Housing Why Landlords Have A Big Influence On Irish Politics Ireland has some of the worst laws for tenants in Europe. You can be evicted if a landlord is selling property or renovating. There are no proper rent controls, so 27 Feb 2024
Housing Stand Together Against Racism Racism is on the rise in Ireland, and it needs to be challenged. People of colour experience greater abuse on our streets. Arson attacks against accommodation centres for refugees have 27 Feb 2024
Housing Rent Hell – It Must Stop Rents are soaring in regional towns and now average just under €2,000 a month. They have increased by €500 compared to pre-covid times. Government policy is the cause. They 23 Feb 2024
Housing Here Is How We Get Affordable Homes House prices are now higher than at the peak of the Celtic Tiger boom. This is the result of deliberate government policy. They have cut back on social housing and 22 Feb 2024
Workers Rights Rents Are Rising Much Faster Than Wages New figures from Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) show that national average rents for new tenancies were €1,598 per month last September, up 11% on the previous year. Existing tenancies 9 Feb 2024
Housing HAP Failure: We Need To Build Council Houses Successive governments led by Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael have run down local authority housing, claiming that they needed a better ‘social mix’. They have refused to build large council 18 Jan 2024
Housing CPO Proposal Rejected By South Dublin Councillors At the January South Dublin Council meeting, Councillors rejected a proposal to Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) derelict sites in the county. The motion, put forward by People Before Profit Councillor 17 Jan 2024
Housing Why Are Gardaí Facilitating Illegal Evictions? Last Saturday an illegal eviction was carried out in Waterford in the presence of Gardaí who refused to stop or arrest those involved. Instead, they arrested a tenant supporter who 11 Sep 2023
Housing 2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis 2023: Socialism is the Answer to a World in Crisis A year ago, we were told that rising prices were a temporary phenomenon. There was no need to worry and 31 Dec 2022
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