#Housing

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Plans for 362 homes in Carrigaline delayed following developer's appeal to An Bord Pleanála
Planning board gives go-ahead for 362 homes in Cork town if road improvement works are done
Developer has been given approval by An Coimisiún Pleanála to build 318 houses and 44 apartments, along with a creche and cafe, in Carrigaline

Wed, 01 Oct, 2025

FILE PHOTO End of Year Review 2019 from NAMA reveals 2 billion euro to be given to Exchequer END
Nama transfers 300 acres to Land Development Agency to be used for housing 
Sites in Dublin and Kildare valued at €68.5m can be used to deliver up to 4,500 homes

Wed, 01 Oct, 2025

Rapid expansion of Peter McVerry Trust was 'reckless', chairman tells Oireachtas committee
Rapid expansion of Peter McVerry Trust was 'reckless', chairman tells Oireachtas committee
The homelessness charity has faced scrutiny in recent years

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Estate agent giving house keys to customer and sign agreement in office.
C&AG: Revenue finds almost half of landlords underdeclared their rental income tax
The project focused on landlords with three or more properties that may have underdeclared taxable rental income by overclaiming rental expenses

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Green model houses and banknotes
Three-bed semi in Cork now costs €408,000 amid nationwide surge in house prices
Cork City homes break €400,000 for the first time as Irish house prices rise nearly 6% year-on-year

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Housing, immigration and Gaza crisis dominate first debate in presidential election campaign
Housing, immigration and Gaza crisis dominate first debate in presidential election campaign
The first presidential debate saw Humphreys, Connolly and Gavin clash on Gaza, housing, immigration, and Ireland’s role abroad

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Sad woman
Homeless Cork woman allegedly sexually abused by father told she can live with parents
The woman, who is now aged in her 40s, was told she did not qualify for emergency accommodation

Mon, 29 Sep, 2025

FILE PHOTO Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin TD has announced the Government will initiate an inter-State
Mick Clifford: Housing crisis won't be solved by wrongly shifting blame onto local councils 
When zoning was incorrectly blamed for planning delays, Micheál Martin lashed out at the blameless county council concerned

Mon, 29 Sep, 2025

Glenveagh: Cork 'no exception' to Ireland’s serviced land shortage crisis
Glenveagh: Cork 'no exception' to Ireland’s serviced land shortage crisis
Glenveagh’s profits have more than doubled in 2025, but its CEO warns zoning and infrastructure block Ireland’s housing goals

Sat, 27 Sep, 2025

Main street in irish town
New much-needed housing developments in Kerry town at risk over lack of water supply
New estates proposed for Kenmare will have to source their own water as Uisce Éireann cannot provide 'a public water source', councillors told

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

Record 16,353 people, including more than 5,100 children, now homeless in Ireland
Record 16,353 people, including more than 5,100 children, now homeless in Ireland
The figure includes 5,145 children, breaking a record yet again for the numbers in emergency accommodation in this country

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

Late Night Study
Student accommodation crisis stopping people pursuing third-level education, committee told
State-owned land ready for development has been identified by the technological institutions, but developing it is expensive and requires significant funding

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

Person eating fish and polenta at restaurant
Just 10% of consumers see a hospitality Vat cut as a budget priority 
Healthcare, housing, and cost of living among top priorities of Irish households, survey shows

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

Mortgage Application
Mortgage approvals slip amid fall-off in mover-purchasers
Number of first-time buyer approvals declined marginally by 1.4% to 2,822 during August, valued at a combined €920m

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

New house real estate concept keys by front door welcome mat
Home ownership a 'pipe dream' for single buyers with median purchaser income at €84,400
Nationally, the median price of a home was €345,000. The median price in Cork county was €340,000, with that number rising to €358,000 in Cork City

Thu, 25 Sep, 2025

Loading platform made of scaffold system on housing development construction site
First Homes scheme will not cover second-hand houses in Budget 2026, Taoiseach says
Micheál Martin says October’s budget will prioritise boosting new housing supply, ruling out extending the First Homes scheme to second-hand properties

Thu, 25 Sep, 2025

Government press conference
Paschal Donohoe signals shift on developer tax breaks ahead of Budget 2026
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has softened his opposition to developer tax breaks as housing pressures mount ahead of Budget 2026

Thu, 25 Sep, 2025

One in seven business premises now vacant as commercial vacancy hits record high
One in seven business premises now vacant as commercial vacancy hits record high
Almost 31,000 commercial properties across Ireland now lie empty, with the west experiencing the highest rates of business vacancies

Thu, 25 Sep, 2025

More than 5,000 refugees 'abusing' State accommodation by refusing to leave, justice minister says
More than 5,000 refugees 'abusing' State accommodation by refusing to leave, justice minister says
Jim O'Callaghan to tell Dáil committee that working international protection applicants should pay towards their accommodation costs

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

Michael O’Flynn: Housing crisis is 'spiralling out of control'
Michael O’Flynn: Housing crisis is 'spiralling out of control'
Cork property developer tells the ieBusiness Podcast we are not going to meet current housing targets and so need 'an emergency approach'

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Adam Maguire: Irish Bailout Babies still paying the price of the financial crash
Adam Maguire: Irish Bailout Babies still paying the price of the financial crash
People who were children during the 2008 crash and subsequent bailout are struggling on inadequate pay and living in insecure rentals with little hope of starting a family, writes Adam Maguire

Mon, 22 Sep, 2025

Mick Clifford: Why successive governments put landowners ahead of the common good
S Mick Clifford: Why successive governments put landowners ahead of the common good
For decades, governments enriched landowners through rezoning while failing to deliver a fair, functioning planning system

Sun, 21 Sep, 2025

Newly built houses in Ireland
Revenue to advise homeowners of property tax hikes
The new valuation bands will apply for all Local Property Tax charges due from 2026 to 2030

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

Central Bank slashes housing completion expectations
Central Bank slashes housing completion expectations
Comes as new data from the CSO shows the median price of a home in Ireland now stands at €374,999

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

Co. Monaghan crash
Sinn Féin ‘probably wasn’t vocal enough’ on migration, says TD
Matt Carthy says there has been confusion about the party’s position on migration, due to political opponents having 'misconstrued' its policies

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

Month revenue of young couple
Overheating the economy could 'hamper delivery of National Development Plan and housing targets'
ESRI to warn TDs about winding down cost-of-living measures

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

Paul Hosford: Business as usual in the Dáil, for most people, that is
Paul Hosford: Business as usual in the Dáil, for most people, that is
No festive feeling in the air as the summer is officially put to bed

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity
The five major issues facing the Government as it returns from summer holidays
As well as next month's Budget, the Government will have the housing crisis and the presidential election to contend with

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

Sold For Sale Real Estate Sign in Front of New House.
Irish house prices rise 7.5% as median home now costs €374,999
CSO data shows Irish house prices continue to climb, with homes now dearer than at the height of the Celtic Tiger

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

Taoiseach vows 'robust engagement' with local authorities on zoning land for housing
Taoiseach vows 'robust engagement' with local authorities on zoning land for housing
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Coalition could opt to directly zone more land, citing powers within existing laws.

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

Domestic violance
Housing crisis fuelling violence against women, conference to hear
A conference will hear how the housing crisis is trapping women in abusive relationships and fuelling gender-based violence

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

'Homelessness and mental health issues deeply connected', charity warns as numbers seeking help rise
'Homelessness and mental health issues deeply connected', charity warns as numbers seeking help rise
Last year Depaul saw a 25% increase in the number of one-to-one sessions for mental health and addiction support

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

Fianna Fail think-in
Presidential candidate Jim Gavin vows to 'keep the pressure' on Government over housing crisis
The Fianna Fáil candidate said the Government's progress on solving the housing crisis was 'not good enough'

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Taoiseach 'not happy' with county councils over failure to rezone land for housing
Taoiseach 'not happy' with county councils over failure to rezone land for housing
Micheál Martin said Government would move to directly zone land for housing, if councils do not do it

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
New law will make it harder to hold up housing and infrastructure projects
Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan said 'the utilisation of judicial reviews to prevent the delivery of vital accommodation, transport, or environmental projects ... is abhorrent to the common good'

Sun, 14 Sep, 2025

'Untargeted' tax reliefs in budget puts Government at risk of abuse, Central Bank warns
'Untargeted' tax reliefs in budget puts Government at risk of abuse, Central Bank warns
Central Bank Governor Gabriel Makhlouf warns against introduction of broad fiscal reliefs

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025

Construction of new homes at Ebbsfleet Garden City in Kent.
Ciarán Casey: Lack of vision has wasted Ireland's unplanned tax windfall
The pageantry of Budget Day means that politicians will aim to avoid landmines, then go back to business as usual, writes Ciarán Casey

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

Eviction Notice Document on table
Tenant evictions surge 17% as landlords sell up, RTB report shows
Evictions rose 17% in the last year, with most due to landlords selling up, while rural rents jumped by over 10%

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

Green Party leader: 'We did badly in general election due to poor communication'
Green Party leader: 'We did badly in general election due to poor communication'
Roderic O'Gorman said the Greens failed to communicate the benefits of measures they introduced, and to rebuff criticisms of the party

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

Mother and son looking out of window
Systemic barriers are keeping families in poverty, summit hears
Group representing single-parent families tells Child Poverty and Well-being Summit we need the political will to address child poverty and deprivation

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

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Council says it can provide expertise to Cork developers to build wastewater treatment plants 
Council said there are areas around the county where such pilot schemes would work and boost housing stock

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

Earth Movers
Mick Clifford: Confusion and frantic activity at Department of Housing
A new regulation was brought into force in what appears to be such a cack-handed manner that it has now put the validity of planning permissions since August 6 in some peril

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

RTB warns of ‘significant concern’ as average rents for new tenancies up 5.5%
RTB warns of ‘significant concern’ as average rents for new tenancies up 5.5%
RTB warns of significant rent hikes outside Dublin, as terminations rise and corporate landlords expand their share of the market

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

Architect designing a commercial building
Planning chaos as hundreds of applications risk being invalid after regulation error
Hundreds of planning applications lodged since August 6 may be deemed invalid due to confusion over new housing department rules

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

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