The trolley crisis is unlikely to be alleviated any time soon, the representative body for nurses claims.

The Taoiseach has dismissed opposition calls to introduce a rent freeze despite renters paying significantly higher amounts than at the height of the boom.

Parents are buying properties for their college-going children as it is cheaper and easier than trying to find somewhere for them to rent.

Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers are forced to live in dreadful conditions until their asylum claims are processed, says Irish GP, Dr Claire Dunne, who is currently working on the Greek island of Lesbos for Médecins Sans Frontières.

Migration cannot be addressed through stricter immigration laws. Policymakers must tackle underlying causes — beginning with a broken global food system, writes Danielle Nierenberg.

The chief executive of Norwegian Air has met with Boeing executives to discuss the 737 Max crisis that has grounded a tenth of its fleet.

Many European cities share common problems, but because of cultural differences, they respond differently. Some ban or limit cars and make some streets pedestrian-only.

Women who experience a concealed pregnancy or birth should not be “pathologised” or criminalised, a leading midwifery lecturer at the University of Limerick (UL) has said.

Vacant houses, empty holiday homes, unused upper-floors in city blocks, and ‘dead space’ in estates can all help solve the housing shortage, says Patrick O’Toole.

Labour's Housing Spokesperson says the state's new housing plan is just "new wine for old bottles".

The LDA promises to build 150,000 new homes over the next 20 years.

Dublin’s local authorities have been threatened with the loss of powers if they do not immediately tackle the homelessness crisis.

The Government has dismissed even considering laws recently introduced in New Zealand banning foreigners buying homes in that country.

Irish farmers are warning the government of a nationwide fodder shortage of up to 10 million bales.

There are more than 9,500 people homeless in Ireland and that number is rising.

Irish bonds for the first time are benefiting from a political storm rocking Italian debt markets, as government borrowing costs here fall back.

A housing charity says some landlords are getting around rent pressure zone rules because of a lack of enforcement.

We need a smaller beef herd and an emphasis in dairy on premium products like cheese and ice-cream, writes Victoria White

There are 580 people on trolleys in hospitals around the country today.

It’s just a few years since humanity took a pretty significant step — more of us chose to live in cities than in rural settings.

An opposition TD has accused the Government of hoarding land, preventing house building.

The public is being asked to redirect their Irish Water refund towards the homeless crisis.

The housing charity received double the amount of calls in 2016 compared with the year before.

This is what it looks like to live in emergency accommodation.

The Taoiseach has suggested that the homelessness crisis will be solved by 2019, when, he says, more houses will be built than are needed.

The Government is set to reject an opposition bill forcing businesses to remove anti-homeless spikes, bars, and sprinkling systems due to fears the changes would encourage people to “squat” outside buildings.

Even though Catalonia’s bid for independence may be Spain’s worst political crisis in decades, it has been no Grexit, Brexit or even Frexit for foreign investors.

House prices “are only going one way” unless the lack of supply is resolved — as the cost of buying a home has surged by almost 13%.

Less than 4% of all privately rented houses and apartments in Cork city and county were inspected last year.

The crisis in Catalonia has gathered a dangerous momentum. 

Fr Peter McVerry has said the country is returning to famine times by evicting families and that the Government is not willing to “take on” vested interests to solve the housing crisis.

After slowing to 5.5% in June 2016, annual house price inflation has been on a strong upward trend since then.

Over 2,000 people turned out this morning for the Dublin Simon Community's Home Run.

There are 40,000 vacant residential units in Dublin city centre, according to a town planning expert.

Shared accommodation, family apartments in city centres, and more one-bed dwellings are among a raft of measures announced by the Government to increase urban living.

Significant Government intervention is needed to bring about stability in the housing market, according to Ireland’s largest estate agency.