Angry Canadian tourists snub US and head to Mexico
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Airbnb
Dozens of Airbnb-style lockboxes ‘shredded’ by Dublin City Council
Council begins enforcement blitz to remove boxes attached to poles and cycle stands
Airbnb forecasts revenue below estimates, sees softening US travel demand
Company is latest to see slowdown in US market
The Irish Times view on restrictions on short-term letting: no magic bullet for rental market
Pressure on housing has led the Government to introduce new legislation to clamp down on platforms such as Airbnb
Clamping down on Airbnb should be scrapped
ESRI research raises fundamental questions about need for legislation to tighten short term lettings rules
Airbnb landlords and holiday home owners are squeezing native speakers out of Gaeltacht areas
A consequence of the housing crisis is that it is accelerating the decline of the Irish language
Why did two Kerry politicians fight to protect Airbnb in the Kingdom?
Airbnb is popular in a county that relies heavily on tourism, but locals fear the impact of the Government’s new rules on short-term letting
Airbnb not to blame for State’s rental crisis, report finds
ESRI study links shortage of rental accommodation to lack of market turnover
Policing short-term lets to become a legal nightmare
Plan suggested for deciding penalties on errant platforms seems promote bureaucracy over efficiency
Airbnb and other letting platforms could face millions of euro in fines in Ireland under new rules
Regulations creating new register for short-term lets could come into effect in 2026
Ireland’s main tariff response is ‘putting everything’ into EU-US deal, Minister says
Peter Burke outlined a 16-point plan to improve competitiveness including Ceta progress
Planned ban on Airbnb-type lettings in rural communities prompts concern
Tourism sector critical to jobs and economic growth in many rural regions, department notes
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
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
Dublin city councillors agree to ban Airbnb-style lockboxes from next month
Labour councillor says the contraptions are ‘dirty’, ‘unsightly’ trip hazards
‘Would the credit union give me a loan?’: Joe Duffy gets constructive about garden cabin housing plan
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Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil divided over proposed tax breaks for developers to boost supply of homes
Simon Harris warns over failed policies of the past, but Micheál Martin’s party wants drastic action to meet housing targets
Call for urgent investigation into ‘alarming surge’ in accommodation booking scams
Fine Gael MEP Regina Doherty says there has been a 900% increase in scams related to booking.com in last two years
Council’s all-out offensive on Airbnb style-lockboxes won’t solve the mess that is Dublin
The boxes attached to bicycle stands are seen as a symbol of overtourism – that sounds like wishful thinking where Dublin is concerned
Dublin City Council to ‘remove and destroy’ Airbnb-style lockboxes in citywide blitz
Boxes attached to poles and cycle stands causing trip hazards, says council
Looking for help in managing short-term lets at country home
Owner struggling to find advice on the best way to manage the property and the issues associated with letting it out
Airbnb’s Irish unit sets aside $1bn for tax investigations
Holiday rental business set up Irish operation in 2013
What I Read This Week: Adventures in Airbnb, more closed restaurants, and one unlucky goose
Digital Features Editor Úna McCaffrey picks her favourite stories of the week including the Guardian’s eulogy of Transition Year
Lessons from an Airbnb host: ‘Two sisters insisted we call the Bord Gáis emergency services because the radiator was too hot’
After more than a year of renting out a spare bedroom to holidaymakers, Dublin writer June Caldwell shares what she’s learned
Europe’s Stoxx 600 index posts biggest one-day gain since November
Strong day for banking stocks lifts Irish market, while Airbnb and Puma fall after weak outlook statements
Airbnb forecasts dour third-quarter revenue as economic worries slow demand
Shares slump after lacklustre results
Southern Spain to crack down on Airbnb-style holiday rentals
Valencia region plans to increase fines for unlicensed apartments as tourism backlash grows
Airbnb backlash will be bad news for Irish holidaymakers
Concerns about overtourism alongside a shortage of long-term accommodation and rising rents makes change inevitable
What’s happening to Airbnb and holiday lets?
Give me a Crash Course in... Airbnb and changes to the planning system for short-term lets
In the dark on plans for short-term letting
Government is two years planning legislation but has yet to consult interested parties
Airbnb urges State not to drag all short-term holiday lets into planning system
Holiday lets not suitable for long-term rental should fall outside any new controls, platform says
Neglected Dublin theatre could be in line for a revival
The Rupert Guinness Theatre requires ‘substantial investment’; Def Leppard frontman at the top of the tree; and Garret FitzGerald’s love note from Sophia Loren
Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists by 2028 in bid to tackle soaring housing costs
Licences of 10,101 apartments currently approved as short-term rentals to be scrapped under plans
Legal firm kindly volunteers its services to Irish Government department ahead of Covid inquiry
Plus: Mayor of Limerick’s ‘erroneous’ planning arguments; Nigel Farage’s Irish teacher; and Neil Jordan’s strange Garret FitzGerald anecdote
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