More than half of tenancies that were terminated in the final three months of last year were due to the landlord's intention to sell the rental property, according to the Residential Tenancy Board.
Almost 4,500 notices to terminate rented properties were served on tenants at the end of last year, the RTB has said.
Under legislation enacted last July landlords have to send a copy of a Notice of Termination (NoT) to the RTB on the same day it is sent to the tenant.
The data published by the RTB today shows the number of NoT that was notified of in quarter four of 2022, between October and December.
Of the 4,329 NoT's 43% were in Dublin while Cork accounted for almost 11%
The main reason given landlords for giving the eviction notice was an intention to sell the rental property accounting for 58%.
The next biggest reason given (16.38%) was the need for a family member to move into the property.
A breach of tenant obligations was given in 16.10% of the notices.
The RTB says the number of notices in Q4 is not equivalent to the number of properties landlords want vacated or the number of tenants who are faced with having to find a new home.
This is because one notice could cover a number of tenants in one tenancy or separate notices could apply to tenants of the same property.
Sinn Féin's housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin has called for the "immediate reinstatement of the ban on no-fault evictions" in the wake of the publication of the figures by the RTB.
In a statement he said "3,329 of the Q4 notices will fall due in April, May and June of this year" and while "a small number of people will secure alternative private rental accommodation, most will not."
Mr Ó Broin also said the figures mean that in total 11,868 eviction notices were issued in 2022.
Labour leader Ivana Bacik said the figures "highlight the scale of the problem facing renters".
She also called on the Government to reinstate the ban, accusing them of lifting it with "no clear contingency plan in place".
Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O'Callaghan said the figures show there will be "a tsunami of evictions in the coming months... while homeless services are already operating beyond capacity".
Meanwhile the Executive Director of the Simon Communities of Ireland has described the figures as "very concerning".
"Of particular concern is the high number of Landlords reporting that they are selling up, with those homes most likely leaving the private rental system," Wayne Stanley said.
He added that a recent report showed there were "very few options for individuals and families to find a new home, particularly for those on low or modest incomes" and added that landlords leaving the rental market would "exacerbate" the issue.
Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers CEO Pat Davitt said that the RTB figures and the situation in the rental market was "not all doom and gloom".
Speaking on RTÉ's Drivetime, he said the houses will be bought by those in rental properties, who will leave another rental property, meaning that houses aren't going out of circulation.
"It’s like moving the deck chairs. They’re being moved around about, so a lot of those properties are going to be owned by somebody who is going to come from rental. And those rentals, they are going to be for somebody else," he said.
