As increasing numbers of younger voters may never be able to buy their own home, it's time for the government to consider a drastic overhaul of the rental market

More than €225m of government funding earmarked for housing supply was instead used by funds to buy up houses and apartments in Maynooth, Co Kildare

Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy says it’s time for the state to halt these type of long-term leasing deals for social housing.

We may be deeply frustrated that multibillion-euro investors are now competing with individual buyers for houses, but it was the state that invited these funds into Ireland — and it may be tricky to curtail them now

The wholesale purchase of estates is a serious problem, but there are many reasons for the high cost of homes, and the most important is lack of supply

Nine of the country’s 31 local authorities have no sites listed on their vacant site register and six county councils have not valued the sites on their register

Planning board faced criticism at meeting of Public Accounts Committee

An Bord Pleanála to tell Public Accounts Committee it facilitated more than 25,000 housing units through Strategic Housing Development process

Rent in the capital fell year on year, but it rose sharply across the country

The Minister for Housing and his officials are working on changes to the planning regulations that could ringfence more than 50 per cent of the units in new developments for private buyers, but there are many obstacles to be negotiated

Last week’s debacle – where almost an entire housing estate intended for first-time buyers was snapped up by an investment firm – could spark a disaster for the parties who maintain the status quo

The government parties’ failure to solve the housing crisis could cost them dearly in the next general election

The cynical use of the Irish housing market to bolster the profits of global corporate empires is what has us in this bind. But we can get out of it if the state plays the same game, with a different aim

As would-be buyers are shut out and the political row over the bulk purchase of starter homes in Maynooth by a billion-dollar investment fund rolls on, the government is scrambling to ensure that it does not happen again

The government argues that there is no quick fix to our housing problems, but there are measures, such as preventing land hoarding and a vacant home tax, that will go towards solving the crisis

Kennedy Wilson, which has 2,067 rental units in Ireland, plans to build more than 4,000 more here up to 2024

More than 400 units snapped up by institutional funds in the past four weeks

Leo Varadkar says further changes to legislation may be required to prevent real estate investment trusts edging out first-time buyers

Investigation to take place following a Business Post report that showed landlords are using ‘incentivised rates’ that can mask a decline in rents

Micheál Martin said that the issue of institutional investors buying up housing stock will be ‘examined’ following a Business Post report of Round Hill Capital snapping up most of a newly built estate