Sinn Féin plan for affordable homes will meet lending requirements, Ó Broin says
Plan ‘would provide banks with the exact same security as the current government schemes do’, says party’s housing spokesman
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‘Game on for this election’, McDonald says, as Sinn Féin gains momentum
Latest Irish Times/B&A Ipsos poll shows sharp drop in support for Fine Gael and modest boost for Sinn Féin
Election 2024: What are the issues in housing?
From building targets and government supports for prospective house buyers to rising rents and building defects, housing is a central issue in this election
A new energy? A new lethargy might be more accurate
Election 2024: In the final week of the campaign, plenty of people still don’t know how they’re going to vote
The potential threats to Ireland now come in four guises
Ireland is depicted as a hellhole when in fact it’s one of the world’s most successful economies
New Irish citizens: ‘I hear the racist and xenophobic slurs on the streets. Everything is blamed on immigrants’
Irish citizens who were born elsewhere, from Brazil to Poland, give thoughts on racism, childcare and Irish democracy
Louth councillors vote to dezone residential land earmarked for hundreds of new homes near Dundalk
Vote by councillors from Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, the Greens and Sinn Féin will block plans by housebuilder Glenveagh to construct 500 homes near a town designated a regional growth centre
Many Irish have voted with their feet but can’t vote in the election. The reason is plain
What are opponents to voting abroad so afraid of? The explanations of ‘it’s too hard’ or ‘it’s too risky’ feel threadbare and lazy
Cost of refurbishments of boarded-up Dublin council homes to hit €50,000 each
Council chief Richard Shakespeare says ‘not realistic’ to keep borrowing to cover costs
‘I wouldn’t like to be a young person. You get a job but you have nowhere to live’: Mixed odds on Government at Mullingar dog track
Some punters feel the country is going to the dogs and needs a change of leadership, while others say they are on to a winner with the incumbents
Election 2024 manifestos: the parties’ promises on housing, cost of living and health – and how they differ
Dividing lines emerge as parties outline their general election pledges
Incumbent governments sometimes forget that elections are about the future
Irish voters are always more focused on ‘more to do’ than on ‘a lot done’
Sinn Féin denies planned ‘piggy bank heist’ as major parties clash over spending
Paschal Donohoe accuses party of ‘raid’ – but Pearse Doherty says party would add more money to future funds
Housing crisis: It’s not just how many homes we need, but what kind we build
Not everyone is a first-time buyer, not everyone wants to rent and not everyone wants to buy. Catering to all will be a key challenge for next government
Moment ‘where history meets opportunity’ has come, says McDonald as party manifesto launched
Election 2024: Social Democrats pledges €1 offpeak public transport fares and 50,000 affordable purchase homes if in government
Homeowners have net worth 57 times higher than those who rent, CSO finds
Number of single parent families who are worried about making ends meet almost doubles
First-time buyers: ‘Should we buy an apartment or a doer-upper?’
We live in a Dublin commuter town and there are not many homes coming up for sale
CSO launches new housing portal
Statistics agency launches new housing hub containing key data points about the sector
Lack of affordable housing in Meath Gaeltacht ‘preventing Irish speakers from staying’
Gaeltacht status is under threat as native Irish speakers ‘just can’t compete against the market’ say locals
Political art on the doorstep: ‘You’re going to find my work in surprising locations’
Collaborations between writer and historian Conor McCabe and artist Augustine O’Donoghue include a series of door mats with political messages and a new event called Counter-Culture Nights
Has Fingal County Council found a solution to Ireland’s housing crisis?
Dublin council is delivering 300 new homes at high speed and at affordable rates in west Dublin
Education used to be the path to owning a home. Now it’s all about assets
A string of mistakes made over decades has left a whole generation of people out in the cold. Housing could once again become the issue of the election
The Irish Times voter panel on election 2024: ‘We are being bribed with our own money’
The Irish Times brought together a panel of readers to discuss the election. Here’s what they think
Michael O’Flynn seeks green light to build 550 homes in Cork
Site could provide ‘much-needed housing’ on lands that have ‘long been identified as a crucial area for growth’
Planning regulator Niall Cussen: We can overcome the housing crisis, ‘if we put our minds to it’
At what he admits is a critical time for the State’s planning system, the OPR chief says we now have the resources, legislation and policies to meet our infrastructural and housing challenges
Cost-rental apartments at O’Devaney Gardens priced at almost €1,900 per month
Cost-rental maximum of €1,895 for O’Devaney Gardens and €1,742 for Oscar Traynor Woods
Fine Gael’s promises begin to add up a week into election campaign
Election 2024: Housing battlelines have been drawn as question of Irish neutrality also rears its head
General election: Housing battle sharpens as parties clash on rent freezes
General election: Taoiseach to announce abolition of means test for carers
‘We have enough room and money in this country to look after everybody’
A yoga studio in Galway brings a sense of calm ... before talk turns to the general election
FF accuses Greens of putting more hurdles in front of first-time home buyers
Election 2024: Darragh O’Brien says proposal for Help to Buy scheme would ‘bring in price variations across the country’
‘Deep concern’ over families evicted from direct provision despite gaining status - Ombudsman
Letter to ministers Darragh O’Brien and Roderic O’Gorman warned movements are having ‘devastating impact’ on children’s rights
Rents in Dublin now averaging €2,476 per month with prices rising again, report finds
Open-market rents in the capital rising at annual rate of 5.2%, double that seen at end of last year
Parties clash on future of Help to Buy scheme which Sinn Féin plans to abolish
Labour and Sinn Féin claim scheme has inflationary effect, increasing price of housing for first time buyers
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