:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/GNVLXUUA5JDHZBTK34HQBOEICY.jpg "Less than 12% of new buildings inspected in some counties")
Less than 12 per cent of new buildings in some counties are being inspected to see if they comply with regulations, the head of the Society...
:quality(70):focal(1575x1362:1585x1372)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/4UCHGTU4K5C5TCKVIPABBB7UUU.jpg "Ireland’s housing market is a byproduct of three mega-trends")
To bridge the affordability gap in housing markets, governments can in theory do one of two things: lower house prices or bolster the purchasing power of...
As long as the Exchequer has the tax revenues to keep the creaking edifice of housing policy standing up, then it won’t receive the emergency treatment...
:quality(70):focal(359x127:369x137)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/7RXHBFA6GBGPDPKBEYCD6H4SJY.jpg "Company linked to Marc Godart loses appeal over termination of its tenancy of Dublin property")
A company linked to landlord Marc Godart has lost an appeal over the validity of a notice terminating its tenancy of a Dublin property on grounds...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/JKPQ2DQOZK4YVYTVLOOEDMX7B4.jpg "Mary Lou McDonald shifts on €300,000 target for average Dublin house prices")
The Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald, has said her party would have a scheme to sell affordable homes in Dublin for €300,000, appearing to move...
:quality(70):focal(345x154:355x164)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ROEGEDLXJ3YZG4TXK4BUO7VEQU.jpg "Prolific apartment builder offered Castleknock resident €100,000 to drop case against Dublin co-living development")
One of the State’s most prolific apartment builders offered a Castleknock resident €100,000 to drop judicial review proceedings against a 210-bed co-living scheme on the site...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/7RXHBFA6GBGPDPKBEYCD6H4SJY.jpg "Luxembourg landlord Marc Godart renting beds to refugees in premises without fire certificate")
The Luxembourg-based landlord Marc Godart is renting beds in a Dublin property that does not have a fire certificate to refugees who are paying him in...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/4RLEJN5NDSBW6G5GZBOJZ2BL3A.jpg "Why the signs indicate the Government could be planning a November election")
The Government appears to be clearing space in its schedule to allow for a possible November election. Several department heads say they have been asked to...
A NORTHSIDE councillor has welcomed news that Cork City Council is currently working on a development using modular housing as a method of delivering new homes...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/XHFIAR7E324BWX272TR25BQ4TA.jpg "Central Bank’s decision to ease mortgage rules has fanned house prices, ESRI report concludes")
The Central Bank’s decision to relax its mortgage lending rules for first-time buyers has driven house prices higher and increased the number of borrowers in “highly...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/KLISTHHFEVG67ACQGS2OZKLGI4.jpg "‘Panicking for breath’: How a cold, damp and overcrowded home affects one mother and her children")
Sarah Williams, a pregnant mother of three girls, sleeps in the downstairs livingroom with her partner, Peter McCarthy, most nights. Black mould in their bedroom makes...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/CR4X4ZVGBFEWDKLVTSAZN5WBOY.jpg "‘Significant number’ of centres housing Ukrainians will close under 90-day policy")
A “significant number” of centres providing accommodation for those fleeing the war in Ukraine will close in the coming months, the Department of Integration has confirmed....