Land Development Agency staff share €2m in bonuses
State’s affordable homes builder says rewards help it compete with private-sector firms for workers
Housing crisis
Deadline closes for further legal challenges to 1,000 affordable Dundrum homes
As Central Mental Hospital site build begins, Taoiseach plays down Land Development Agency ‘go away’ payment
US-backed social housing landlord returned €15m to investors ahead of sale
First Step Homes was sold to Home For Life for close to €70m in April
There’s a good chance Ireland will come to regret this boomtime period as a missed opportunity
Country acts like it’s poor when it’s actually rich and should be thinking more strategically about its wealth
Minister misses the target with increase in Help to Buy tax break
Little point in offering first-time buyers greater tax relief unless there are properties they can buy
Budget 2027 main points: everything you need to know
Here is our list of the key measures expected to be announced in Budget 2027 at lunchtime
Housing crisis perpetuating child poverty crisis
Cross-departmental ownership, action and attention needed
Council urges Johnny Ronan lobbyist Coveney to honour Glass Bottle site affordable housing plan
No affordable purchase homes secured with council negotiating for alternative cost-rental scheme
Public spending hits record level as watchdog sharply criticises Budget 2027
A package of tax reductions announced by Minister for Finance Simon Harris will see lower and middle income workers benefit
Rent tax credit increased to €1,150 for single people
Minister for Housing James Browne said there was no need for an increase in the €500,000 ceiling despite construction inflation
Budget 2027: Does this giveaway budget have potential banana skins that might lie ahead for the Government?
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‘I was shocked by it because of the spin beforehand’: How a healthcare worker, engineer and student view Budget 2027
Student says budget lacks any ‘meaningful’ action to resolve accommodation crisis and fails to protect students from fare increases
Punishing public servants will not cut class sizes or A&E waits or solve housing crisis
Anger over pay awards for those who provide vital services should be redirected towards Government
Better homes for communities, not taller apartment buildings, are the solution
Lower-quality flats are wrong way to meet urgent need for affordable properties
Ireland records one of lowest rates of house price inflation in euro zone
Latest Eurostat figures provide more evidence of slowdown in Irish house prices
Budget 2027: Rent tax credit could increase to €1,200 per person at higher level
Universal reduction of €150 in college fees on the cards
The budget I want: A home owner, house hunter, parent, pensioner and business owner
Parents, homeowners, professionals, farmers, healthcare workers and people with disabilities discuss their priorities
Spanish right-wing politicians defeat housing crisis plan as protest movement grows
Opposition lawmakers join forces to scupper proposals by socialist-led coalition after 87-year-old’s eviction
The slow death of the buy-to-let mortgage
They once turbo-charged the property market. Now they’re a dying breed
Irish house price growth slows as higher interest rates bite
Sherry Fitzgerald’s latest snapshot of the market points to slowdown in price inflation
Means-tested pensioners should be exempt from property tax
Many bought their their own homes, at huge interest rates, rather than rely on the State
Commissioning reports to delay taking action
If we made paper bricks from all the ignored reports commissioned over the years, we could probably build enough homes to end homelessness
Budget should focus on actual need rather than ‘mandatory perks’
The Government needs to be bold and strategic in ensuring that we can fund infrastructure delivery
Farewell to Irish real estate investment trusts. You won’t be missed
Decision to harness private capital for housing market was reasonable, but problems were obvious
‘I can’t find anything else’: Father of four pleads with court enforcing eviction orders
Tenant and landlord cases before one judge reveal wider pressure in rental housing crisis
The Dublin apartment complex and its criminal underworld connections
In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison
What is behind the slowdown in Ireland’s property prices?
New home supply outside Dublin is up but there is also a definite cooling on the demand side of the equation
How an elderly Madrid woman’s eviction became a new flashpoint in Spain’s housing crisis
Prime minister Pedro Sánchez seeking solutions as protesters demand action on soaring rental prices
Dublin housing market stalls as cost of living creates ‘uncertainty’
Estate agent group REA’s latest index indicates sale prices rose by just 0.1% in third quarter
‘My youngest child will probably be bearded before the national children’s hospital opens’
A lot has happened - and a lot hasn’t happened - since Michelle Gallen and her husband decided to move from London to Dublin a decade ago
The budget is now like a children’s party, with a prize for everyone
It may be some time before the ‘winners’ realise that the budget goodies were a costly mistake
LDA closes in on €21m deal for UCC’s IMI campus in Sandyford
The executive education group, the Business Post and RedC Research & Marketing have offices based on the land near Dundrum Town Centre
Proposal for Julianstown bypass and public realm works enjoys widespread support
Residents have campaigned for more than 40 years for this project to reverse neglect and dereliction
Buckingham Village was supposed to reinvigorate Dublin’s inner city. By 2022, it was its worst slum
The north inner city flat complex has had more warning notices in recent years than any other development in Dublin
Accenture’s Irish profits and BNY buys its Dublin HQ
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Tax cuts in Budget 2027 for renovating vacant properties ‘could boost housing supply’
Regulations and planning requirements hinder renovation work, claims Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland
Finland cut homelessness by 80 per cent with housing-first policy, Irish conference hears
Ireland, with a similar population, has thousands more homeless people
Help to buy threshold for first-time buyers unlikely to be raised in budget
Minister for Housing James Browne facing opposition in Government for a €20,000 increase in the threshold
Dublin landlords selling up in greater numbers amid new rent rules
Downsizing accounts for just 4% of Dublin housing sales, DNG report shows
Delivery of new homes continues to be stubbornly low and slow
Minister for Finance says budget measures will focus on boosting supply of housing, but for who?
Harris points to jobs, housing supports after poll shows young people considering leaving
Tánaiste defends record while acknowledging ‘real challenges and pressures’
Big progress made in removing obstacles to critical projects, infrastructure tsar says
Former Glen Dimplex chief executive Sean O’Driscoll says the Government has delivered on plans
Should Ireland share its corporation tax bonanza with the EU?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Do you live in an apartment in continental Europe? Share your experience
Are apartments abroad simply more spacious and better for everyday family life? Or is there something in the Irish psyche?
More than half of Irish business owner-managers think Coalition is ‘anti-business’
Survey indicates a growing sense of dissatisfaction with infrastructure development and tax policy
Irish people don’t want to live in ‘mostly awful’ apartments. Here are five ways to fix them
Apartment living was historically seen as ‘unnatural’ in Ireland. But attitudes won’t change until standards do
Seven out of 10 under-25s consider emigrating for a ‘better life’
Housing, cost of living and good jobs identified as chief concerns in national youth council survey
Disagreement over plan to increase Help to Buy scheme to €50,000
Proposal was rejected by Simon Harris, who is separately warning about the impact of Ireland’s ageing population on tax base
Corporate landlord credits profit surge to housing shortage
A firm linked to Axa’s investment arm reported €24 million of earnings from its rental investments in Ireland last year
Planning permissions for new homes jump 60%
CSO says total number of dwelling units approved in between April and June was 11,912
Housing reports paint two different pictures of market, but reach similar conclusion
Central Bank and banking lobby group BPFI provide latest insights into State’s most pressing problem
Home completions rise but still trailing Government targets
BPFI data shows market still below level needed to hit 300,000 new homes by 2030
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