Question: What could cause a house that hasn’t been occupied for several years to spontaneously burst into flames mere days before a traveller family were due to move in? Gardaí in Galway are investigating a fire which extensively damaged a house which had been recently purchased to accommodate a Traveller family. The fire at the […]
So that wealthy overseas investors could buy up the country? Luke Kelly wrote a poem some time around the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising lamenting the failure of the Irish state to implement the Proclamation’s pledge to “secure the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland.” With the exponential growth in […]
Last week, we reported on a startling study from The Lancet which warned that a population crash – where the number of people in a country starts to shrink – was fast-approaching and would have a devastating impact on societies. With fewer and fewer young people to support an ageing world population, we face massive […]
A High Court judge has been criticised by protesters after they alleged that she threatened to involve “outside agencies” relating to their children during a hearing into a housing case. The case involved a building firm which has taken a High Court proceeding against protestors involved with the ongoing “House the Irish First” demonstration in […]
“We have no where to live” University authorities are raising the price of accommodation on campus by 12.5% – an increase students say they cannot afford. With housing and accommodation already a major issue in the capital, they say its putting university out of their reach #gript
A report released today from KBC bank indicates that first-time buyers need to be earning nearly €100,000 a year to secure a mortgage for a new home in Dublin. In the real world, that means at least 80% of Irish people are now priced out of the housing market in the capital. KBC’s study noted that the […]
One of the questions arising from our look at the role of cuckoo funds in the Irish property market is whether it is possible for states to curb their power and influence. Are there any countries which have been able to prevent international funds gaining a major foothold within their domestic housing market and pricing […]
Trying to own your own home, but it seems more and more out of your reach? BEN SCALLAN looks at issues on the demand on homes and on the taxes and levies that make the price of a new house more expensive #gript
One of the main issues in the recent election was housing. We live in a state where even those who can afford to in many cases cannot buy or rent a place to live. That is a major fail on any level. It is going to be exacerbated by the state’s plan to increase the […]
A new report published today has revealed that 92% of renters in Dublin Docklands are coming from abroad to work in the city – and they are pricing locals out of the rental market. The Docklands Residential Report 2020 is published by Owen Reilly Estate Agency which sells and rents homes in the area. They found that […]
“Housing”, we are told by the Irish left, “is a human right”. It’s an interesting statement, in that it is both ambitious, and hugely limiting. On the one hand, there clearly is a human right to shelter, and not to be left exposed to the elements. On the other hand, a “house” is not a […]
Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has survived a vote of no-confidence, mostly because Fianna Fáil abstained from voting against the government they continue to prop up despite the crisis in health and housing. The vote took place on the same day that the Department of Housing released October figures showing that another new record has been set […]