Families lose out, again.
Highlight crisis for homeless
“These sanctions may backfire, and it could very well be us that end up revolting against our leaders”
No ‘balanced regional development’
Research from Eurostat has shown that Ireland had the third highest level of rent increases in the EU between 2020 and the third quarter of 2021. Rents here have jumped by almost 70% in that period, compared to an EU average growth of under 20%. Interestingly, house prices have “only” increased by close to the […]
Selling Ireland has Cromwellian echoes
The leader of the Rural Group, Mattie McGrath TD has long campaigned on the need for extensive renovation grants to be made available to restore properties
And students can’t have it both ways
Garda investigation is ongoing.
“HAP rates have to be addressed in the short term…”
One of the metrics that charted the improvement in working people’s lives over the past century or more was the increase in home ownership. From a situation where most people lived in rented or otherwise non private accommodation, home ownership rose steadily in the western democracies to a situation where most people in most countries […]
Senator Rónán Mullen (Ind) has said that Sinn Féin is acting to deliberately prolong the housing crisis for political gain. The comments were made during a recent Seanad discussion of the Land Development Agency Bill 2021. Senator Mullen said that there were “two primary reasons” for the failure of local authorities to address housing needs […]