A Sinn Féin bill to ban co-living has passed its first stage.

The Government has earmarked up to €9m to fund an accommodation block for naval personnel stationed at Haulbowline.

The Housing Minister says websites should not be allowed to advertise sub-standard accommodation.

There has been another slight rise in the number of people staying in emergency accommodation.

A new water charging system which will affect tens of thousands of households has been described as the "thin edge of a wedge" to roll out metered charging in future years.

Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill is facing fresh calls to confirm she believes Mairia Cahill was the victim of sexual abuse after a leading party TD said he has no doubt this was the case.

Dublin's Lord Mayor has confirmed some homeless families will have to be moved out of their emergency accommodation during the Pope's visit.

The Housing Minister has been urged to apologise after being accused of deliberately manipulating the latest homelessness figures.

The jury in the defamation case by Sinn Féin political manager Nicky Kehoe have been told they can reach a majority verdict after they said this afternoon they were unable to reach a unanimous one.

Concerns have been raised that the National Development Plan will encourage too much growth in the greater Dublin region.

The Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has denied they are trying to hide homelessness figures.

The Housing Minister, Eoghan Murphy, claims he wants to prosecute rogue landlords who deliberately overcrowd their properties.

People are being urged to donate their refunds from Irish Water to tackle the homeless crisis

The Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has described as 'unacceptable' the fact that homeless families were referred to Garda stations and had to sleep in parks this week due to a lack of emergency beds.

Local authorities are being accused of "Traveller prejudice" for failing to spend a total of more than €1.2m that had been earmarked for Traveller accommodation.

Prayers will be held in Wicklow this afternoon for the victims of a fire at a domestic violence support facility in Dublin.

LATEST: There is a claim that the Oireachtas committee looking at the future of water services is descending into a farce.

Gerry Adams says he will travel to the US for St Patrick's Day.

A cross-party delegation of Irish politicians is to personally ask Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to free jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa.

Sinn Féin is to table an emergency motion on the Greyhound lockout at today's meeting of South Dublin County Council.

Residents of a Lucan housing development have said they should not have to foot the bill after inspectors discovered a lack of fire safety features in their homes.

The jailed Rossport five this afternoon called for a day of action against Statoil.

Loyalist protestors have said they will continue their twice-daily blockades of the Catholic estate of Ligoniel in north Belfast.

A 24-year-old man has been killed in a joyriding incident in North Belfast.

A man has been shot dead in north Belfast as the area was rocked by a series of shootings.