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Eight households in Caislean Thorlaigh, Doughiska, are seeking urgent political intervention after receiving notices to…
BRUSSELS — Young adults across Europe are reaching independence at very different stages of their lives, with new Eurostat figures showing a substantial gap between countries where people leave the family home in their early twenties and those where they remain with their parents into their thirties. Across the European Union, the average age for
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Eight households in Caislean Thorlaigh, Doughiska, are seeking urgent political intervention after receiving notices to…
Ireland’s housing crisis is creating serious difficulties for one-parent families, with some…
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Rental Market
The average monthly rent for a double room reached €812 in the second quarter of 2026, while advertised room availability remained below historical levels, adding to the pressure on people relying on shared accommodation. Ireland’s room-rental market remains under pressure,…
Eight households in Caislean Thorlaigh, Doughiska, are seeking urgent political intervention after receiving notices to leave their homes. The tenants include single-parent families, children with additional needs and people with serious medical conditions. They say a proposed council purchase of…
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Landlords & Tenants
Renters’ campaign groups in England are encouraging tenants to challenge proposed rent increases—even when they believe they can afford them—prompting warnings from landlord representatives that the advice could slow tribunal proceedings. Tenant groups have urged renters to refer proposed rent…
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People applying for social housing in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown must complete the council’s application form, provide supporting documents and meet its eligibility criteria. The council says it cannot predict how long applicants will wait for an offer. Applying for social housing…
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Students looking for accommodation in Ireland can encounter very different rental arrangements, and…
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DUBLIN — The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) plays a central role in Ireland’s…
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View MoreIreland’s national rent-control system introduced on 1 March 2026 limits most rent increases during a tenancy, but landlords can still reset a rent to market level in specific circumstances. The rules replaced the previous Rent Pressure Zone system with a national framework covering private tenancies across Ireland. For most private tenancies, rent can be increased
The UK’s private rental market is entering a period of significant change, but the latest figures on small landlords leaving the sector need to be read more carefully than the headline numbers suggest. An estimated 30,000 small buy-to-let landlords are reported to have disappeared from the market in the year to April 2025, according to
Rents paid by people entering new tenancies rose sharply in the first three months of 2026, with the average monthly rent reaching €1,839 as Ireland’s new rental rules came into effect The latest analysis of Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) data shows that rents for new tenancies increased by 9.1% year-on-year in the first quarter. That
More than half of landlords surveyed by property group LRG say they are now more likely to ask prospective tenants for a guarantor when they do not comfortably meet affordability checks. The finding comes from LRG’s Summer 2026 Lettings Report, which surveyed 717 landlords and 860 tenants across England and Wales. It provides an early
Two tenants in Co Meath have been ordered to pay more than €31,000 in…