Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)

For those who can afford it, gifting while alive rather than waiting to leave something as an inheritance makes a lot of sense in terms of tax planning

How are people with disposable income of €20,067 to afford the average rent of €17,280?

We hear a lot about ‘accidental landlords’ making ‘pin money’. The data tells a very different story

The tenant, who was pregnant at the time, told the tribunal her decision to leave was made ‘under duress’

RTB tribunal found notices of termination for of anti-social behaviour were invalid

Locks changed and belongings removed after he sought refund on overpaid rent, he said

RTB says new teams needed to handle changes to rental market, including end to no-fault evictions and national rent controls

The rent squeeze is hitting the most well-off tenants - 14% of them pay over 30% of their income on rent, versus 3% in other countries

We recently invited readers to submit queries on incoming rental changes. Here’s a selection of them, with our responses

The Residential Tenancies Board is having increasing success in prosecuting often-evasive rogue landlords, who often target foreign students through language schools

In the News podcast: To clear the confusion around new RPZ rules we asked our readers for their questions

For a group of people in Applewood village, Swords, the landlord doesn’t need a reason to remove them

With rents across the State rising at the fastest rate in decades, people tell us about the challenges tenants face

Sweet Home Accommodation Ltd issued €22,000 fine for breach of rental laws at six city centre properties

Property letting agent allegedly divided sittingroom/living spaces into bedrooms and rented them without written tenancy agreements

Representative of Quinn Property Management tells tribunal that agent will call or text before arrival in future

An advertisement showed the vacated property available for a period of three years at a monthly rent of €2,200, the tribunal heard

Tribunal orders tenant to pay maximum allowable €27,600 in arrears plus damages of €5,000

Residential Tenancies Board says notice of termination was invalid, but rules out compensation

Tribunal orders woman claiming ‘elite status in her bloodline’ to pay more than €4,000 in rent arrears

Plus: Michael O’Leary’s brush with the Residential Tenancies Board; and Michael Lynn’s latest legal move

Mother of two says housing charities and local council advised not to leave the property because ‘there is nothing else out there’

Landlord unlawfully entered flat, changed locks and removed man’s possessions, tribunal found

RTB body orders couple to vacate Cork City property and pay some €8,000 in rent arrears

But Residential Tenancies Board unable to uphold validity of landlord’s notice to terminate occupiers’ lease

‘Hands-on’ landlord Rita Kelly is ordered to pay €2,000 damages to tenant

I’m leaning towards keeping the property for my children

Limerick city saw the largest annual increase in rents in the country last year, according to Residential Tenancies Board data

Group controlled by Dublin-based Yong Wu is part of wave of Chinese investment in property in the capital

Group buying properties in Dublin 1 and 3 is providing services to high net-worth Chinese, says LinkedIn profile

Plus: the Conor McGregor donation that never was; agent Noel Kelly’s unchanged fortunes at RTÉ; and the four Oireachtas members with prize-bond fever

Plus: Marc MacSharry will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree; Sammy Wilson’s silence; and Henry Kelly’s political allegiance

Former Student’s Union president László Molnárfi lodged dispute over ‘paternalistic’ overnight policy

Number of institutional landlords in capital has grown, with average rent for new tenancies at €2,226

Call them ‘seomraí’, ‘shedsits’ or garden cabins, the Government’s plan to relax rules on garden dwellings is dividing experts

Bernard Jackman correction, confusion around a Love/Hate revival and Michael O’Leary’s former Russian tenants

RTB data identifies 16,000 ‘tenancies of concern’ with rent rises above 2 per cent

Plus: Imma cafe operator departs over contract changes; former Ponzi schemer takes up golf; and Patagonia wants to shut the world out

Leonardo De Oliveira Lima highlighted issues with gates, CCTV, intercoms and heaters at his Swords apartment complex

In separate case, tenant told by RTB to pay arrears of €12k on property where electricity had been cut off due to non-payment of bill