Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Homelessness: Number of people in emergency accommodation rises to new high of 15,747

Almost 5,000 children included in total, which has risen by 11 per cent since May 2024, Department of Housing figures show

Delays to housing plan could push it back to September

Government figures say plan could not be completed until funding review of multi-year infrastructure delivery programme published

Minister seeks to ease fears of Airbnb hosts over new short-term letting rules

Many people live in the homes they are renting out and so will not need planning permission, says James Browne

Living next door to dereliction: ‘It’s been rotting for years … Rats all over the place’

Some 830 council homes nationally have been vacant for more than a year

Minister wants exemptions to new rent rules to be considered for students sharing houses

Students should not be ‘inadvertently disadvantaged’ by the new regime, says spokesman for James Lawless

Security allowance for local councilors to be quadrupled

Increase comes against the backdrop of increased concern about the safety of politicians

‘If you hang tough, good things do happen’: 17 people get keys to independent living apartments

Limerick accommodation a stepping stone for some returning from ‘rock bottom’

Semi-state CEOs: What do they earn and should they be paid more?

New Government structures mean many heads of commercial State companies will seek pay packet increase following review

A key social housing scheme is in danger of falling apart. Why?

The State has pulled the plug on a multi-million euro deal at the last minute, throwing the public-private partnership model into doubt

Home building rate shrinks for first time in nine months amid wider dip in construction

Construction firms report ‘market uncertainty and signs of demand easing’, even as Government again lags housing targets

The Irish Times view on domestic planning exemptions: room to improve

The idea is a good one if executed well, offering greater flexibility for families

Garden rooms and attics: What are the proposed changes to regulations?

Government is looking again at making attic conversions and ‘granny flats’ exempt from planning, an idea that was floated in February

State utility firms told Minister chief executive pay limits posed ‘serious risks’ to organisations

Pay review group told there were concerns about the potential loss of chief executives at critical time for companies

Homelessness reaches another record high, with more than 15,500 in emergency accommodation

Figures from Department of Housing include 4,775 homeless children

Sec Gen rejection of ‘housing tsar’ shows Government ‘shambles’ - Sinn Fein

Top civil servant Graham Doyle says he opposed term and not proposed role

‘We do not need a housing tsar,’ top civil servant Graham Doyle tells property conference

Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers insists plans to appoint head of Housing Activation Office will go ahead

Progress on regeneration of Dublin city centre flat complex stalled by queries on costs

Glovers Court flats to be turned into 53 new homes by council when queries from Department of Housing are resolved

Intimidation in a Dublin suburb, and the derelict house being used as stables

Local authority says it has 11 ‘void’ units in Cherry Orchard as locals speak of being ‘terrorised’ by antisocial behaviour

Almost 2,000 applications for just 20 Dublin cost rental homes

Rent for the one-bedroom apartments will be €1,326 per month, while the two-bedroom units are €1,478 per month

‘We’re at a critically low level of housing stock’ for buyers and renters

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

James Browne broke Dáil rules when refusing to release housing data, Ceann Comhairle finds

Data refused due to commercial sensitivity with department saying it would be cumbersome to provide

Home completions must ‘accelerate significantly’ if housing targets are to be met, department warns

Slight rise in homes finished in first three months of year compared to 2024, but annual figures show 4.2% fall

Blue flags: Record number of Irish beaches and marinas win award for 2025

Kerry has most blue flags with 15, while Cork has most green coast awards with 14

Child-focused homelessness strategy needed, says Ombudsman

Homelessness prevention measures and access to long-term housing should be prioritised in strategy, Minister told

Dublin City Council built just 35 social houses in 2024. That’s one symptom of a bigger problem

Councils need to return to doing what they did well for decades: build houses

Minister for Housing reverses decision not to meet Dublin Lord Mayor

Emma Blain wrote to James Browne three times seeking meeting about tenant-in-situ scheme

More than 40 planners to be hired in recruitment drive to boost house building

Government to pursue number of strategies to increase planning capacity across the State, including encouraging senior planners to return from abroad

Concerns over cost of Johnny Ronan’s affordable housing plans at former Glass Bottle site in Dublin

Costs of new apartments ‘very challenging’, Dublin City Council says

Reforming the planning laws: ‘It was never going to be a short-term solution to the housing problem’

Within weeks An Bord Pleánala will become An Coimisiún Pleanála - but what impact will it have and how is it changing?

James Browne has little power to fix the housing crisis. The status quo is in charge

Housing gets enormous amounts of money and endless new initiatives. But it has never had an alignment of power and responsibility

Sinn Féin accuses Government of misleading public over ‘additional’ Uisce Éireann funding

€1bn allocation did not provide any further funding, utility‘s chair told former minister

There is a crisis of accountability at the top of the Irish public service

We call housing a ‘crisis’ but don’t deal with it that way

Ires chief executive favours ‘simple’ rent-cap increase under Government review

Eddie Byrne warns of complications tied to reference rent system

Council staff check radio death notices and RIP.ie to help identify correct people to strike off electoral register

Hundreds of thousands of names on Ireland’s electoral registers should not be there, An Coimisiún Toghcháin warns

What will the Housing Activation Office – and possible chief executive Brendan McDonagh – do?

Housing Activation Office intended to speed up housing by bringing in local authorities, developers and utilities

Over 2,000 vacant homes back in residential use after owners receive grants worth €112.5m

Most applications for the vacant property refurbishment grant were received in Donegal, Cork and Mayo

Number of people in homelessness reaches new record high of 15,418

Emergency accommodation users up by 11.2 per cent over 12 months to end of March, official figures show

‘My heart shattered. There’s no hope for us’: Families react to housing department’s decision on Dublin flats regeneration

Number of homes in Dublin’s Pearse House would have been reduced to give residents more space but department has refused to fund project

State missed its target for delivery of social homes in 2024 by almost 20%

Shortfall of more than 2,300 homes on 12,930 goal, though affordable homes beat estimates in some measures

Scheme to upgrade Dublin’s oldest flats at risk over Department of Housing funding decision

Refusal to fund council’s regeneration plan as initiative would reduce the number of units in complexes

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