The number of homeless adults and children has risen above 10,000 for the first time since the pandemic began.

Politicians have been warned the problem of defective building blocks could emerge in every county across the country

Only 14 per cent of people surveyed are renting by choice, a new survey from housing charity Threshold has found.

The Oireachtas housing committee will hear that the scheme agreed last year is not fit for purpose

Darragh O’Brien said there is a “scourge” of vacant sites across Ireland that could be used for housing

The Minister for Housing said there is a “scourge” of vacant sites across Ireland that could be used for housing. Darragh O’Brien also highlighted the significant amount of church-owned land that he said is underutilised.

Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien said work on the approximately 7,000 impacted homes will need to be carried out in phases

An Bord Pleanála was originally designed to reflect society at large — it doesn't

Peter McVerry, who has worked in homelessness services for over 40 years, said he has “never been more despaired or depressed” about the state of Ireland’s housing.

The system has been blasted as "upside-down".

Statistics include 500 more children in emergency accommodation than last December

The Oireachtas Committee on Housing heard that there are rising developmental costs, regardless of whether it is private or public housing

The Minister for Housing said he will bring in additional legislation to target short-term lettings in the coming weeks. Darragh O’Brien said the legislation will further restrict the short-term letting of houses and apartments.

CSO figures reveal massive wealth gap between people who own their own home and those who rent

Sinn Féin's housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin described the plan as "brazen" and "the most quintessential Fianna Fáil policy we have seen since the halcyon days of the so-called Celtic Tiger".

Sinn Féin finance spokesman Pearse Doherty criticised the Government’s plan to give developers between €120,000-144,000 per apartment they build outside the Dublin area

Charities have told an Oireachtas committee that they have concerns about Government housing plans for older people.

While the controversy over alleged conflict of interest turns focus on the planning board, other aspects of its work require further scrutiny

A 30% rise in the number of children without homes has prompted calls for the pandemic-era eviction ban to be reintroduced.

9,825 people were homeless this March, an increase of 333 on February, which Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien said is a "serious cause for concern".

The site owned by Paul Hyde is located beside the refused Hewitts Mills development in Blackpool 

"The problem is that we’re building lots of houses, but they’re not houses available for people to buy."

The Climate Change Advisory Council has written to the Government calling for the urgent reduction of dependence on fossil fuels, to shield people from the effects of the Ukraine crisis, and to achieve climate objectives.

Planning permission must be obtained before carrying out any works on land, or making any material changes to the use of land

A seven-year jail term is also included in the legislation, introduced in the Dáíl after an investigation by the 'Irish Examiner'

Many addicts were fast-tracked into more stable housing during the pandemic and charities say such policies should be retained in the future.

It includes proposals for 140 build-to-sell apartments, a 25-space creche, and communal open spaces

The Ban on Sex for Rent Bill brought forward by the Social Democrats has now gone to committee stage in the Oireachtas

Mr O'Brien also said that a removal of the block on sales of homes could see 500-550 homes freed up.

State bodies are desperately trying to put supports in place to help them integrate into Irish society. 

Building on Upper Cork Street, Mitchelstown, partially collapsed onto the street and close to a zebra crossing back in July 2021

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Concerns grow about the environmental impact as sewage treatment plants serving nearly 50 Cork housing estates are urgently in need of maintenance. But nobody is accepting responsibility

Pearse Doherty described the housing situation in Ireland as a "man-made problem", caused by "decisions that were made by successive policymakers".

One landlord said he wanted photos of a prospective tenant and her future housemates before giving them an appointment to view his property

'Going back there would renew all of this. It’s not safe for us'

It was confirmed that the move would be introduced following a surge in the cost of living, which has left many families and households struggling

Why is action to clean up and return derelict buildings to the community so sluggish?

'You could have done this at one time, you chose not to,' Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald told Micheál Martin.

There were fewer than 1,400 homes available to rent at the beginning of February countrywide

An Bord Pleanála has overturned a decision by Cork City Council to permit the building of 60 new homes within the Classes Lake estate

Planning refusal for the Rosscarbery development follows a refusal just two weeks ago to a proposal to build 93 new homes in Clonakilty

The charity also says it intervened to save 2,000 adults and children from being made homeless in the last quarter of 2021

The Simon Communities has found another stark decline in the amount of available and affordable rental properties, putting even more at risk of homelessness