Plan for Galway includes distinctive ‘city quarter’ on Eyre Square’s east side
A masterplan for Galway city centre’s “eastern rim” incorporates proposals for a new “city quarter” spearheaded by the Comer/McHale consortium. Lands on Eyre Square’s east side have the potential for a “distinctive quarter” within “the historic core”, according...
Dublin among top five European cities for property investment
Dublin is among the top five European cities for property investment, the fourth time it has made the list in as many years. The Irish city lost out to Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt in the top three places, with Munich coming in fifth. According to the Emerging Trends...
Rents dwarf Celtic Tiger era with ‘disastrous effect’ on society
Rents dwarf Celtic Tiger era with ‘disastrous effect’ on society Daft.ie report sees no sign of let-up and calls for policy solutions for ‘depressing’ crisis about 5 hours ago Updated: about 4 hours ago Colin Gleeson There were just over 3,600 properties available to...
‘Housing isn’t just a Dublin issue, it’s the same in Cork and Galway’
'Housing isn't just a Dublin issue, it's the same in Cork and Galway' <img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=923227664489862&ev=PageView&noscript=1" /> 'Housing isn't just a Dublin issue, it's...
Irish rents could rise 25% over next two years
The cost of renting a home in the Republic could increase by as much as 25 per cent over the next two years because of a shortage of supply and the difficulties people have buying property, it has been warned. The rate at which house prices have been climbing...
Ireland’s Student Accommodation
Students turn up for college with nowhere to live
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Student rental crisis leading to perfect storm
Third level welfare officers call for long-term solution to accommodation crisis Welfare officers at universities and colleges around the country are calling for a long-term solution to the lack of student housing options and rapidly rising rents ahead of the release...
USI officer to tackle housing crisis for students
Junior Housing Minister Damien English has said he would personally like to give students extra cash to deal with soaring rents but that budgets must be balanced. His comments came as third-level students this week began in earnest to hunt for housing against the...
It’s a nightmare to find students digs, so the government is hiring someone to help
EVERY SUMMER, THERE is a frenzied panic as students try and secure accommodation for their college year ahead. With rents soaring and a lack of housing stock on the market, students are under significant pressure to find suitable places to rent. As part of the...