Minister for Housing reverses decision not to meet Dublin Lord Mayor
Emma Blain wrote to James Browne three times seeking meeting about tenant-in-situ scheme
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
More than 40 planners to be hired in recruitment drive to boost house building
Government to pursue number of strategies to increase planning capacity across the State, including encouraging senior planners to return from abroad
Concerns over cost of Johnny Ronan’s affordable housing plans at former Glass Bottle site in Dublin
Costs of new apartments ‘very challenging’, Dublin City Council says
Reforming the planning laws: ‘It was never going to be a short-term solution to the housing problem’
Within weeks An Bord Pleánala will become An Coimisiún Pleanála - but what impact will it have and how is it changing?
James Browne has little power to fix the housing crisis. The status quo is in charge
Housing gets enormous amounts of money and endless new initiatives. But it has never had an alignment of power and responsibility
Sinn Féin accuses Government of misleading public over ‘additional’ Uisce Éireann funding
€1bn allocation did not provide any further funding, utility‘s chair told former minister
There is a crisis of accountability at the top of the Irish public service
We call housing a ‘crisis’ but don’t deal with it that way
Ires chief executive favours ‘simple’ rent-cap increase under Government review
Eddie Byrne warns of complications tied to reference rent system
Council staff check radio death notices and RIP.ie to help identify correct people to strike off electoral register
Hundreds of thousands of names on Ireland’s electoral registers should not be there, An Coimisiún Toghcháin warns
What will the Housing Activation Office – and possible chief executive Brendan McDonagh – do?
Housing Activation Office intended to speed up housing by bringing in local authorities, developers and utilities
Over 2,000 vacant homes back in residential use after owners receive grants worth €112.5m
Most applications for the vacant property refurbishment grant were received in Donegal, Cork and Mayo
Number of people in homelessness reaches new record high of 15,418
Emergency accommodation users up by 11.2 per cent over 12 months to end of March, official figures show
‘My heart shattered. There’s no hope for us’: Families react to housing department’s decision on Dublin flats regeneration
Number of homes in Dublin’s Pearse House would have been reduced to give residents more space but department has refused to fund project
State missed its target for delivery of social homes in 2024 by almost 20%
Shortfall of more than 2,300 homes on 12,930 goal, though affordable homes beat estimates in some measures
Scheme to upgrade Dublin’s oldest flats at risk over Department of Housing funding decision
Refusal to fund council’s regeneration plan as initiative would reduce the number of units in complexes
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
Home-building starts slip to lowest level since February 2021
Company notices of commencement to build decline to 2016 point
Officials warned of ‘uncertainty’ in housing completions outlook
Internal Department of Housing report set out 10 selected 2024 forecasts, with all but two below 40,000
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
Power grid to be strengthened against storm threat
ESB networks to improve surveying, hazard removal and forestry management
Single mother and children face homelessness following new tenant-in-situ scheme restrictions
Young woman’s landlord recently informed her of his intention to sell Artane apartment
More land, housing at scale and other myths about Ireland’s housing crisis
One thing that’s certainly true: you should question everything you think is fact about the shortage of housing
Ireland’s remote islands: Only 29 apply for €84,000 grant aimed at attracting residents
Numbers moving under Our Living Islands scheme to places like Arranmore is less than expected
Ireland’s housing crisis: Why is there such a shortage of homes to buy and rent here?
As ordinary people continue to bear the brunt of the State’s dire housing shortage, we examine the reasons for the crisis and look at possible solutions
The Irish Times view on dereliction levies: why are councils failing to act?
The chasm between rhetorical commitments and the grim and apparently unchanging reality is dispiriting
Apartment scheme set to miss 5,000 target by huge margin
Just seven contracts with developers have been signed so far for the delivery of 870 apartments
No derelict site levy issued in 10 local authority areas
Limerick City and County Council has more derelict sites listed than all four local authorities in Dublin combined
State should treat international investment in housing like FDI, Cannes property event hears
Irish Real Estate Pavilion features at annual MIPIM property event for first time
Pay deal worth 9.25% over two years agreed for voluntary health workers after long-running dispute
Section 39 issues took centre stage in general election campaign due to Simon Harris encounter with disability worker Charlotte Fallon
Doubt cast over accuracy of commencement notices as guide to housing delivery, says Department of Finance
Some 60,000 housing commencement notices were filed in 2024
Retrofitting rental homes in the State would cost €8bn, ESRI finds
Four–fifths have lower energy efficiency ratings and would cost up to €43,000 each to upgrade
Builders engaging senior counsel at outset of projects in anticipation of substantial legal challenges – Ifac
Economist Niall Conroy says ‘big step change’ needed to double number of homes being delivered
House prices could increase due to relaxation of garden-room planning rules, say experts
Department of Housing is considering changes to exempt free-standing modular or cabin-style homes from planning permission
Planning rules for cabins and modular homes in back gardens set to be relaxed
Extensions up to 40m2 to a home can be built without planning permission whereas habitable structures of this size must have approval if not attached to the home itself
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