# Housing Crisis
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This month
July 2024
barge living
Plans to utilise Ireland's canals for residential use could take seven years
6 Jul
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Leaders' Questions
What counts as 'affordable' housing? Taoiseach and Mary Lou McDonald clash on meaning in Dáil
2 Jul
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Last month
June 2024
Leaders' Questions
'They aren’t living on the streets': Humphreys defends housing for some homeless families
13 hrs ago
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Housing
Central Bank predicts lag in housing developments, urges govt to rein in core spending
18 Jun
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20
What does it even mean
The problem with affordable housing in Ireland - no one agrees how much it should cost
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Paul O'Donoghue
9 Jun
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Voices
Opinion: Turn empty houses into homes - there is no more time for excuses
Leigh Brosnan
2 Jun
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May
May 2024
LIVING AT HOME
EU study finds 40% of Irish people aged 25-34 and in employment still live with their parents
31 May
9.3k
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Analysis
‘Over €100,000 per home’ estimate tries to put a figure on the cost of Ireland’s urban sprawl
19 hrs ago
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43
Housing Crisis
Major housing report criticises government for 'ineffective decision-making and risk aversion'
Updated
21 May
17.5k
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Housing Crisis
Ireland's housing market 'undermining' the country's competitiveness, Govt advisors warn
10 May
8.3k
Evictions
Over 900 households avoid homelessness through Threshold, but evictions still 'persistent' issue
8 May
8.4k
45
April
April 2024
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Voices
Parenting: After years of hardship and sacrifice, we finally have a home of our own
Margaret Lynch
27 Apr
24.0k
24
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Voices
Housing: If we don't ruffle the feathers of existing homeowners, we care less than we pretend
Ciarán Casey
25 Apr
33.8k
36
Housing Crisis
Amnesty International hits out at Ireland's 'failing' housing system in human rights report
24 Apr
14.5k
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Crisis Comparison
'It's unbearable': Young Greeks speak out about lack of prospects 15 years after crisis
The Journal visited Athens in advance of the EU elections to find out how young people have fared in comparison to Ireland.
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Maria Delaney
reports from Athens
13 Apr
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Voices
Opinion: State board members are paid so why aren't charity organisation board members?
Fiona Cormican
8 Apr
8.1k
11
This year
2024
sleeping in cars
Rental crisis in Dublin is a 'contributory factor' in garda resignations
30 Mar
17.8k
Sinn Féin bill
Sex-for-rent arrangements 'insidious effect of housing crisis', says international student group
6 Mar
21.2k
30
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Voices
Opinion: I've been rejected by the government's Cost Rental Scheme again - it's time to emigrate
Jess Ní Mhaoláin
Updated
27 Feb
31.3k
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Register of interests
Who are the 31 politicians in the Dáil who declared themselves as landlords last year?
Three deputies declared a rental income for the first time in 2023.
12 hrs ago
53.5k
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Domestic Violence
Over half of domestic violence refuges across the country are full
Services told The Journal that the housing crisis has made it extremely difficult for women and children in refuge accommodation to move on.
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Jane Moore
19 Feb
7.2k
department of housing
Irish language activists and politicians protest at the Dáil over 'Gaeltacht housing crisis'
13 Feb
6.4k
9
Technological Univsersity Dublin
Students outraged by accommodation provider's move from 40-week tenancies to year-round leases
12 Feb
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Housing Crisis
Minister's message to Irish construction workers abroad: 'Ireland needs you to help us build homes'
12 Feb
15.2k
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THE MORNING LEAD
Homes at Sandyford ‘Mint’ site could be decade away despite land transfer approval
The Central Bank said it would take seven years for it to vacate the site off the M50.
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Christina Finn
11 Feb
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Appeal to come home
Purpose-built apartment blocks for healthcare staff such as junior doctors must be considered, says Donnelly
7 Feb
18.0k
90
Dublin City Council
Council cites housing crisis as reason to refuse planning permission for new 111-bedroom hotel
2 Feb
23.6k
15
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Voices
Financial analyst: House affordability should be the government's focus, not just house prices
Mark Coan
2 Feb
6.4k
20
Housing Crisis
Michael O'Leary says Ryanair has 'nothing to apologise for' after it bulk buys housing estate
31 Jan
22.4k
Housing Crisis
Varadkar: Most first-time buyers in Ireland purchase second-hand homes because they are cheaper
30 Jan
41.4k
112
THE MORNING LEAD
More than 5,000 applications for 535 cost-rental homes in Dublin and Kildare
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Christina Finn
2 hrs ago
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Mystery Solved
Ryanair reveals it's purchased 25 homes for cabin crew staff in Swords housing estate
Updated
25 Jan
54.2k
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Housing Crisis
High rents, evictions, poor conditions: Growing number of older people with housing difficulties
24 Jan
11.3k
65
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your stories
'Discriminates against single people': Readers share their experiences of govt housing schemes
Single people in particular reported feeling forgotten and left out of government supports.
20 Jan
25.2k
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Housing Crisis
Locals question silence over future of 28 homes in Swords
The homes are in the housing minister’s constituency of Dublin Fingal.
19 Jan
29.6k
42