#Housing

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Estate agent giving house keys to customer and sign agreement in office.
Rental watchdog to target landlords suspected of breaching rent pressure zone rules
The number of landlords investigated over serious breaches of rental laws had doubled over the last year 

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

Holly Cairns: How many homeless people are not being counted?
Holly Cairns: How many homeless people are not being counted?
If local authorities can turn away people in caravans with no running water or power, and those fleeing abusive families, the homeless figures mean nothing

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

Reforms must tackle judicial and public procurement processes to deliver infrastructure
Reforms must tackle judicial and public procurement processes to deliver infrastructure
When political will and technical expertise align, Ireland can achieve anything — but we need to tackle the roadblocks first

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

Median mortgage for first-time buyers up €24,000, while median income rises €4,000
Median mortgage for first-time buyers up €24,000, while median income rises €4,000
The median property value during the first half of this year stood at €357,000 for first-time buyers purchasing an existing property

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

First-time buyers: Housing minister says caps on supports and grants are 'under review'
First-time buyers: Housing minister says caps on supports and grants are 'under review'
James Browne was quizzed about an anomaly reported in the 'Irish Examiner' where caps on State-backed mortgages put certain affordable home schemes beyond reach

Thu, 20 Nov, 2025

Number of housing sites with nothing done since filing of commencement notice trebles
Number of housing sites with nothing done since filing of commencement notice trebles
A commencement notice is a formal notification that construction is set to begin

Thu, 20 Nov, 2025

Ex-Peter McVerry Trust CEO to tell PAC charity was in ‘financial chaos’ with €18m debt
Ex-Peter McVerry Trust CEO to tell PAC charity was in ‘financial chaos’ with €18m debt
Former CEO Francis Doherty will tell TDs the Peter McVerry Trust was deeply indebted, mismanaged and misrepresented as financially stable

Thu, 20 Nov, 2025

Government reveals intention to replace apartment planning guidelines during legal challenge
Government reveals intention to replace apartment planning guidelines during legal challenge
The guidelines published in July included a reduction in the minimum permitted size of apartments among other changes

Mon, 17 Nov, 2025

Minister's 'war' on vacancy and dereliction is missing timeframe and crucial policy measures
Minister's 'war' on vacancy and dereliction is missing timeframe and crucial policy measures
The Government's latest housing plan contains all the right soundbites, but no detail or timeframe, write Jude Sherry and Frank O'Connor of #DerelictIreland 

Mon, 17 Nov, 2025

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Government 'to robustly defend' High Court challenge on apartment standards
When compared to the previous guidelines, the new rules are expected to bring down construction costs by between €50,000 and €100,000 per apartment

Sun, 16 Nov, 2025

Cork council to spend €1.425bn on major projects over three years with main focus on housing
Cork council to spend €1.425bn on major projects over three years with main focus on housing
Cork County Council bosses say they recognise housing remains a key challenge and this is why 39% of money, €563.8m, in the three-year plan is being allocated to it

Sun, 16 Nov, 2025

Paul Hosford: Why 'starter homes' won’t fix the housing crisis — and may create new problems
Paul Hosford: Why 'starter homes' won’t fix the housing crisis — and may create new problems
The Government’s renewed focus on 'starter homes' highlights a deeper issue: housing policy built on assumptions that don’t match real lives

Sat, 15 Nov, 2025

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Homeless mothers fear losing newborns to social services
The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Homeless mothers fear losing newborns to social services
Rising homelessness is leaving new mothers terrified their newborns could be taken into State care after hospital discharge

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Planning board refuses 140 new homes on site overlooking Blarney Castle due to traffic hazard
Planning board refuses 140 new homes on site overlooking Blarney Castle due to traffic hazard
The commission found that the developer, Eoin Sheehan, had also provided inadequate justification for the type of housing mix proposed

Fri, 14 Nov, 2025

Harvey Morrison protest
Irish Examiner view: Getting to the root of CHI problem
Harvey Morrison Sherratt, who had scoliosis and spina bifida, died in July at the age of nine, having waited years for surgery. His parents have been vocal in calling for action on this issue

Fri, 14 Nov, 2025

Micheal Martin visit to Donore development
Assistance payments to rise as Taoiseach defends absence of annual housing delivery targets
The Taoiseach Micheál Martin said: 'The bottom line is, we need 300,000 homes.'

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025

Tadgh McNally: Removing annual housing targets removes political accountability
Tadgh McNally: Removing annual housing targets removes political accountability
The State will need to more than double the number of houses it is currently building each year to get on track, going from the 30,330 built in 2024 to around 60,000 per year

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025

ieExplains: Breaking down the promises in Government's new housing plan
ieExplains: Breaking down the promises in Government's new housing plan
The Government has now decided to move away from the yearly figures, with opposition parties accusing it of attempting to dodge accountability if it had ended up underperforming

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025

Housing minister criticised for 'fleeing the country' amid backlash over new housing plan
Housing minister criticised for 'fleeing the country' amid backlash over new housing plan
Opposition parties slam the Government’s new housing plan, claiming targets are too low and accountability has been 'abandoned'

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025

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Taoiseach defends housing target removal as developer says 'we could be doing so much more'
Within the plan, there is a promise to deliver 'more cost-rental homes' for renters, but it does not outline a target

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025

Judicial reviews serve the common good
Judicial reviews serve the common good
Rather than castigating public-spirited ordinary people concerned by planning problems, the Government should focus on properly resourcing the planning and legal systems 

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025

Cork City Council increases budget for 2026 to €362.2m
Cork City Council increases budget for 2026 to €362.2m
Councillors also agreed a 5% increase in commercial rates — but will reintroduce rebates of up to 4% for qualifying ratepayers

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

Planning granted for Cork Magdalene laundry site to become student housing
Planning granted for Cork Magdalene laundry site to become student housing
An Coimisiún Pleanála has upheld approval for a 957-bed student complex at Cork’s former Good Shepherd Convent, with strict historical safeguards

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

Presidential inauguration - Dublin
'There should be no child without a home': Charities seek clarity from Government's housing plan
Focus Ireland received the support of former president Mary McAleese and Miss Ireland contestant Katie Wallace for its campaign to end child homelessness

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

New housing plan aims to deliver more than 300,000 homes by 2030
New housing plan aims to deliver more than 300,000 homes by 2030
Housing minister James Browne says the Government’s new housing plan aims to drastically reduce child homelessness and boost nationwide housing delivery

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

Apprehension grows in Fianna Fáil ahead of Government housing plan launch
Apprehension grows in Fianna Fáil ahead of Government housing plan launch
There will be a second Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting on Thursday morning to discuss the new housing plan

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

Woman looking at houses and flats in the window of an estate agent in London, UK
Homes available to rent have halved compared to pre-covid levels, new research shows
While rents have risen nationally by just over 4% from this time last year, the spike has been 9.3% in Cork City and 11.4% in Waterford, Daft.ie report finds

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

Housing stock
Four in 10 businesses have lost recruits due to a lack of suitable housing
Housing crisis now a major constraint on business, says study

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

Loading platform made of scaffold system on housing development construction site
Homebuilding activity falls to weakest level since June
Developers claim reported decision-making among customers amid sensitivity around costs

Tue, 11 Nov, 2025

Cork housing scheme gets go-ahead on condition homes are sold to individuals and not bulk buyers
Cork housing scheme gets go-ahead on condition homes are sold to individuals and not bulk buyers
Cork County Council has approved 102 new homes in Mallow if the developer agrees to sell the units to 'individual purchasers, ie those not being a corporate entity'

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

James Browne comments
James Browne’s pledge to solve housing crisis in four years may come back to bite him
With trust already damaged by the gulf between targets and delivery, housing minister's confident declaration risks putting a political millstone around the Government's neck

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Social housing target increased to 12,000 units per year as part of new plan
Social housing target increased to 12,000 units per year as part of new plan
New policies 'will be much more radical than people expect' and will be informed by next month's accelerating infrastructure taskforce report

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Mick Clifford: New chapter in the extraordinary tale of Celtic Tiger developer Paddy Byrne
Mick Clifford: New chapter in the extraordinary tale of Celtic Tiger developer Paddy Byrne
The developer is back in the news, this time in dispute with a county council over the building of modular homes on a site which has never received full planning permission

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Shadow Of Mother Holding Baby On Wall
Homeless mums fear their babies will be taken into care
The 'Irish Examiner' spoke with one mother who has received notice of a court hearing to remove her child into the care of the State

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Billy Kelleher says Fianna Fáil must reconnect with young people and take a lead on Irish unity
Billy Kelleher says Fianna Fáil must reconnect with young people and take a lead on Irish unity
Cork MEP says the party must rebuild its support among working class and marginalised people, 'rip up the rule book' on housing, and prepare to take the lead on preparations for a United Ireland

Sun, 09 Nov, 2025

James Browne comments
Significant aspects of Government's revised housing plan have already been revealed, sources say
However, it is expected the new plan will have a significant focus on homelessness

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

James Browne comments
Minister claims he can end housing crisis in four years
It comes after a Department of Finance document says that the housing crisis will persist until 2040

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Tenancy Agreement
More than 40% of tenants in Cork at risk of poverty after paying rent, study reveals
Risk of poverty once rent is paid rises to 57% for those receiving Housing Assistance Payment

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

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Surge in Local Property Tax filings as deadline nears
Homeowners must provide fresh valuations, which will be used to calculate the annual amount to be paid for the next four years

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

Developer claims apartments must make up half of new developments to meet housing targets
Developer claims apartments must make up half of new developments to meet housing targets
The chief executive of homebuilder Glenveigh, Stephen Garvey, said there should be a standardisation of housing regulations across all 31 local authorities

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

Uisce Éireann to take over wastewater facilities from developers in minister's plan
Uisce Éireann to take over wastewater facilities from developers in minister's plan
Housing minister James Browne has said that he is determined to 'unlock problematic water services infrastructure that is constraining the delivery of homes people need built'

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

Is it really possible to reform judicial reviews of planning?
Is it really possible to reform judicial reviews of planning?
Bringing decisions back onto the Cabinet table and reforming our important but outdated system of judicial review could help break the housing deadlock, writes David Gwynn Morgan, emeritus professor of law at UCC

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

Cabinet meeting
Micheál Martin says house building in Ireland is hampered by 'gold-plating' of EU rules
Taoiseach says 'going beyond what is required' is slowing down delivery of housing and other big projects in Ireland

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

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Government to consider legislation to empower Cabinet to fast-track major infrastructure projects
This could include measures that 'circumvent' issues such as judicial reviews, the Taoiseach has said

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

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