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© Irish Independent |
25 Aug '25 |
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‘Starbucks was too big for somewhere so small’ – the Irish town that rejected US coffee giant
"If you see a Starbucks, you know what you’re going to get,” according to Dalkey cafe's Pepper Laine owner Peter O’Donovan, referring to the good and the bad of the ubiquitous chain that is cele - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
25 Aug '25 |
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Daft: Average monthly rents now twice those of Celtic Tiger peak
Ronan Lyons: The figures in this latest Daft.ie Report show that rents in the open market rose by a further 1.6% in the second quarter of the year. Combined with the increases seen in the previous thr - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
25 Aug '25 |
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Creches empty or converted to housing as developers seek to drop childcare facilities
Parents who say they bought houses on the “understanding” their estate would have a creche are facing long waiting lists for childcare as many promised facilities remain vacant, even in high-deman - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
25 Aug '25 |
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Plan to turn vacant Dublin buildings into housing halted after €3m spend
Dublin City Council paid €3.55 million for a 1990s office block at 14-15 Fitzwilliam Quay on the Dodder river and plans to convert it into 15 apartments. “Ultimately we are using the resources tha - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
24 Aug '25 |
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Colm Lauder: Ireland’s housing mix is a mess that needs to be fixed
Without binding mixed-tenure requirements and stronger policies on geographic balance, there is a clear risk of over-concentration of social housing and emergency accommodation in certain districts, e - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
24 Aug '25 |
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Government’s new ‘mansion tax’ raises just €16m – a fraction of budget day prediction
The government, in a surprise announcement on the last budget day, hiked stamp duty to 6 per cent on homes sold for €1.5 million or above. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Aug '25 |
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John McCartney: Dublin’s office market remains distressed and it’s too early to call a recovery in rents
Office development will slow next year, perhaps allowing vacancy to finally begin receding. However the pace of digestion is likely to be sluggish, and vacancy will be retreating from a starting point - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Aug '25 |
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Latest Irish house price data: depressingly predictable
The headline rate is almost twice the rate at which wages are growing, attesting to the squeeze on would-be buyers, but it’s something we’ve nearly come to expect. “Second-hand price inflation h - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Aug '25 |
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How tech workers earning six-figure salaries are changing the Dublin housing market
“This is a very broad statement,” says Miriam Finn, a Dublin-based estate agent-turned-buyers’ agent who helps house-hunters find properties, “but tech workers are probably one of the only typ - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Aug '25 |
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Dublin City Council issues 300 warning letters over short-stay rentals
A spokesman for the council said on Friday: “To date, since the initiation of the short-term letting legislation in July, 2019, a successful resolution has been achieved in respect of 1,996 cases. T - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Aug '25 |
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Dart extension ‘fully compatible’ with Cairn Homes developments in Donabate after amendments, developer says
It is understood that Cairn Homes worked with CIÉ to come up with a works schedule that is not expected to disrupt the development of the housing units: “The railway order that has been issued is f - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Aug '25 |
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Lioncor Developments subsidiary gets approval for 145 apartments at at the Carlisle site in Kimmage
The planning application was submitted by Lioncor Developments subsidiary, 1 Terenure Land Ltd, whose ultimate parent company is an American asset management firm that owns Inter Milan football club, - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Aug '25 |
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David McWilliams: Houses are being built in Ireland, so why can’t ordinary people buy them?
What chance does a young buyer have when they are competing in the market against their own Government? Prices are rising because the biggest buyer in the market is pushing those prices up. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Aug '25 |
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154 vacant pubs earmarked for conversion into housing since need for planning permission dropped
In a statement, Minister for Housing James Browne said planning exemptions played “a vital role in unlocking the potential of vacant commercial buildings”.
He added: “I feel very strongly abo - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
15 Aug '25 |
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Business Post set for Sandyford campus move by end of August
It is currently based at the Merrion Centre in Dublin 4, but will be transferring to the 12-acre campus following the Business Post Group’s recent purchase of the Irish Management Institute. It has - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
15 Aug '25 |
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Would-be homebuyers urged not to hold off in expectation of lower mortgage rates
Trevor Grant, chairman and co-founder of Irish Mortgage Advisors: “So mortgage borrowers and would-be house buyers should be mindful that the pace of further mortgage rate cuts is likely to slow or - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
15 Aug '25 |
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Muted opposition to latest Clonliffe College apartments plan
Hines partner fund, CWTC Multi-Family ICAV, lodged plans last month with Dublin City Council for a 10-year planning permission for the 1,131-home scheme that includes a 13-storey apartment block for t - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
15 Aug '25 |
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Credit unions get green light to lend more money for home mortgages
The Central Bank said that credit union mortgage lending will now be limited to 30 per cent of total assets and business lending will be limited to 15 per cent, offering the sector “considerably hig - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
15 Aug '25 |
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Cairn Homes lodges plan for 252 apartments and houses in Blackrock that will made available for sale
Cairn has been trying to develop the site for the past seven years and last year An Coimisiún Pleanála refused permission for 355 build-to-rent apartments as it would lead to an over-proliferation o - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
15 Aug '25 |
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NWQ Devco Limited, part of Ronan Group Real Estate, loses planning appeal for ‘overly dominant’ office scheme on Dublin’s North Quay
An Coimisiún Pleanála said the development would be “overbearing” on nearby residential properties and would lead to an “unacceptable and unjustified” loss of sunlight and overshadowing of a - Subscribe |
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