Last week, Daft.ie released figures that hint at the impact of the new rent controls on the Irish market. The headline was noteworthy: in the first weeks after Ireland’s new rental rules came into force at the start of March, the rental market appeared to improve. To see the improvement, it’s worth going back a couple of months. At the start of January, there were fewer than 1,200 homes available to rent across the country. This marked a fall of almost 50 per cent on the same date a year earlier, which was itself the second-lowest January figure (after 2023)…

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