Dublin’s homeless contracting woes come to an end as two new charities are signed up to provide housing support in the capital. The Peter McVerry Trust, however, is not fully out of the picture.
The capital has seen the slowest rental inflation in Ireland over recent years. That should be good news. Instead, it shows how badly the rental crisis has spread beyond Dublin.
The Government is betting that Revenue’s debt-collection prowess will fix a toothless derelict site levy, with a €32m debt outstanding. But the new plan ignores a fatal flaw at the local level in the current system.
The amount currently spent bidding against Irish households for a fixed pool of homes can be repurposed and recycled through a fund designed for a 40-year payback and a return no higher than the State’s own cost of borrowing.
This weekend, Nama is finally being shuttered, 17 years after it was incorporated. Its advocates point to its final financial surplus, while critics look at its role in the housing crisis. How should it be judged?
Anchoring rents to cost and tapering subsidies by income is a design, not a budget line.
Fifteen months in the role, Martin Whelan is confident the country is on the road to a long-term sustainable housing model, with key challenges like access to land and private capital still to be overcome.
Smaller households, longer lives and changing family patterns are transforming housing demand. Yet Ireland remains wedded to a model designed for a country that no longer exists.
Having acquired hundreds of rental homes across Irish cities, the young Dublin firm has reshuffled the funding of its first portfolio.
Relief of pressure on renters will require something recent rule change alone cannot deliver: viability. This is the foundation on which new homes for rent will be built at scale across Ireland.
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