The images last year of the small boy eating a plate of carbonara off a cardboard sheet laid on the pavement sparked public outrage and shone the spotlight once again on the homeless crisis. Noel Baker meets the boy and his mother to see how their lives have fared since and spends the night with the homeless freephone service in Dublin.

Very few Airbnb-style hosts in Dublin city are adhering to new rules, despite a crackdown on short-term lets.

There are currently 1,200 'active' cases in the mortgage to rent process nationally and Fr McVerry wants to see the number increased significantly this year.

The woman was found, in a freezing and very distressed state, outside the GPO on O’Connell Street shortly after 9pm by a homeless volunteer who runs a soup kitchen for the homeless every Thursday night.

Renters in Ireland are paying €400 more each month than they did at the height of the Celtic Tiger.

Housing charities have called for direct government intervention to ease the pressures on the rental market.

Research shows that rent pressure zones are having a “moderating effect” on rent inflation but most landlords feel the restrictions are unfair.

Threshold CEO John-Mark McCafferty told RTE Radio’s Today with Sean O’Rourke show that while HAP is intended to help families secure a place to live, the reality is that HAP limits are insufficient to secure private rental accommodation.

Average rents are continuing to rise nationally, with inflation highest outside Dublin, according to the latest Rent Index from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB).

Housing charity Threshold has hit out at co-living proposals following An Bord Pleanála's decision to block one of the controversial developments.

Dublin's first co-living housing block has been refused planning permission.

John Hearne cautions people to be on high alert as seasonal scams seem to be on the rise, so particularly watch out for fraudulent emails.

Co-Housing Here is holding a public session at the Technological University of Ireland at Bolton Street today.

Housing advice charity, Threshold, has dealt with more than 600 cases in Limerick since the start of 2018 as rent pressures continue to grow in the city.

Spending on homeless services in Cork and Kerry soared by 55% last year to over €11.5m.

The Government has been accused of having a "mind-numbing lack of ambition" when it comes to housing.

Housing charity Threshold described the developments as "21st-century bedsits with a glossy makeover".

A tenant sharing a six-bed house with 17 other people has said they cannot afford to rent a bedroom to themselves in Dublin.

The government has been told to adopt radical solutions to tackle the country's rental market or face a worsening of the housing crisis.

Professor Alan Ahearne told RTÉ Radio’s News at One that it is going to take “a long time” to solve the problem.

Central Bank rules mean people can't borrow more than three and a half times their salary.

Landlords who rent out their properties on Airbnb face being hit with extra water, insurance, and commercial rates bill from July 1.

A study by housing charity Threshold has found that almost half of those in receipt of HAP social housing supports are paying 'top-ups' to maintain their tenancies.

New proposals designed to strengthen renters’ rights don’t do enough to stop evictions into homelessness, according to housing charity Threshold.

New proposals designed to strengthen renters' rights don't do enough to stop evictions into homelessness, according to housing charity Threshold.

Housing charity Threshold has urged the government to clarify the long-term status of the rent pressure zone legislation.

The introduction of rent pressure zones in 2016 has resulted in a 'two-tiered rented sector' with tenants in different parts of the country offered different protections.

Landlords are seeking extensive amounts of personal information, including PPS numbers, photo ID, and access to would-be renters’ social media accounts before they can view a potential rental property.

Labour will consider a motion on entering a Government coalition at its conference this weekend as well as allowing a future leader to come from the Upper House.

Laws should be considered to ban rental-sector booking fees in the same way schools are now banned from charging non-refundable application fees, housing charity Threshold has said.

Threshold has welcomed a €14,000 award to a Munster-based family of six after they were discriminated against on the grounds of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), but said more decisions might be required to force landlords to comply with the law.

The national housing charity Threshold is launching an information campaign for people looking for rented accommodation.

Domestic renters should be given similar rights to commercial tenants due to the number of people losing their tenancy due to properties being put on the market.

Renters are facing a desperate struggle to keep a roof over their heads with rents now growing at least 30 times faster than general inflation.

Update 2.50pm: The Taoiseach has come out to clarify that he did not receive help to buy his home from his parents and instead got a 100% mortgage.

The Government is not opposing plans to force landlords to give a minimum of 90 days’ notice to quit a property.

Labour has warned that new government-backed low-cost mortgages could push up house prices and said the price of new homes should instead be as a low as €130,000 for buyers.

Housing support groups have claimed the rental sector is now “out of control” after latest figures showed record levels of homelessness ahead of Christmas, including 3,333 children.