A mother and son have failed in their bid to prevent one of Ireland’s largest residential landlords from evicting them from their home in Galway, after a Tenancy Tribunal upheld the validity of a notice of termination. Leila Urazbaeva and Abay Zhaigaliyev were renting a two-bedroom property at Monivea Park in Ballybane from Xerico Limited

Dublin City Council’s Housing Strategic Policy Committee has backed a motion calling for the reversal of rent increases introduced for council and other social housing tenants earlier this year. The motion, proposed by People Before Profit councillor Conor Reddy, passed by 11 votes to eight at the committee and comes as councillors prepare for the