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'This is deeply concerning' - Government's 'beds in sheds' bombshell slammed
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The policy would allow homeowners to earn €14,000 tax free by renting out newly built modular structures of up to 45 square feet in their back gardens
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Irish firm unveils innovative ‘compact green city’ design which could help solve housing crisis
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The design delivers four times more dwellings than existing estates of semi-detached houses, while the developments are predicted to save 30 per cent on apartment building costs
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Housing market could be 'cooling' as prices rise by 3.7% in a year
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Property website Daft.ie warned that average house prices are 42 per cent above pre-Covid pandemic levels and 9 per cent below the peak of the Celtic Tiger
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Student accommodation strategy to 'unlock' college-owned land for development
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The National Student Accommodation Strategy 2026-2035 sets out "a multi-annual plan to urgently deliver new student accommodation", including through State-financed, purpose-built student accommodation on public or private lands
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Plans to deliver 542 new homes in Dublin announced
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All 542 new homes will be made available as cost rental
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Ireland's rental crisis: Tenants charged €199 a week to share a room with stranger and 11 housemates
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There are currently under 1,000 properties available to rent in Dublin on Daft.ie
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'I couldn't find a rental in Dublin so left, it's more expensive than LA and Hawaii'
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After searching for somewhere to live in Dublin for two months, Deirdre Dwyer from New York decided to give up
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Government issues warning about fake housing ads scamming vulnerable people
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The matter has been reported to An Garda Síochána
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36 households in Wexford spared eviction 'for the moment' after dramatic U-turn by landlord
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Families in a Co Wexford housing estate have been given a reprieve after eviction notices issued to 36 households were withdrawn.
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Landlord does U-turn on evicting 36 homes in Wexford, acknowledging it has caused 'stress'
Wexford
100 residents in Hazelwood Estate in Bridgetown, Wexford, were told they were being kicked out
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Families 'distraught' after 36 households given eviction notices in Wexford estate
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Households received the notices last Friday, just two days before new rent reforms came into place on March 1
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Plans for 100 homes to be built on Bessborough mother and baby home site spark 'deep distress'
Mother and baby home scandal
Permission has now been granted for a large-scale residential development on the site, which was open as a mother and baby home until 1998.
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Ireland's largest landlord 'boasts' about 25% increase in rents due to Government's new Bill
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Opposition parties have been slamming the Government for the reforms that will come into effect from March 1
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Homeowners in Dublin and Wexford to receive compensation under defective blocks scheme
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Housing Minister James Browne will seek Cabinet approval today for Fingal and Wexford to be included
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Price of rent up nationwide last year while housing supply drops around country, study finds
Property prices
There were fewer than 1,800 homes available to rent nationwide at the start of February
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The Irish Government is slapping would-be homeowners in the face - it's gone too far
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We’ve been building houses and apartments all right - it’s just that they end up being money generating machines for far away and faceless corporations
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Two 'decent incomes' no longer enough to afford a home, says Pearse Doherty
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Sinn Fein finance spokesman Pearse Doherty asked how Tanaiste Simon Harris can "stand over" rising house prices
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Average house price in Dublin reaches half a million euro for first time ever
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There was a 7 per cent rise in house prices nationally in 2025 compared to the previous year
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72% decrease in homes bought for tenant-in-situ scheme in Dublin 'beggars belief', says SF TD
Homeless crisis
The scheme provides for councils to buy homes when a landlord is selling to allow the tenant to continue living there
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Charming Dublin home with rare private garden in prime spot hits market for €395,000
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A three bedroom, extended, end of terrace home in Donaghmede is for sale for €395,000.
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Ireland housing crisis: Empty properties targeted in fresh social housing drive
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To date, nearly 1,000 previously disused houses have been converted and transformed under the initiative.
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18-acre 'abandoned' island with Victorian farmhouse on sale for less than a semi-detached house
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The private island extends to approximately 17.74 acres, offering an expansive and unspoilt landscape with uninterrupted panoramic views across the coastline and surrounding mountains
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'Housing crisis madness was summed up in my home town - that one thing was totally insane'
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'A modest three bedroom terraced house was put up for rent at an astonishing €3259 a month - but there'll be no shortage of takers'
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Living City vacant property scheme set to expand by summer
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The scheme allows property owners to claim tax relief on the cost of refurbishing or converting residential or commercial buildings
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