As scrutiny mounts, attention is turning to the enormous cost of  court appeals that are successful in a majority of cases

The site's latest report showed price hikes percentages were much higher in Cork, Limerick, Waterford, and Galway compared to Dublin

It is increasingly difficult to make a home in the insecure private rental sector with many living in fear of having to leave and uproot family

Along with Denmark, wherever you look in the latest Eurostat survey, Ireland is the most expensive for consumers.

The Government has held together remarkably well, but as problems in housing and health persist, there is little that Taoiseach Micheál Martin can point to as a legacy

Nearly €200m of taxpayers’ money has been spend on people who did not need it to buy their home, said Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin.

A company called Oshawott Limited has signalled its intent to apply for planning permission for a a two-storey commercial building and 43 residential units

The first transfer of loans from Ulster Bank to Permanent TSB is scheduled to begin in the final quarter of this year

Cork, Dublin, and the capital’s surrounding commuter counties, account for 70% of all Help to Buy claims.

Similar-sounding residential estate names in an area is causing issues for postmen, delivery drivers and gardaí, councillors say

51% of the homes in the development come in under the Cost Rental scheme, 15% will be affordable purchase homes, and 34% social housing

Accountancy body calls for tax cuts for individual landlords

People in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are increasingly limited to live in house shares with others

BAM has proposed the construction of 716 new homes on land in Carrigtwohill

Merchants Quay Ireland has warned that homelessness is on the rise and a new type of client — specifically women leaving an abusive household, and vulnerable young people — are part of the emerging trend.

The €237m scheme by dairy giant, Dairygold, also includes retail use, a creche, a coffee kiosk and a gym

Most Irish households are in a vastly more comfortable situation  compared to their EU counterparts, data shows

It was elevated schoolyard bullying in the Dáil last week, while grownups were trying to draw attention to some real problems and failures elsewhere. Pearse Doherty was having a few underhand digs, to try to annoy Leo.

The Central Statistics Office found that the lowest median age of home buyers in Cork is 37 years

Caitriona Twomey: 'We hear the government say they are ploughing billions into x, y, and z, but where is it going? Because nobody sees it'

Robust comments on housing crisis poses a unique challenge for the Government

The Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien has hit back at the President, saying that housing policy is “certainly not a disaster”.

We can agree that President Higgins’ comments on housing are unexceptionable, but a new approach to solving the crisis may be needed.

In a statement seen as unusually frank for a sitting President, Michael D Higgins launched into a passionate speech about housing in Ireland on Tuesday.

The Taoiseach insisted several times that he would not be drawn into a debate with Michael D Higgins, or on the President’s comments “in any shape or form”

State bodies, charities and international investors purchased more than one-fifth of all homes sold in Ireland last year

However, Leo Varadkar rejected any suggestion that the crisis is purely a disaster of Fine Gael’s making

It is hard to think that trust in the irish retail banking sector has even been partially restored, writes Clodagh Finn

The president's fierce criticism of housing situation is outside his 'limited constitutional role', a law expert has said

Energy bills could be cut by up to €127 a year from 2023, with the utility regulator gaining new powers at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting.

The president said the housing situation in the country 'isn’t a crisis anymore, it’s a disaster'

The Government has identified eight sites on which modular housing could be built for Ukrainian refugees.

The Sinn Féin leader said: “Build-to-rent developments are about maximising profits for developers through inflated rental costs which in turn pushes up the value of land."

There were concerns about the project's impact on the largest concentration of champion trees nationally in any single location

Delays and escalating inflation weigh on some schemes

Any new tax relief shouldn't make matters more complicated for smaller landlords

In their keynote address to delegates at their annual conference in Dublin on Saturday, Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall said dramatic action is needed to help those most affected by the inflation spikes.

'We believe the potential, and desire, for change in Ireland is huge,' Catherine Murphy told her party's gathering at Dublin’s Gresham hotel

Overcrowding and substandard rental conditions for international students may deteriorate further 

Increase of 21.5% as more than 8,400 approved in first quarter 

Ministers to review options for retrofitting old schools and hospitals as housing crisis bites

The European Central Bank is expected to raise its interest rates from the summer. Neil Michael looks at what it means for Irish mortgage-holders.

Up to 740,000 Irish households could pay an average of €960 more per year if the European Central Bank raises interest rates by half of a point

Cabinet will hear that developers have been prevented from bulk-selling more than 15,000 proposed new homes to institutional investors following the introduction of new planning laws.