Housing crisis

As many as 40,000 retail premises could be converted into homes with right incentives, lobby group says

Capital gains tax waiver and grant changes ‘would encourage conversion of the units into accommodation’

Why is it so hard to buy a one-bed apartment in Ireland?

Few developers cater to the market for single people and banks often require higher deposits

Tax breaks for developers to build apartments under consideration by Minister of Housing

Housing crisis: Paschal Donohoe warns against return similar tax incentives of Celtic Tiger years

Why is Ireland the second most expensive place in Europe? These are 10 key areas where we pay more

Several recent studies have reinforced how expensive Ireland is in global rankings. Here are 10 key areas where we pay well above average

Dereliction in Ireland: How Limerick is leading the way in tackling the issue

Limerick City and County Council has had a derelict properties unit since 2017 and is far ahead of other local authorities in dealing with the issue

Irish economy will stagnate unless we change our R&D tax framework for multinationals

Research and development in Ireland remains tethered to a physical presence and employment here – an approach increasingly out of step with wider global shifts

Blindboy Boatclub: ‘We took the blue from the sky and put it in the ground’

The world now faces record heatwaves, crop failures and ecosystem collapse – a much greater threat than the famines we faced before 1909. What are we doing?

Micheál Martin chuckling about the lack of housing was a stark reminder of Ireland’s identity crisis

We sometimes seem to be clutching Irish identity in a pinched fist. We struggle to reconcile our long history of migration with a generation locked out of Ireland over housing and growing unease about immigration

Kelly Earley: ‘Mass emigration has robbed me of friends and Dublin feels like a ghost town, but I’m still here’

My devotion to Ireland is one-sided; the country rarely reciprocates

‘I don’t write a lot of personal stuff’: author Róisín Lanigan on being married, divorced and surviving cancer before her 30s

The Irish author is on the cusp of publishing her debut novel, which reflects on the realities of the housing crisis for young people

The estate agent quoted a jaw-dropping figure for what he thought our house would go for

He did us a huge favour, but probably not in the way he would have hoped

Dublin plumbing group seeks planning retention at Kilmainham site to avoid zoned land tax

Levy could lead to closure of warehouse, says company

Cairn Homes offers Clontarf golf club land swap as ‘several thousand new homes’ envisaged

Facility would relocate to Kinsealy with Paul McGinely designing new course

Nine times as many Irish properties on Airbnb as in long-term rental, charity says

Threshold voices concern about investment properties being tied up in lucrative holiday letting markets

Sinn Féin: Chambers was aware during election that lower 2024 home completions likely

Minister rejects assertion by Pearse Doherty that he ‘buried’ an assessment on housing before election

Planning data throw harsh glare on housing crisis

CSO information undermines Government promises to deliver average of 50,000 homes annually over six years

Taoiseach is accused of ‘plámásing’ Trump at White House as critics scorn housing ‘joke’

Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin said joking about homes crisis was never ‘a good answer’

South Dublin site with full planning for 27 new homes seeks €3m

Glenageary site with full planning for 27 apartments

Third of households with single adult and children went into debt to meet ordinary living costs last year

CSO says 54 per cent found basic cost of housing to be a ‘heavy burden’

I met my younger self for coffee – and this is the financial advice I gave

Given what they know now, some top financial experts offer advice to younger people on making key financial decisions

Have your say: Would you prefer to own a house or apartment to live in long-term?

We want to hear your views on the type of home you’d prefer to live in if supply was not an issue

House building activity rises despite ‘mixed’ construction trends

‘Muted operating environment’ sees building activity shrink again in February, according to AIB survey

State guarantee scheme for small builders would help boost output of new homes

There is a compelling rationale for a credit guarantee scheme for small builders, partially underwritten by the State, to advance finance to developers with viable housing projects but insufficient equity

Chinese investors sink large sums into north Dublin property

Group buying properties in Dublin 1 and 3 is providing services to high net-worth Chinese, says LinkedIn profile

Government funding row stalls delivery of up to 5,000 social and affordable homes

Approved Housing Bodies say they have been waiting over six months to start work on projects because department refuses to sign off on funding

Property prices likely to rise by close to 10% again this year - Ipav

Estate agents say Government needs to incentivise small builders back into the market if it is to offer hope to ‘locked out’ generation

Significant support for tax breaks for developers among homebuyers, MyHome finds

Survey dominated by buyers believes incentives are needed to increase supply of rental properties and homes to buy

How has ‘public squalor’ become so normalised in our towns and cities?

For a nation allegedly obsessed with property we care surprisingly little for it beyond its monetary value

Peter McVerry Trust: Assisi House care home latest problem for beleaguered charity

Secular Franciscan Order donated property, land and other assets to the trust now mired in turmoil

Ireland’s flood defences are inadequate, experts warn

Engineers say State is poorly equipped for extreme weather as survey of public shows most expect more floods

Further restrictions applied to key State scheme aimed at preventing people from entering homelessness

Local authorities told to ‘prioritise acquisitions for families with children, older persons or people with a disability’

Almost a fifth of Galway students living with family or in emergency accommodation, survey finds

The vast majority of respondents said they struggled to find accommodation

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 place

System would ‘grind to a halt’ if everyone sought planning permission for external insulation, expert says

Private planning consultant Tom Phillips says work should be exempt from requiring permission

Co-housing project for over 55s could ‘free-up’ thousands of family homes

Co-housing Communities Ireland aims to fill gap in housing market it says is faced by middle-aged, older people

Are there tax issues if we lend to our daughter to buy us out of shared home?

Loans within families can offer better value to the borrower than going to the banks but make sure you follow the rules

Is the answer to Ireland’s housing crisis more apartments?

The country is full of half-empty three and four-bed detached homes, chief executive of Cairn Homes Michael Stanley says

Minority Rule by Ash Sarkar: Pick up this book and see the world clearly

With her first book, Sarkar aims to bury the the culture wars and advance a critique that everyone urgently needs to hear

Homelessness hits new high as 100 more children enter emergency shelter

Figures come as Minister rows back on Government commitment to end homelessness by 2030

Éamon de Valera was the first to suggest ‘garden cabins’ as a solution to an Irish social dilemma

Continuity of ‘implacable social systems’ witnesses the refloating of an old focus on the back garden

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