Full coverage: Property

On the basis of his word alone, a property investor tried to convince Revenue he was entitled to €750,000 in loss relief arising from a string of major property deals. It didn't go well.

Three people living near a student accommodation project in Goatstown, Dublin 14 – one of them head of development for a co-living company – are being sued by an investor for "wrongfully delaying" the project.

Fiona Cormican has been instrumental in turning the non-profit into Ireland’s largest private landlord. From the era of grant-funded council homes to the brave new world of investment funds and cost rental, she details what has happened to Ireland’s housing market – and what needs to happen now.

Startling new data on house completions, prices, and costs over a 50-year period paints a stark, sobering picture. To achieve the government target of 30,000 new completions a year, prices must either increase by 24% or construction costs will have to fall by 40%.

Whether we like it or not, institutional investors in Irish property are here to stay. That is why it is crucial that they are properly regulated.

In the decades preceding 1916, British rulers subsidised homes to dampen the demand for Irish independence – with long-lasting consequences. What the Free State did next with this social housing stock helps explain the national property psyche.

The conflation of the pre- and post-Lehman experience of the Western banking system and that of China today is flawed. The Chinese financial system and its relationship to the broader economy is fundamentally different by design.

Most Irish households are small. Very few Irish homes are small. This mismatch is our most pressing housing need.

Forget the hype – Luke and Brian Comer’s property portfolio is not worth €5bn, yet it has been growing at breakneck speed in Ireland. An unprecedented investigation uncovers the real value of their investments and how they are financed.

In an in-depth analysis of Ireland’s rental market, Ronan Lyons charts how many properties must be built to curb spiralling rents. Demographic data also reveals what type of properties must be built, and where they should be be located.