Tourism

Government places no limit on short-term letting licences

New licence system set up to regulate sector and return up to 12,000 illegal lets to main residential market

Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism: property owners will be required to register each home listed on websites such as Airbnb and Booking.com. Picture: Fergal Phillips

No limit has been placed on the number of short-term letting licences that can be issued by Fáilte Ireland, the Business Post has learned.

Last week Catherine Martin, the Minister for Tourism, announced that property owners would be required to register each home they listed on websites like Airbnb and Booking.com, and secure a licence from Fáilte Ireland, from early 2023.

The new system has been set up in a bid to improve the regulation ...