Renters in Ireland are paying €400 more each month than they did at the height of the Celtic Tiger.

Research shows that rent pressure zones are having a “moderating effect” on rent inflation but most landlords feel the restrictions are unfair.

Threshold CEO John-Mark McCafferty told RTE Radio’s Today with Sean O’Rourke show that while HAP is intended to help families secure a place to live, the reality is that HAP limits are insufficient to secure private rental accommodation.

The Residential Tenancies Board has been given new powers to address improper conduct by landlords under the Residential Tenancies Act.

Average rents are continuing to rise nationally, with inflation highest outside Dublin, according to the latest Rent Index from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB).

Housing charity Threshold is welcoming new regulations on short-term lets which come into effect today.

Landlords who rent out their properties on Airbnb face being hit with extra water, insurance, and commercial rates bill from July 1.

Threshold has welcomed a €14,000 award to a Munster-based family of six after they were discriminated against on the grounds of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), but said more decisions might be required to force landlords to comply with the law.

The national housing charity Threshold is launching an information campaign for people looking for rented accommodation.

Domestic renters should be given similar rights to commercial tenants due to the number of people losing their tenancy due to properties being put on the market.

Labour has warned that new government-backed low-cost mortgages could push up house prices and said the price of new homes should instead be as a low as €130,000 for buyers.

A report from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) shows the average rent being paid across the country is now €1056, up from €965 a year earlier.

Calls to housing charity Threshold increased by nearly a third in November as pressure grew among tenants afraid of losing their homes this Christmas.

The number of calls to housing charity Threshold doubled last year and almost half its clients were families with children.

An emergency freeze on rent increases across the country is needed, as well as a ban on landlords demanding three months’ rent up front, junior jobs minister John Halligan has declared.

More than 3,000 offers of social housing properties were turned down over the past two years, with figures showing the rate of refusal has increased in some of the country’s largest local authorities, writes Noel Baker.

More than 3,000 offers of social housing properties were turned down over the past two years, with figures showing the rate of refusal has increased in some of the country’s largest local authorities.

An NCT-type certification for housing should be introduced to tackle substandard rental accommodation.

An over-reliance on rent supplement and housing assistance payments to low-income families is not a lasting solution to the housing and homelessness crisis, the St Vincent De Paul (SVP) has said.

Joe Leogue on the catalogue of failures by Irish Water in the past month which has prompted tens of thousands to take to the streets today

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has further fuelled the political storm over water charges after describing them as "modest" amid mounting anger with Irish Water and pay bonuses for its staff.

Many families would be better off paying Irish Water’s penalty fee for failing to register with the company than paying the normal charges for registered customers.

Budget 2015 presents a crucial opportunity to support a real and sustainable recovery — but only if the right choices are made.

The country’s largest charity has warned against further hikes in gas and electricity prices as Bord Gáis customers wait to hear if the energy regulator will approve plans for a 7% increase in charges.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has expressed concern at a new selling tactic by a moneylending company, which is offering One4all gift vouchers instead of cash.

St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has had to treble its financial aid to families struggling to pay household fuel bills, a conference on fuel poverty has been told.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul, which is helping more than 8,000 families every week, fears the December budget will hit lone parents hardest, especially those struggling to get back to work.

TWO leading poverty charities are concerned children are missing out on basic necessities because current poverty measures are inadequate.

ESB has become the latest energy company to hike prices — despite one in eight of their customers being in arrears on their bills.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) has expressed concern at the fact that 45,000 applications for the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance have yet to be processed.

HOUSEHOLDS struggling to cope with the financial pressures of Christmas because of recent budget cuts are being warned to avoid resorting to unlicensed moneylenders by the National Consumer Agency (NCA).

A PUBLIC campaign to fight the Government’s plans to cut child benefit is to be escalated by the lobby representing 300,000 women.

THE St Vincent de Paul Society last night warned that increases in welfare benefits would do little to help families meet the cost of fuel bills, after steep rises in the price of both electricity and gas.

THE Government’s record on tackling child poverty is very poor despite Social and Family Affairs Minister Seamus Brennan’s assertion that the problem is “reprehensible”, a leading charity said yesterday.

THE injustice of poverty will continue for another quarter of a century unless Government policies are radically reformed, the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) warned yesterday.

Poverty will continue to cause misery in society for the next quarter of a century unless the Government radically alters its policies, it was warned today.