Election 2024: Will the public finances allow the spending spree to continue for the next government?
Government has breached its own 5 per cent spending limit each year since its introduction
Housing Crisis
Election housing debate should not be about ‘shouting numbers’, Simon Harris says
Election 2024: Fine Gael leader promises more ‘interventionist’ State on child care and ‘firmer’ migration system
An unhappy Ireland prepares for a general election
The expansion of the State is no longer a lefty position in Irish politics. It is pretty much everybody’s position
No substitute for experience when it comes to delivering infrastructure
Any Department of Infrastructure will need a long time to get up to speed as happened when department responsibility for climate was switched
Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Féin ‘have the right number of candidates this time’ in election
Sinn Féin president insists party’s election strategy is on track and ‘we are in it to win it’
Homes should be built above Donnybrook and Ringsend bus garages, Eamon Ryan says
Eamon Ryan says Ballsbridge is ‘horrific’ for pedestrians and cyclists at final transport committee meeting
Explainer: How did the Government come up with its latest housing target of 50,500 new homes a year?
The Coalition did not want to set targets it could not meet within the duration of the current Government – although Ministers would likely contest this
US election too close to call with everyone in dark over who will win
For weeks, aggregate polling has depicted a race that has become indecipherably close in seven battleground states which both parties have strong chance of winning
I am not sure Ireland has a housing crisis. The problem is a century old
We have had 100 years of policy retrenchment, deregulation and bad ideas, with nothing breaking the cycle
Ireland is not the only resource-rich nation that cannot figure out housing
When prices in Ireland began to surge in the 2000s, we looked to the German housing market as a more stable, affordable exemplar. Not any more
‘Welcome to life’: Arizona constable responsible for evictions attempts to practise justice and mercy
US election context: Amid a stark housing crisis, about 7,000 eviction orders are served every month in Maricopa County - affecting all kinds of people
Ireland’s housing targets: Why a lack of revised goals has real consequences
Builders, frustrated by the wait and by politicians failure to fully understand demand for housing, say the absence of new targets has real consequences
The unravelling of a housing minister: Eoghan Murphy opens up about sleeping pills, manic running, anxiety and tears
Former minister for housing Eoghan Murphy’s account of his failures (and failings) is candid, unforgiving, unfiltered and utterly brutal
Outgoing Coalition has serious amount of work to do to persuade voters
Governing parties need to convince electorate that they can deal with persistent problems such as housing and infrastructure
Disaster Nationalism by Richard Seymour: A passionate call for an urgent change of course
In this ingenious book, Richard Seymour explains why we are assailed by violent dysfunctions and how to reinvigorate the template for our societies in other ways than simply shoring up faith in failing systems
Mortgage to rent scheme extended to include higher priced homes
From Friday, homes worth €515,000, up from €450,000, will now be eligible for the initiative, as well as apartments or town houses worth €385,000
Is a Ryanair-style model the answer to Ireland’s housing crisis?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Up to 80,000 extra workers needed to address housing crisis, fiscal council says
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report identifies huge shortfall in labour across housing, healthcare, transport and energy sectors
Snapshot poll: Budget aftermath and Government spending draw most voter attention
Housing remains a key topic as general election looms; immigration falls to its lowest ranking this year
Irish education and food are great but ‘as a sober person, it’s very odd to be here’
Max Wolpoff, from near Washington DC in the US, moved to Dublin this autumn
Sherry FitzGerald expects to double its profits to €6m this year
Ireland’s largest estate agency returned to profit in 2023 in what was described as a ‘pivotal year’ for the group
I can’t see voters buying Simon Harris’s message that everything is great
You can’t deny the lived experience of housing-crisis emigrants, homeless families, renters and adults in their childhood bedrooms
General election: Stallholders and shoppers in Bantry consider their options
From public transport and homelessness to flooding and small businesses, there’s a long list of concerns in west Cork
Ireland’s housing crisis is not unique: some of its proposed responses are
Slowing the Irish economy to limit pressures on the property market carries high risk of collateral damage
What we really need is a low-cost Ryanair for housing
The construction industry says it can’t build homes at affordable rates or for people on average incomes, but is the cost of construction really the obstacle?
Three things the Irish election should be about - but won’t
Climate, immigration and the sustainability of our economic model are subjects no one wants to talk about but they are not going away
The Dublin couple who built their house in a week
‘We’re in the middle of the city but ... we wanted something dramatic, lots of room height and a conceptual design from the inside out’
Simon Harris has identified the right problem, but a department of infrastructure is the wrong solution
Big foreign investors are putting projects on hold because they are losing faith in Ireland’s ability to deliver. We need to do something - but what?
The general election war rooms: Who’s who behind the parties’ election campaign teams?
Strategies, slogans and manifestos are being finalised behind the scenes as polling day looms
With 4,000 homeless kids in Ireland, why is the Minister for Housing trying to buy our votes with golf?
Darragh O’Brien clearly thinks there is no downside to him claiming credit for bringing the Open Championship to Portmarnock but it’s not a great look in the middle of the housing crisis
Sinn Féin is on the back foot but that does not mean the Government parties are over the line
Election 2024 will still see the issues that concerned voters most in 2020
Merrion Hotel pauses staff housing plans due to ‘prohibitive’ building costs
Five-star Dublin 2 property had its ‘strongest year to date’ last year as international tourism surged
Housing output set to miss Government predictions as completions fall
21,634 dwellings completed in the first three quarters of the year, down over 3% on same period last year
Government to miss housing targets ‘by a country mile’, Sinn Féin claims in testy Dáil row
Pearse Doherty branded ‘an angry man’ amid fractious exchanges on home building
Data centres are energy-hungry and employ few people, so why does Ireland need more of them?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Spain faces wave of discontent over housing
Protesters occupy square in Valencia because of rental costs as housing minister says ‘there are no magic wands’
Sinn Féin’s leaders are not really leaders. They’re more like glove puppets for unseen controllers
Recent controversies are not the reason for Sinn Féin’s decline, they’re symptoms of its underlying reality
Retrofit grants for older homes: a guide to the new pilot scheme
Scheme could allow homeowners to claw back a portion of the cost attached to expensive insulation materials
‘It has been a great move for all of us’: Why we swapped Dublin for Roscommon
The average house price in Roscommon is about €196,000, but the county offers more than just affordability, according to the locals
Housing shortage sends property prices rocketing in east London’s hipster heaven
London Letter: Tech workers pay big sums to rent small houses built in the shadows of Guinness Trust blocks of affordable homes
Politicians not seen to be representing young people’s interests, survey finds
National Youth Council of Ireland research highlights the continuing massive impact of the housing shortage and cost of living crisis
At least of half of all houses built need to be in Dublin ‘for decades to come’
Dublin Chamber says about 30,000 units per year are needed in the Greater Dublin Area to meet demand
What does it cost to build a three-bed house in Dublin? Here are the numbers crunched
Shares rise 3% on Monday on hopes of an end to a crippling strike
Your top stories on Monday: Storm Ashley clean-up begins as 16,000 without power; thousands of children left with ‘unqualified’ teachers
The latest news from Ireland and abroad, including: New Luas line to Finglas could be running by 2031
Building a two-bed apartment in Dublin now costs almost €600,000
Department of Housing cost study assessed cost of delivering four different building types in the Greater Dublin Area
Five economic battlegrounds that could affect the next election result
From house prices to cost of living, the Government and Opposition parties need to win on these issues during any upcoming campaign
The €500,000 suburban three-bed is now the house at the centre of the property price surge
This kind of house is attracting bids both from those seeking to move and from first-time buyers
Twenty-two apartments in ‘luxury’ D4 development secured for social housing
Co-operative Housing Ireland ‘delighted to deliver 22 much-needed social-rental homes’ to families and individuals at Elmpark Green
What went wrong at the Peter McVerry Trust and why did it need a €15 million bailout?
Why did the housing charity need a €15m bailout?
What’s happening with house prices?
August was the 12th consecutive month to see an increase in property price inflation, a worrying trend for prospective buyers
Nama to transfer sites for 4,000 potential homes to Land Development Agency
So-called bad bank has moved to take direct ownership of certain land ahead of its wind-down next year
Irish house prices return to double-digit growth
Latest official figures indicate that property prices nationally rose at an annual rate of 10.6%
Is Portugal the solution to the housing crisis?
Portuguese government considering exempting young workers from income tax to stem a brain drain
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