Niamh Towey

Niamh Towey

Niamh Towey is an Irish Times journalist.

Met Éireann forecasts unsettled week ahead with heavy rain

Temperatures remain low, with frost possible at the start of the week

Are new rental rules really causing a landlords ‘mass exodus’ from housing market?

Rise in number of eviction notices issued by landlords intending to sell their property comes before regulations take effect in March

Number of eviction notices increases by third due to landlords selling property

Some 5,405 notices of termination received in third quarter of 2025, up from 3,995 in same period last year

Ireland’s Changing Suburbs: The ‘Dubification’ of Navan, Co Meath

Unable to afford homes in the capital, thousands moved to the Co Meath town but services have been slow to develop

‘We want people living there’: How Dundrum in south Dublin became a housing battleground

South Dublin neighbourhood has seen an intensification of apartment block construction over the past two decades, despite some objections

Family ‘angry and frightened’ after being locked out of affordable housing for second time

Homes in Barrackfield West development start at €243,477 for a one-bedroom apartment, with three-bedroom homes priced at €365,216

Weather Ireland: Heavy rain forecast for next week as Met Éireann issues warning

Status yellow rain warning issued from Monday night until Tuesday midday

Infrastructure court challenges could be restricted under new proposals

Government to examine measures aimed at introducing higher threshold for pursuing judicial review cases

Terence Crosbie case: Firefighters, nurses and former teacher among 80 who wrote character letters

Appeals for leniency submitted to Boston court in advance of seven year minimum sentence

The Housing Crisis and Me: Can anything be done to fix this runaway train?

Government unveiled a plan to end homelessness by 2016, but things have only got worse

Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie sentenced to at least seven years for rape in Boston

Crosbie committed an act of ‘extraordinary sexual violence’, says judge

‘Is it really worth this much?’: How costs spiralled on a couple’s derelict home renovation

The Housing Crisis & Me: Ed Williams (40) and Alannah Horne (36) used vacant property funding on Dublin home

Couple apply to build log cabin after failing to find rented home within €1,600 monthly budget

The Housing Crisis & Me: Aiva Tuohy and partner Dylan Tone, in their 20s, say they feel ‘forgotten’ by Government

‘There’s no other option’: Leitrim woman’s commute went from six minutes to six hours

The Housing Crisis & Me: Martha Gilheaney did not think it would be possible to buy anywhere in the country, let alone Dublin

Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim named Tidy Towns winner for 2025

Rosscarbery, Co Cork, Dalkey in Co Dublin, and Tralee, Co Kerry, among winners

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