Housing

The High Court has quashed a decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for 55 residential units in a backland/greenfield site off St Patrick's Road in Limerick. Michelle Hayes of Limerick firm Hayes Solicitors represented local residents in a legal challenge to the proposed de

Families and individuals in dire need of emergency homeless accommodation are being refused access by some local authorities, masking the real extent of homelessness in the population, according to the Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC). In its latest annual report, published today, the independent la

The High Court has remitted a landlord and tenant dispute back to the Tenancy Tribunal for re-hearing, finding that the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 did not qualify the statutory duties of landlords to effect repairs by reference to any limitation on a landlord’s ability to do so arising fro

So-called 'sex-for-rent' arrangements should be banned before the next general election, the National Women's Council (NWC) has said. The women's organisation is today briefing a number of politicians at Leinster House about its recent research on the issue, which found examples of such arrange

An implementation group tasked with reducing lengthy conveyancing and probate processes to just eight weeks has met for the first time. The group has been established to implement the recommendations of a report published in July, which found that conveyancing can currently take an average of 9.5 we

Housing minister Darragh O'Brien addressed over 400 delegates at a major housing conference recently hosted by Beauchamps.

Surveyors have called for the establishment of a dedicated "rental court" in Ireland to deal with serious disputes between tenants and landlords. The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) argues that the current Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) system for handling rental disputes is overly

Two-thirds of property professionals do not believe government’s housing promises are achievable, a new survey by Mason Hayes & Curran has found. Taoiseach Simon Harris has committed to building 250,000 homes in the next five years, but the findings suggest there are significant concerns w

The Housing Commission has failed to reach a consensus on a proposed referendum on housing, with the issue to be examined further by a new inter-departmental group. Housing minister Darragh O'Brien yesterday published a number of reports prepared by the Housing Commission, which was established in 2

So-called 'sex-for-rent' arrangements should be banned through legislation, the National Women's Council (NWC) has said. A new report published today recommends that landlords engaging in sex-for-rent exploitation should be criminalised, including where they propose such an arrangement and it is ref

The Supreme Court has determined that pursuant to s.50A(9A) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, the occasions on which the High Court can refuse remittal will be “rare and exceptional”. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly opined that “the Oir

A local authority refused to assess a Traveller couple as homeless and instead told them to engage in family mediation so they could return to the family home, Community Law & Mediation (CLM) has told the Oireachtas. The community law centre and charity highlighted the case study as it gave evid

New ministerial guidelines aimed at creating more attractive, liveable, well-designed, high-quality urban places have been published. The Sustainable Residential Development and Compact Settlements Guidelines have been issued under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, mea

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has issued a legal challenge over the allocation of 'intimidation points' to social housing applicants. The case against the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and the Department for Communities argues that the housing selection scheme, as current

Housing problems made up more than four in 10 cases dealt with by Community Law & Mediation (CLM) last year as the Irish housing and cost-of-living crises intensified. The independent community law centre and charity, located in Dublin and Limerick, assisted nearly 5,000 people last year through