It’s not a housing crisis for everyone – let’s meet some landlords: the Church of Ireland, a Department of Foreign Affairs civil servant and an insurance giant

Times of crisis aren’t the same for all of us. For some, Ireland’s housing crisis is an opportunity for profit. Let’s meet some of the lucky ones.

State-funded domestic violence charity sought to evict woman just before Christmas

A state-funded domestic violence charity was permitted to evict a woman from one of its properties just before Christmas last year.

Leo, landlord: Varadkar lets his Castleknock two-bed for €1,600 a month

Varadkar last summer moved into his partner Matthew Barret’s €845,000 Dublin 8 house and his Castleknock apartment had lain dormant since. It was recently advertised to rent by O’Connell Properties for €1,600 a month. The estate agents confirmed to The Ditch that the property is now let.

HSE spent more than €1,000 a week storing Virapro hand sanitiser – for more than a year

For more than a year the HSE has spent over €1,000 a week storing toxic Virapro hand sanitiser.

‘Fuck gender quotas. What's next, positive discrimination racially in the workforce’: Fianna Fáil TD’s Twitter account

A series of tweets featuring ableist slurs, heavy criticism of gender quotas and positive discrimination, as well as a remark about not wanting a gay president has been deleted from a Fianna Fáil TD’s Twitter account.

Meet Ireland's three biggest landlords: They own almost half the institutional market and their cheapest one-bed is more than €1,500 a month

The three biggest landlords in Ireland control almost half the institutional rental market. The cheapest property they’re offering is more than €1,500 a month, a one=bed apartment in Donohoe’s Dublin Central constituency.

‘There’s simply no case to answer’: Charge dismissed against former MEP who alleges garda misconduct

A former Fianna Fáil MEP who alleges he’s endured a campaign of “inappropriate and malicious” conduct from gardaí today had a case against him for a public order offence dismissed.

HSE awarded €2 million ransomware ‘independent review’ contract without tender

The HSE awarded a longtime partner a €2 million contract without tender for an “independent review” into this summer’s ransomware attack, according to records released to The Ditch.

Rent increased by 116 percent after receiver’s sale of south Dublin flats

A well-known Dublin property investor purchased six flats from a receiver earlier this year and has re-let them with rent increases of up to 116 percent.

These aren’t ‘accidental landlords’: half of Fine Gael party trustees are landlords with multiple properties

Half of Fine Gael’s trustees are investor landlords. The party’s longest serving trustee owns over 30 rental properties, according to land registry records.

Paschal Donohoe’s ex-driver and Fine Gael constituency organiser evicts tenants and buys repossessed vulture fund properties for Prussia Street landlord

A former ministerial driver for Paschal Donohoe and Fine Gael constituency treasurer, Martin Sadlier, has tried to enforce unlawful evictions for Prussia Street landlord the McGrath Group.

Attempted eviction on Prussia Street relied on court order that expired three years ago

The 23 Prussia Street landowners relied on a court order that expired over three years ago for last month's attempted eviction at the site.