New tenancies have also dropped significantly. A new report from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) shows an 8.9% rent increase for new tenancies in Ireland in the first quarter of 2023, with 16 counties now having an average of €1,000. The report, which focuses on rent prices from those taking up new tenancies and not […]

2 years ago

“One of the worst things that happened to me since coming to Ireland is looking for accommodation.” A woman from Italy has described searching for accommodation as “one the worst things that has happened” to her since coming to Ireland. Chantelle spoke about her experience of coming to the country on The Pat Kenny Show […]

4 years ago

It’s a hard-knock life for us. An old Dun Laoghaire orphanage has been done up and is now on the rental market as a co-living space, going by the name The Orphanage. The name has been castigated as painfully ironic at a time when more than 10,000 Irish people are homeless and tens of thousands […]

7 years ago

July saw yet another rise in Irish homelessness figures. According to figures released by the Department of Housing, there were 9,891 people living in hotels, bed and breakfasts and family hubs in July, up from 9,872 people in June. The figures consisted of 6,024 adults and 3,867 children. This breaks the previous record, set in June of this year. The […]

8 years ago

The new 966-bed accommodation is located beside The Point Luas stop. A new development set to help out students who are desperately seeking digs ahead of the academic year will officially open on Friday of this week. The Tramshed, the first phase of Dublin’s newest state-of-the-art student accommodation development, is located right next to the […]

8 years ago

Even if you don’t get the property, you still lose out on this money.

9 years ago