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  • Micheál Lehane RTÉ Political Correspondent

    Mícheál Lehane

    Political Correspondent

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    As it happened: New national rent controls debated

    As it happened: New national rent controls debated

    Follow live updates as a plan to prohibit large landlords from implementing no-fault evictions is brought to Cabinet.

    Ireland • 11 Jun
    Minister for Housing James Browne brought the plan to Cabinet this morning (Photo: RollingNews)

    Government signs off on plan for national rent controls

    Minister for Housing James Browne has said measures agreed by Cabinet this morning are aimed at protecting renters while also trying to activate home building in the country.

    Politics • 10 Jun
    Magnifying glass in front of an open newspaper with paper houses. Concept of rent, search, purchase real estate.

    Govt leaders agree to extend RPZs across country

    Large landlords will be prohibited from implementing no-fault evictions, under a plan to be brought to Cabinet tomorrow by Minister for Housing James Browne.

    Politics • 09 Jun
    Rents for newly-built properties will be linked to the rate of inflation under plans set to be considered by Cabinet next week (file image)

    Fraught days ahead for Govt with planned changes to RPZs

    The next few days will be fraught politically for the Government as it prepares what it believes is an intricate balancing act between renters' rights and developers' ambitions, writes Mícheál Lehane

    Analysis and Comment • 08 Jun
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    Govt plan to tie rents for new builds to inflation rate

    Rents for newly-built properties will no longer be capped at 2% annually but will instead be tied to the rate of inflation under plans set to be considered by Cabinet next week.

    Politics • 08 Jun
    More than €2 billion has been pledged to the Shared Island Initiative over the period from 2021 to 2035 (file image)

    Calls for transparency around cross-border project funds

    There is significant scope to enhance transparency around funding for cross-border projects, one of the Government's key policy programmes, the Parliamentary Budget Office has stated.

    Politics • 08 Jun
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    Rent caps for new tenancies to be eased under Govt plan

    Rent caps for new tenancies are to be eased as part of a plan expected to go to Cabinet next week.

    Politics • 07 Jun
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    Potential planning exemptions for housing older relatives

    Attic conversions and extensions for the purpose of housing elderly relatives could be exempt from planning before the end of the year, Minister for Housing James Browne will tell the Cabinet.

    Politics • 04 Jun
    The language denouncing Israel's actions has become sharper with both Micheál Martin and Simon Harris using the word genocide this week

    Growing political pressure for firm Govt action on Gaza

    All day Wednesday and late into the evening on the street facing Leinster House, demonstrators sang a stinging song urging politicians to find their "backbone" and to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.

    Analysis and Comment • 31 May
    Pearse Doherty told the Dáil there is a lack of capacity in both water services and the electricity grid

    Doherty says Govt 'incompetence' putting housing at risk

    Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty has said the Government's incompetence is putting the development of thousands of homes at risk.

    Politics • 29 May
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