Last week, after several months of uncertainty, the Government outlined the replacement for Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs)  At a high level, there had been reasonably widespread agreement that the RPZs, in their post-2021 form, had been detrimental to the very investment that would bring about an end to the rental crisis that has been getting worse for over 10 years. Even then, there were those who weren’t so sure – some argued that the fall-off in investment seen in Ireland was mirrored in other countries. True, the macroeconomic environment certainly changed in 2022, pushing up yields everywhere and turning previously…

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