Landlords ‘hoarding’ homes may face new tax
The Minister for Housing is aiming to examine ways to prevent homes lying vacant during the current housing crisis
Solicitors and estate agents join up to fight negative interest rates
AIB and Bank of Ireland plan to introduce penalties on client accounts holding more than €2.5 million
Law Society ‘not ruling out suing’ over negative rates on client accounts
AIB and Bank of Ireland target client accounts that hold more than €2.5 million to €3 million to ‘enormous dismay’ of solicitors
Law Society fights back against negative interest rates on client accounts
The organisation has claimed plans by Bank of Ireland and AIB will place an ‘enormous burden’ on solicitors
Restrictive rules may have played part in ‘flawed’ mother and baby home report
The public outcry against the mother and baby homes report has led to calls for it to be reviewed, but what led to its findings being universally criticised?
Hundreds of luxury apartments controlled by US fund lie vacant in capital
Kennedy Wilson real estate firm sees high vacancy rate for phase three apartments in Clancy Quay in Dublin 8 and the 22-storey Capital Dock in Docklands
Production backlog at Bayer causes contraceptive shortages
Commonly prescribed birth-control pills may not be available until as late as April due to issues at plant
Lobby group warns that cinemas are ‘at brink of collapse’
State worked with industry figures to hammer out safe opening protocols after intense pressure from sector during second lockdown
‘Number of solicitors becoming High and Supreme Court judges will rise’
President of High Court says the lion’s share of legal work in Ireland is carried out by solicitors
Making It Work: Irish firms join forces to battle pandemic
Mullingar-based SteriPack makes Covid-19 test kits and masks while systems support from Sligo business SL Controls will triple the speed of manufacturing
Finding a way out: the ‘double closet’ of being homeless and LGBTQI+
Despite marriage equality, homelessness remains a significant issue in the LGBTQI+ community, where people who are rejected by family are too afraid for their safety to access homeless services
Night vision: Why we’re all dreaming so vividly, and what it means
From spider invasions to lightning strikes, a mix of anxiety and lack of stimulation is causing vivid pandemic dreams for many. Is our subconscious trying to help us cope? Or does it mean anything at all?
Game changers: how Irish social progress is reflected in sport
Black Irish sportspeople have joined together to convey a message of positive change through the lens of Sportsfile photographer Ramsey Cardy
Speaking volumes: meet the voice artists behind your favourite audiobooks
Audiobooks are having a moment. The voice telling the story, however, is most often not that of the author. So who are the people we’ve heard so much from, but know so little about? What’s it like to speak on behalf of James Joyce one day, Eoin Colfer by way of Artemis Fowl the next?
Home comforts: how workers are adjusting to pandemic life
It’s not news to say that our homes have become our everything: encompassing work, life, relationships and play. We asked five people working in very different fields to share how their working from home life has evolved in recent weeks, and what this period has revealed about their careers and themselves
Destination anywhere: moving house during a pandemic
Since mid-March, our homes have been our whole world. But a handful of people have had no choice but to move house, or even country, at this scary and uncertain time. These are their stories
Remote control: a gifting guide for today’s singular times
What most of us want right now is to be with our loved ones, especially for special occasions like birthdays, graduations, anniversaries or simply when things are getting a bit too much. Sarah Taaffe-Maguire selects some of the most thoughtful gifts you can click to send
No sustain, no gain: how sustainable shopping is taking off
Sustainably minded stores offering customers an alternative way to shop have seen demand for their products grow during the lockdown. Sarah Taaffe-Maguire meets three business owners readying themselves for renewed success
The secret life of birds: follow this advice for birdwatcher beginners and you’ll be flying it
Are there suddenly more birds? No, we can just hear them now. If you’re looking at birds, you’re birdwatching, says Niall Hatch of Birdwatch Ireland – a group with loads of great resources to help you identify your new feathered friends
Portraits of the young artists
All over the country, kids are making light of the lockdown and letting their imagination run wild to create art