Lorcan Sirr

Academic

A darkly farcical incident on Liveline ends up exposing a hot-button issue

Radio: The Liveline host gleefully performs the audio equivalent of nudges and winks after a general-election weekend that leaves him hoarse

Fri Dec 06 2024 - 05:30

Two local authorities did not build any social homes last year, expert says

Low level of direct builds explains lengthy waiting lists, Lorcan Sirr argues

Thu Apr 28 2022 - 17:39

Plans for Ukrainian refugee housing will not provide ‘an awful lot’ – expert

Number of empty houses under public ownership would be ‘small’, says Dr Lorcan Sirr

Mon Apr 25 2022 - 14:44

Rent trap: A generation stuck in a vicious circle

Young people are bearing the brunt of the State’s dysfunctional property system

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 06:00

Analysis: Is there a way to keep tenants and landlords happy?

Change to cap on rent increases and tax cut on rent income may halt exodus of landlords

Wed Sept 22 2021 - 21:27

Land value sharing measure doesn’t go as far as Kenny report recommended

Cantillon: Government should give local authorities more power over development land

Tue Sept 07 2021 - 09:48

Delivery key to prospects for success of Coalition housing plan

Plan relies on private builders providing 170,000 of 300,000 new homes by 2030

Sat Sept 04 2021 - 06:00

Student accommodation: ‘It’s not what students want. And it’s extortionate’

Concerns persist that purpose-built student accommodation is unaffordable for students

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 06:00

Could rent-to-buy help to unlock home ownership for generation rent?

What if ‘dead’ money from rent could be used to offset against the purchase of a property?

Wed Jun 09 2021 - 06:00

Home ownership rises across State as numers renting falls

CSO data shows ‘remarkable shift’ in way we work and live, economist says

Sat Apr 10 2021 - 08:35

Interest in rural property soars as Covid-19 effect kicks in

Online property search data indicates shift in attitudes among potential home-buyers

Sat Jul 18 2020 - 06:00

New government faces five key economic challenges

Level of uncertainty new government faces in economic arena is unprecedented

Fri Jun 19 2020 - 03:00

Failure to solve housing crisis would see FG and FF ‘massacred’, McVerry warns

Housing conference told PPPs ‘high risk strategies’ when it comes to delivering homes

Wed Mar 11 2020 - 21:31

Renters on housing crisis: ‘We’re f**ked basically’

Rental sector has exploded, but housing policy is still locked on home ownership

Sat Jan 25 2020 - 07:00

Housing subsidies not providing value for money – PAC

Two key housing supports accounted for 27% of housing budget in 2017

Thu Jun 27 2019 - 04:00

Property parlance: Know your Nimby from your Yimby

A-Z highlights from a new guide to Irish housing which aims to demystify the jargon

Fri Jun 21 2019 - 06:00

The changing face of Irish home ownership – who wins, who loses?

Ireland is undergoing a shift from owning to renting. What does this mean for people?

Sat Apr 06 2019 - 01:00

Bliss or blight? The bungalow designs that changed the face of Ireland

New posthumous publication defends 1971 book by Jack Fitzsimons

Wed Mar 13 2019 - 01:00

Failure to plan

Ireland’s planning system has been held up to unfavourable international scrutiny as a result of the still unresolved Apple Athenry data-centre application

Wed Jul 18 2018 - 00:00

Lorcan Sirr: Central Bank should revise housing figures

Government has overstated number of new homes built by nearly 60 per cent, CSO says

Fri Jun 15 2018 - 09:32

New housing data justifies criticism of Government numbers

Analysis: CSO numbers reveal calamitous fall-off in residential construction since crash

Thu Jun 14 2018 - 20:30

Known unknowns: how many houses are we really building?

Cantillon: We need an accurate measure of housing output if we are to address crisis

Sat Apr 14 2018 - 09:20

Housing movement like anti-water charges campaign urged

Policy appears to be ‘solutions’ that are most profitable for private sector, conference told

Tue Jan 23 2018 - 19:19

Social housing: ‘Let’s not make the same mistakes again’

There’s a danger that quick-fix ‘solutions’ to the housing crisis will create new problems

Sat Dec 16 2017 - 06:00

Micheál Martin takes muted but not modest line of attack

Fianna Fáil think-in focuses on complaints about Government spin rather than policy

Tue Sept 19 2017 - 01:00

Fianna Fáil ‘will not enter coalition with cult-like Sinn Féin’

Gerry Adams’s party takes ‘apologist approach to heinous crimes’ – Micheál Martin

Mon Sept 18 2017 - 01:00

Complex housing crisis needs variety of imaginative solutions

Almost 15,000 homes were built last year, we need 50,000 – the housing crisis in a nutshell

Fri Sept 08 2017 - 12:11

What can be done about housing crisis? Experts give their views

Suggestions include a site planning tax and ways to tackle the number of vacant houses

Fri Jun 30 2017 - 13:40

Ireland risks ‘perfect storm’ in housing system, DIT lecturer says

Dr Sirr says thousands ‘stuck in the middle’ of social housing and affordable homes

Sat Jun 17 2017 - 09:34

Government’s housing figures are ‘misleading’, expert says

Dr Lorcan Sirr criticises method of counting new-builds following ‘Irish Times’ report

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 16:42

Housing experts question new census figures

CSO figures show an increase of 14,145 renting from State-provided accommodation

Fri Apr 21 2017 - 19:44

Housing figures expose ‘devastating’ scale of crisis, say charities

Number of households paying €300 per week in rent has ‘shot up’

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 17:21

Department denies housing statistics unreliable

Claim that use of ESB meter connection data amplifies levels of actual house supply

Tue Feb 14 2017 - 05:00

State has 13 empty homes for each homeless adult, says charity

Half of repossessed homes offered for social housing rejected by authority, committee told

Wed Feb 01 2017 - 16:19