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# rents - Wednesday 22 April, 2020
Five more areas become Rent Pressure Zones as national average monthly rent stays over €1,200
There is currently a rent freeze and a ban on evictions in place as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
# rents - Wednesday 18 March, 2020
Landlords need to recognise 'we're all in this together', says Regina Doherty
The Minister for Social Protection was speaking on RTÉ Radio One this morning.
# rents - Tuesday 18 February, 2020
UCD students protest against on-campus rent increase
Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin is to meet with some colleges over rent increases.
# rents - Monday 23 December, 2019
Martin says rents need to be controlled, but won't commit to a rent freeze if in power
A recent poll shows that 60% of people are in favour of the proposed rent freeze bill.
# rents - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
There are now seven counties in Ireland where the average monthly rent is over €1,000
Rents across the board have risen by 8.2% since last year, according to the Residential Tenancies Board.
# rents - Wednesday 9 October, 2019
'Rent controls are working': Housing minister believes rate of rising rents will moderate
The minister said RPZ rules will never bring 4% rate rise across the board.
# rents - Sunday 19 May, 2019
Explainer: What are cuckoo funds and why are people complaining about them?
Between 2012 and 2018, block purchasers bought 9,291 units in Dublin.
# rents - Monday 13 May, 2019
Minister accused of 'living in cloud cuckoo land' for saying rents are rising at a 'slow rate'
The average cost of renting a home in Ireland in the first three months of this year was at an all time high.
# rents - Tuesday 9 April, 2019
'Cuckoo funds' shutting out first-time buyers and operating tax-free need urgent review, says FF
Corporate investors known as so-called ‘cuckoo funds’ have spent over €1.1 billion on nearly 3,000 residential properties in Ireland last year
# rents - Wednesday 19 September, 2018
Opposition parties call for rent freeze, but Leo says it would be too expensive
Parties are calling for a rent freeze of up to three years.
# rents - Sunday 6 May, 2018
'Rent Pressure Zones are not working': What can be done to stop rising rents?
In Dublin, average rent rose by 12.4% year-on-year, and now sits at €1,875.
# rents - Thursday 3 May, 2018
A proposed new law aims to prevent 27% student rent hikes
The Residential Tenancies (student rents, rights and protections) Bill 2018 was introduced in the Dáil yesterday.
# rents - Thursday 12 April, 2018
Minister: 'To solve the housing crisis, we need to build thousands of affordable apartments'
Minister Eoghan Murphy has claimed the cost of building apartments has dropped by as much as 15%.
# rents - Friday 6 April, 2018
DCU president calls for government intervention as student complex hikes rents by 27%
A group of students staged the protest last night in response to the hikes.
# rents - Wednesday 14 February, 2018
Minister says there are rents in Dublin 'at a fraction of headline figures'
“I know everybody always quotes the high areas, but there are rents available at a fraction of the cost quoted on the headline figures.”
# rents - Tuesday 13 February, 2018
Poll: Have you been affected by the rental crisis?
A new report by Daft.ie shows that rent in Dublin is now €380 per month higher than at the peak of the Celtic Tiger years.
# rents - Wednesday 20 December, 2017
Residential Tenancies Board dealing with four to five illegal eviction cases a week
The RTB director said that the it was working to make sure landlords were “doing the right thing” across a number of areas when it came to renting.
# rents - Thursday 23 November, 2017
These new rules aim to help tenants if landlords seek a 'back door' around rent limits
The Residential Tenancies Board wants to make clear what constitutes ‘substantial change’ to a property.
# rents - Monday 28 August, 2017
Penneys and discount supermarkets are making other retailers decrease their prices
Intense competition is forcing retailers to pass on cost savings, according to Savills’ latest retail report.
# rents - Wednesday 16 August, 2017
Locked out: Most people on housing benefits still can't afford to rent
The Simon Community study found that some 630 properties available to rent are beyond the reach of those on HAP.
# rents - Monday 10 July, 2017
Retailers say the rates they have to pay are way too high and it's damaging business
Retail Ireland has called for urgent reform of the rates system.
# rents - Wednesday 5 July, 2017
A tenants' group will protest outside the country's biggest private landlord today
Members of the Dublin Tenants’ Association will today picket outside the offices of Ires Reit.
# rents - Thursday 15 June, 2017
Rents are up across the country, but down in Dublin
The average cost of renting in the country across all properties is now €987.
# rents - Sunday 28 May, 2017
Fraud, high rents, no accommodation: The problems facing Ireland's international students
International students studying in Ireland are facing a myriad of problems.
# rents - Thursday 2 March, 2017
Coveney says he will regulate Airbnb if 'satisfactory arrangement' not reached over renting
The Housing Minister wants to make it very clear that those who want to use AirBnb need to do so responsibly.
# rents - Saturday 18 February, 2017
The 19 most expensive cities in the world to rent a property
Do you have a spare €1,946 per month?
# rents - Wednesday 11 January, 2017
How to fix Ireland's rent crisis? We put your questions to Minister Simon Coveney live
There was a large volume of questions sent in by readers covering a wide range of issues.
# rents - Monday 9 January, 2017
Rent crisis: TheJournal.ie to ask Minister Simon Coveney YOUR rent questions on Facebook
We’ll be live from Facebook headquarters at 6pm on Wednesday so get your questions on rent in now.
# rents - Thursday 15 December, 2016
Poll: If the Government falls over rents, would you vote the same way again in another election?
This morning the barely six-month-old government is facing a major crisis over Fianna Fáil’s objections to its rental plans.
# rents - Wednesday 14 December, 2016
Simon Coveney rules out reducing rent cap limit from 4% to 2%
Fianna Fáil has criticised government proposals to limit rent increases in “pressure zones” in Dublin and Cork.
# rents - Tuesday 13 December, 2016
'Rent pressure zones' to be introduced with immediate effect in Dublin and Cork
The government has launched its plan to tackle rising rents.
# rents - Wednesday 30 November, 2016
Out of reach: 'Young people now have nowhere to rent in the city that they work in'
The government is set to oppose Sinn Féin’s bill on rent certainty.
# rents - Tuesday 8 November, 2016
'Disastrous effects' as average rents across Ireland have soared to an all-time high
The annual rate of rental inflation is almost 12%, the highest level ever recorded by Daft.ie.
# rents - Thursday 20 October, 2016
Crisis in rental market 'won't be fixed by simply capping rents'
The government’s national strategy for the rental sector will be published by the end of the year.
# rents - Thursday 15 September, 2016
Dublin rents have bypassed the Celtic Tiger peak and reached an all-time high
The Residential Tenancy Board index shows the surge in rents has now spread outside of the capital.
# rents - Tuesday 2 August, 2016
It's a nightmare to find students digs, so the government is hiring someone to help
An allocation of €49,000 has been given for a new student accommodation officer.
# rents - Thursday 9 June, 2016
Rents in Dublin have now smashed through their highest Celtic Tiger price level
The pace of price growth has slowed in recent times, however.
# rents - Tuesday 3 May, 2016
Do you have to move out because your landlord is selling up? Now they'll have to prove it
The aim is to stop landlords putting properties back on the market for higher rent.
# rents - Saturday 2 April, 2016
Man can't afford to live anywhere - builds bedroom 'pod' in someone else's apartment
If you think the rents in Dublin are crazy, you should see what they’re like in San Francisco, California…
# rents - Tuesday 15 March, 2016
Rents around the country are still rising, rising, rising...
Rents nationwide were up almost 10% last year, while in Dublin they now outstrip the peak levels of 2007.
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Poll: Will you go to a pub/restaurant when they're permitted to open on 29 June?
THE PLAN TO re-open Ireland has accelerated rapidly, after the Taoiseach yesterday announced a string of guidelines that had been brought forward.
One of those guidelines concerns pubs. The original plan had been to re-open them at the beginning of Phase Five in August, but under the new plans pubs that serve food will be permitted to open when Phase Three begins on 29 June.
They do not require a restaurant licence to open but must comply with strict social distancing protocols which would prohibit gatherings around the bar and require people to be served at appropriately spaced tables.
Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan urged pubs to be “sensible” yesterday, and added that a few “fellas drinking pints and eating a packet of peanuts” will not constitute a pub operating as a restaurant.
Restaurants will also be permitted to open from this date, as long as they adhere to the above protocols.
So, today we’re asking you: Will you go to a pub/restaurant when they’re permitted to open on 29 June?
Poll Results:
I'll leave it a week or two, maybe longer (4681)
No (3272)
Maybe sometime during that week (2976)
Yes, on the 29th (2437)
I wouldn't usually frequent them anyway (1117)
Not sure (895)
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