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Ireland’s rental laws are changing again from 14 September 2026, with new powers for the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), public adjudication hearings and revised procedures for serving rent and tenancy notices. The changes come under the Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026 and will affect how certain rental-law breaches are enforced and how RTB disputes
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Ireland’s rental laws are changing again from 14 September 2026, with new powers for the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), public adjudication hearings and revised procedures for serving rent and tenancy notices. The changes come under the Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026 and will affect how certain rental-law breaches are enforced and how RTB disputes
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Ending a tenancy in Ireland is no longer simply a matter of giving a tenant notice and asking them to leave. Since 1 March 2026, the rules for new private tenancies have changed significantly. What a landlord can do now depends on when the tenancy began, how many tenancies the landlord has and the reason
Starting a new tenancy involves more than finding a tenant and agreeing on a monthly rent. Landlords in Ireland have a range of responsibilities before a tenant moves into a property, from keeping proper records of deposits and preparing a written tenancy agreement to documenting the condition of the home and complying with rent-setting rules.
The RTB/ESRI Rent Index provides one of the most detailed measures of rents being paid in Ireland’s private rental sector, using tenancy registration information held by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB). The index is produced using RTB registration data that is independently analysed by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). Unlike rental figures based
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