Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)

Ex-lord mayor’s rental house not maintained in proper state of structural repair - council

Nial Ring says East Wall home no longer rented under HAP scheme with ‘nothing to do with council or RTB’

DCU should reconsider on-campus student rent hikes, says Minister

James Lawless asks university to justify rise in service charges covering utilities on campus

Dublin college increases fees in on-campus student accommodation in RPZ loophole

Residential Tenancies Board says an increase in service charges is permissible under rental laws

Eviction notice served on Dublin tenant after drugs raid involving helicopter

Garda advised property manager not to fix front door as further raid likely, Residential Tenancies Board tribunal told

Number of landlords investigated over serious breaches in rental law doubles

RTB has started 249 new investigations into deliberate breaches of rental law so far this year, compared with 124 in all of 2024

Landlord who changed locks forcing tenant to sleep in park is fined €34,800

One tenant was forced to sleep in a park after the landlord unlawfully changed locks, tribunal hears

Evictions, random rules and overcrowding: Brazilian students on the reality of renting in Dublin

In the News podcast: Brazilian landlord Eduardo Gonzaga rents hundreds of properties

‘I felt treated like a dog’: The Dublin landlord behind evictions, fines, short contracts

Tenants have complained about Leevin Ireland, the property company offering ‘a place to call home’ for international students and professionals

If we gift our child a share in a property, will it present tax issues for them?

For those who can afford it, gifting while alive rather than waiting to leave something as an inheritance makes a lot of sense in terms of tax planning

Older renters are particularly vulnerable amid Ireland’s housing crisis

How are people with disposable income of €20,067 to afford the average rent of €17,280?

How much do landlords in Ireland really earn? You might be surprised

We hear a lot about ‘accidental landlords’ making ‘pin money’. The data tells a very different story

Landlord argued he should not have to live in a ‘lesser property while renting out a superior one’

The tenant, who was pregnant at the time, told the tribunal her decision to leave was made ‘under duress’

‘Woo, the tenants are going today’: Landlord who allegedly banged bowl with spoon ordered to pay €8,000

RTB tribunal found notices of termination for of anti-social behaviour were invalid

Disabled man made homeless after bringing subletting issue to rental watchdog

Locks changed and belongings removed after he sought refund on overpaid rent, he said

Residential Tenancies Board to seek extra €5m funding ahead of rental market reforms

RTB says new teams needed to handle changes to rental market, including end to no-fault evictions and national rent controls

If long-term renting is such a good solution, why don’t more politicians do it?

The rent squeeze is hitting the most well-off tenants - 14% of them pay over 30% of their income on rent, versus 3% in other countries

‘When do new rental rules take effect?’ ‘Can I be asked to move out now?’ Your tenant and landlord questions answered

We recently invited readers to submit queries on incoming rental changes. Here’s a selection of them, with our responses

Policing Dublin’s rental market: ‘I paid about €400 to share a bed-bug infested room with four others’

The Residential Tenancies Board is having increasing success in prosecuting often-evasive rogue landlords, who often target foreign students through language schools

What the new rent rules mean for landlords and tenants

In the News podcast: To clear the confusion around new RPZ rules we asked our readers for their questions

Dublin tenants shocked to be evicted due to ‘little-known legal loophole’

For a group of people in Applewood village, Swords, the landlord doesn’t need a reason to remove them

Ireland’s rising rents: ‘Our budget would have been €1,300 a month, there isn’t even anything listed for that’

With rents across the State rising at the fastest rate in decades, people tell us about the challenges tenants face

Dublin landlord hit with largest-ever RTB fine over failure to register tenancies

Sweet Home Accommodation Ltd issued €22,000 fine for breach of rental laws at six city centre properties

Seventeen properties allegedly sub-divided and let to up to 80 people, High Court hears

Property letting agent allegedly divided sittingroom/living spaces into bedrooms and rented them without written tenancy agreements

Tenant awarded damages after landlord’s agent walks in on him while he was using the toilet

Representative of Quinn Property Management tells tribunal that agent will call or text before arrival in future

Tenants win €3,000 from landlord who told them he was selling house, but re-let it

An advertisement showed the vacated property available for a period of three years at a monthly rent of €2,200, the tribunal heard

Tenant accused of sending ‘threatening’ messages to landlord had built up rent arrears of €42,000

Tribunal orders tenant to pay maximum allowable €27,600 in arrears plus damages of €5,000

Landlord ended lease of tenant who worked from home after ‘massive increase’ in electricity bill

Residential Tenancies Board says notice of termination was invalid, but rules out compensation

‘Elite status’ woman not obliged to pay rent, RTB hearing told

Tribunal orders woman claiming ‘elite status in her bloodline’ to pay more than €4,000 in rent arrears

No match for Marty Morrissey when it comes to RTÉ moonlighters

Plus: Michael O’Leary’s brush with the Residential Tenancies Board; and Michael Lynn’s latest legal move

RTB tribunal orders tenant to vacate Galway property she was renting for almost 20 years

Mother of two says housing charities and local council advised not to leave the property because ‘there is nothing else out there’

Tenant who says bed bugs forced him out of apartment is awarded €1,000 in damages

Landlord unlawfully entered flat, changed locks and removed man’s possessions, tribunal found

Landlord ordered to pay €3,200 after tribunal hears migrant couple allegedly told ‘tenants have no rights in this country’

RTB body orders couple to vacate Cork City property and pay some €8,000 in rent arrears

Tenants who were ‘full of hatred’ followed and video-recorded neighbours, tribunal hears

But Residential Tenancies Board unable to uphold validity of landlord’s notice to terminate occupiers’ lease

Landlord’s visits to defrost freezer and remove dryer fluff breached tenant’s right to peaceful occupation

‘Hands-on’ landlord Rita Kelly is ordered to pay €2,000 damages to tenant

What do I need to know in order to rent out my parents’ former home?

I’m leaning towards keeping the property for my children

‘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 data

Hong Kong group owns more than €58m in Irish properties

Group controlled by Dublin-based Yong Wu is part of wave of Chinese investment in property in the capital

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

Lord Rothermere’s lead Dublin tenant is part of ‘middle-class eco rabble who want to kill off free speech’

Plus: the Conor McGregor donation that never was; agent Noel Kelly’s unchanged fortunes at RTÉ; and the four Oireachtas members with prize-bond fever

Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere in a spot of bother with his Dublin tenants

Plus: Marc MacSharry will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree; Sammy Wilson’s silence; and Henry Kelly’s political allegiance

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