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An answer to Ireland’s housing crisis is right behind us
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Séamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney family group was paid €24m in three months for homeless and refugee housing
McEnaney Group growing fast with tens of millions in turnover and growing property portfolio, public documents show
Consumer watchdog calls for new laws compelling home sellers to disclose more information
Vendor should provide any public information on environmental risks that could be associated with property, says Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
Irish house prices up by 51% since 2020, Geowox data shows
The median Irish home price rose €32,000 or 9.5 per cent in the past year
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Local authorities told to zone more land for housing, as national target more than doubles
Councils to be asked to collectively zone enough land to hold 83,000 new homes per year
Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney group earns more than €10m in three months for housing Dublin homeless
Change in council policy sees first disclosure of payments to providers of emergency accommodation for homeless
More than half of Irish estate agents see house prices levelling off soon
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Irish house prices will rise 5% in next year then level off, say estate agents
Irish residential property prices have soared almost 165% from their post-crisis lows in 2013
The Ministerial phones are off and the bags are packed. You couldn’t begrudge them the holiday
It has been a peculiar, frazzled political term since the Coalition was formed – and there’s much more to come
Homeless numbers hit new record high of 15,915
Latest figures do not include rough sleepers or unaccommodated asylum seekers
Mortgage drawdowns hit highest level since 2008
Drawdowns topped €6.2 billion in the first six months of the year
New dwelling completions up 35% in second quarter, data shows
Median residential transaction in July was settled 8.6% above the original asking price, which was a fresh high, Bank of Ireland says
Rise in young people’s mental health difficulties partly due to housing insecurity, says charity
Youth mental health charity Jigsaw delivered more than 62,000 clinical contacts last year
Majority of calls to housing charity concerned about tenancy being ended
Most callers who contacted Threshold were working professionals, with 46% stating wages as main source of income
How will the updated National Development Plan shape Ireland in years to come?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
I’ll soon have a second house. How do I tell my friend who just had to move back in with her parents?
Tell Me About It: I feel awful for my friend in her situation and don’t want her to feel like I’m rubbing her nose in it
Sinn Féin calls on Minister to back up claim apartment standards compare favourably with Europe
New design standards reducing the minimum size of apartments were issued by James Browne last week
We need to confront the reality that the housing shortage can’t be solved
Recent data indicates the population is growing much faster than assumed
National Development Plan main points: how much is being spent and what are the big winners?
NDP is a total investment of €275.4bn from 2026-2035
Budget to focus on long-term gains at cost of short-term pain
Spending on infrastructure to rise as cost-of-living measures unlikely to feature
Ireland’s infrastructure to be ‘transformed’ over next decade with €200bn plan
Ministers to be warned to rein in current spending
Plans to invest €200bn in Ireland’s infrastructure over next decade set to be unveiled
Revised National Deveopment Plan being billed as one of largest ever capital expansion programmes in State’s history
This is what we need to do in Ireland if we want stable, affordable house prices
An honest discussion on population, underpinned by data, not emotion, is the only sensible way forward
Ministers sought multiples of available funding as part of national plan review
Spending on five key areas yet to be resolved in advance of launch of revised National Development Plan next week
No agreement yet on how proceeds of Apple tax case will be spent
Disagreement remains over funding for housing, health, education, transport and defence under €20bn revised National Development Plan
Drop in housing commencements was expected after ‘record’ year, Taoiseach says
Lower figures for 2025 follow end of a waiver on developer levies, Micheál Martin says
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
Homes available to rent on State HAP social scheme fall by nearly a quarter
Simon Communities of Ireland report finds only 32 properties available to rent within the discretionary rate of HAP
State urged to target five or six ‘crucial’ infrastructure projects
Failure to action Greater Dublin Drainage project will stall necessary new housing in north Dublin, MacGill summer school hears
David McWilliams on how ‘big incentives’ to build could save Dublin city
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Irish home price rises accelerate to 7.9% in May, led by inflation outside Dublin
Prices continue to climb as European Central Bank cuts interest rates
Plenty of people will happily live in a smaller, darker unit if the price is right
Restrictions have been lifted in response to developers’ demands. But what exactly are we all getting for this risk? Who will hold them to account?
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