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Housing

Construction

Warning Irish infrastructure could be delayed as engineering firms search for staff

Businesses are now looking at hybrid working where possible to attract people from overseas
  • Killian Woods
  • February 1, 2023
Housing

Housing completions to drop 8% in 2023, falling short of government target, analysts say

Davy predicts 27,500 home completions this year – even as the government targets 29,000
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 1, 2023
Housing

Landlords leaving rental market blame high taxes and low profits

RTB survey shows feeling among landlords that taxes are too high and regulatory environment is too stringent
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 1, 2023
Business Post's View

Editorial: Government needs to prove it can respond to the housing crisis

The Minister for Housing is promising an overhaul of the planning process and a new Bord Pleanála, but he needs to ensure that this is not merely a rejigging and rebranding of the current system
  • Business Post
  • January 29, 2023
Housing

John Walsh: HSE failures show why Ireland should not throw endless money at housing

If it is not viable to build houses when prices have never been higher, at what point does it become viable?
  • John Walsh
  • January 28, 2023
Housing

Conor O’Connell: Extraordinary times mean a unified effort is needed to build homes for all

We are entering a difficult phase of housing development as escalating costs coincide with land shortages and other problems, but housing initiatives, planning advances and a cooperative approach could boost delivery
  • Conor O'Connell
  • January 28, 2023
Housing

Push for eviction ban to be extended as number of homeless hits new high

Chief executive of Depaul says continuing the eviction ban beyond the end of March is necessary to ease the pressure on housing services
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 27, 2023
Housing

Darragh O’Brien hails Housing for All beating targets but says new measures may be needed

New figures show almost 30,000 new homes were built in 2022, more than 5,000 above the government’s target
  • Aaron Rogan
  • January 26, 2023
Housing

Almost 60% of fast-track housing applications in 2022 yet to be decided on by An Bord Pleanála

A major backlog has developed within the planning authority that means almost 29,000 housing units submitted under the Strategic Housing Development process are still awaiting a decision
  • Lorcan Allen
  • January 26, 2023
Housing

Campaigners say 100% Celtic Tiger redress shows ‘discrimination’ against mica homeowners

Mica Action Group says €2.5 billion scheme for up to 100,000 apartments is more comprehensive than scheme for those in Donegal, Mayo and elsewhere
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 25, 2023
Planning

Dublin student village refused planning permission to prevent ‘overbearing’ on nearby properties

Hazelwood has sought permission to build two new rooms for its shared accommodation on Botanic Avenue
  • Killian Woods
  • January 25, 2023
Housing

State housing body prioritises 3 bed homes for first-time buyers

Home Building Finance Ireland was set up after developers said access to finance was a major barrier to construction projects
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • January 25, 2023
Housing

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund cuts its stake in Irish housebuilder Glenveagh

GIC was one of the company’s first backers when it went public in 2017
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • January 25, 2023
Business Post's View

Editorial: Amateurish property developers are a menace to public finances

Over and over, Irish property developers have shown a lack of competence, imagination or foresight, and then do nothing but assign blame elsewhere
  • Business Post
  • January 21, 2023
Politics

Elaine Byrne: The ‘rainy day’ Fine Gael is saving for is here – it’s called the housing crisis

Housing has already cost the government two ministers, and there is every chance that it will cause further instability in the months ahead
  • Elaine Byrne
  • January 21, 2023
Housing

Developers may turn offices into houses to speed up delivery of homes in Ireland, CBRE says

The real estate group said that the repurposing of commercial properties into housing has become a feature of other markets
  • Business Post
  • January 19, 2023
Property

House prices rose by 8.6% in November 2022 but rate of growth continuing to slow

Despite the house price rises, figures from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office show property inflation actually slowed for the eighth month in a row
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 18, 2023
Housing

Housing crisis a ‘big pinch point’ in recruiting overseas workers, Enterprise Ireland warns

Leo Clancy said that larger Irish firms are struggling to recruit staff from abroad because of a lack of accommodation
  • Business Post
  • January 17, 2023
Housing

Ian Guider: Forget crisis summits on housing, the government needs to get its cheque book out

The state does not have the expertise, people or time to build much-needed housing and apartments, so it needs to pay others to do so – and fast
  • Ian Guider
  • January 14, 2023
Housing

Developers could get tax breaks to build apartments

The government is considering financial incentives to activate 70,000 idle planning permissions, but any such tax breaks would not apply to houses
  • Michael Brennan
  • January 14, 2023

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