In February 2022, during leaders’ questions, Mary Lou McDonald accused Fianna Fáil of exacerbating the housing crisis by giving preferential treatment to so-called cuckoo funds.
A single Irish fund, already one of the biggest landlords in the state, has in the last six months bought more than 150 second-hand homes.
I don’t think Limerick is “looking into the abyss as a city” unless the state gives more funding to its local gardaí.
A former Labour Party TD wants you to think that “Airbnb recognises the historic housing challenges facing Ireland” and that the company wants “to be part of the solution”.
Heather Humphreys today refused to explain to The Ditch why she’s never sought planning permission for using two derelict residential properties she owns as office storage.
Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe hasn’t declared farming income in his Dáil ethics returns.
Landlord Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen failed to declare his rental income from farmland that he hadn’t acknowledged his ownership of for almost a decade.
Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe lied about his homeownership and living circumstances when making a successful planning application – submitted using the Irish version of his name – for what would be his third home.
We’re not supposed to talk about blood.
A Dublin City Council architect is illegally letting her one-bedroom Dublin apartment to tourists for up to €380 a night.
One of the so-called independent TDs – himself a landlord – who is to effectively back government on the abolition of the eviction ban misled his local council to secure planning permission for a rental property.
Following interventions from junior minister Niall Collins in an already decided planning application, Limerick City and Council dropped a €10,000 development levy it had imposed on the applicant.