 11 2025 - 15:36
New ‘reference rental’ system proposed as replacement for rent pressure zonesNew form of rent control under consideration for entire countryTue Feb 11 2025 - 06:00
Social housing targets need ‘adequate funding’, officials tell MinisterLocal authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are ‘approaching capacity’ under existing resourcingFri Feb 07 2025 - 20:26
‘It wasn’t a home – it killed them’: The young couple killed in an apartment fire and the safety defects that remainAs the remediation scheme for defective homes trudges through the legal system, the families of the 2002 fire victims continue to mournMon Jul 29 2024 - 06:00
Owners vote to accept builder’s offer of €150,000 to settle legal action over decaying roofRoof of one of the blocks at Hyde Square apartment complex in Kilmainham had to be held together with push/pull tiesWed Apr 10 2024 - 21:52
Interim fire safety measures urged for defective buildings Alarm systems, emergency lighting and increased fire safety inspections recommended to address defects estimated to affect up to 100,000 Celtic Tiger-era apartmentsMon Jun 12 2023 - 06:00
‘That would floor me’: Homeowners who paid €17,000 to fix apartment defects fear exclusion from State supportCabinet approved in January plans to fund repair of defective apartments but resistance in Government departments has left owners nervousMon Jun 12 2023 - 05:00
Leaking windows, mouldy walls and poor insulation: The grim stories of Ireland’s defective apartmentsNiamh Towey led an investigation into the scale of shoddy building practices during the Celtic Tiger era and heard the grim stories of many ownersSat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00
Cost of repairing defects in a Celtic Tiger-era apartment complex triples to €15mThe apartments first sold for €199,950-€425,000 in the early 2000sFri Aug 19 2022 - 01:00
Repairing construction defects could cost State €2.8bn as over 100,000 homes found to be affectedFailings present in up to 80% of apartments and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013Fri Jul 15 2022 - 03:00
Cost of addressing fire safety defects in apartments put at €17,000 per unitAmount could double when other issues exist, according to Government working groupWed Apr 06 2022 - 15:55
Owners of defective homes concerned thousands may be excluded from schemeAn estimated 92,000 apartments built during boom could be affected by legacy defectsWed Dec 29 2021 - 03:57
Landlords can write off costs of building defects against tax but not owner-occupiers‘No plans’ to extend facility, says Donohoe, as owners’ group criticises ‘discrimination’Fri Oct 01 2021 - 00:53
Apartment owners deferring repairs in hope of State help, group warnsAlliance urges tax relief scheme as it warns of ‘tragic consequences’ of delaying workFri Jul 09 2021 - 17:56
Fire defects at Park West apartments in Dublin to cost €5m to fixCrescent Building in Dublin 12 comprises 10 blocks of 257 apartments built in 2003Fri Jul 09 2021 - 06:04
Estate agents seek cash buyers for properties with potential fire defectsSherry FitzGerald says it is making potential buyers ‘fully aware’ fire safety work is neededSat Mar 27 2021 - 04:42
Housing defects group to examine fire safety issues in apartmentsGroup, set up in response to problems with boom-era homes, meets for first time on FridayFri Mar 26 2021 - 00:30
Covid-19: ‘Temporary deferral’ of AstraZeneca vaccine rolloutSome 30,000 people could potentially be affected by postponement, says HSE chiefSun Mar 14 2021 - 19:28
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Liam Harrington, GAA fan who helped build the World Trade CentreMayo man worked in NY where he met his wife before they settled in MalahideThu Feb 25 2021 - 09:00
Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker: How many people have been inoculated in Ireland?Daily updates as Ireland embarks on largest inoculation programme in its historyWed Feb 17 2021 - 11:00
Gareth Jones: Well-loved Welshman and former chief executive of Bon Secours hospitalLives Lost to Covid-19: He had a magnetic personality, says his Irish wife, EvelynTue Feb 09 2021 - 16:00
Widespread snow and ice sees many roads impassable with frost on the waySevere frost expected to set in on Sunday night, with icy stretches and freezing fogSun Jan 24 2021 - 12:39
‘Bristling with energy’: The Irish town regenerated by Covid-19Ballaghaderreen is among the towns seeing a return of young people and fresh ideasSat Nov 14 2020 - 06:03
State group to examine cost of tackling Celtic-tiger building defectsWorking group set up by department will look at scale of problem and cost of fixing itWed Oct 07 2020 - 15:36
‘For you. Ireland is standing still’: stirring words of Covid poem provoke huge reactionPoet FeliSpeaks says reaction to spoken word piece ‘lovely’ and ‘unexpected’Fri Oct 02 2020 - 13:38
Bridie Connaughton obituary: Passionate redhead with great sense of fun and mischiefFamily came to define Roscommon woman who spent time in Dublin, London and ChicagoThu Aug 06 2020 - 16:31
‘An apostle of nonviolence’: International papers react to John Hume’s deathHume photographed on front page of all Irish papers as well as two UK papersTue Aug 04 2020 - 13:26
