Call for Emergency Legislation on Mortgages and Rent

Seanad Eireann Candidate Peter Finnegan is calling on the Government to enact Emergency Legislation requiring Banks to place a moratorium on mortgage payments and loan repayments for a period of six months while the country is engulfed in the Coronavirus crisis.  He is also calling for emergency measures by Government to assist businesses who continue […]

Rental Strategy Leaves Low-to-Moderate Income Earners Out In The Cold

Three national housing associations have come together to call on the Housing Minister Simon Coveney T.D. to deliver on his promise to establish a pilot affordable rental scheme.   The associations welcome much of the government’s rental strategy and in particular the plan to reduce rent increases in the private rented sector; to increase security of […]

Secure Rents hosting public gathering of Munster renters in Limerick city – Thursday 17th November

Responding to the national rent surges shown in the Daft.ie Q3 2016 Rental Report, Secure Rents campaign spokesperson Keith Broni had the following to say: “Simon Coveney can no longer stand and watch as tenants are forced into debt, poverty, and despair. He must urgently act to stop out of control rents and provide tenants […]

Choice of rental accommodation for students falls for third year in a row

Rents nationwide were 0.5% lower in the second quarter of 2012 than a year previously, according to the latest report published by the property website Daft.ie. Between April and June, the average advertised rent in the country was €809 per month, compared to €814 during the same period in 2011. The last twelve months have […]

Rents record their first annual increase since 2008

Rents nationwide were an average of 0.2% higher in the third quarter of 2011 than a year previously, according to the latest report published by the property website, Daft.ie. This marks the first time since early 2008 that rents rose in year on year terms. The average rent nationwide now stands at €825, a fall […]

Changes to Commercial Upward Only Rent Review May Lead To Less Empty Premises

It is estimated that over 30,000 workers have become unemployed in recent years due to a situation, which it seems, will soon be preventable.  Retail tenants have found it increasingly difficult to survive in business, as their shop doors open less and less frequently, while their rent continues to rise.  Since March 2010 a Working […]

Daft.ie Rental Report, Tipperary – Rents rise by half a percent in early 2011

Rents rise by half a percent in early 2011 10th May, 2011 – Nationwide rents rose by half a percent (0.5%) on average in the first three months of 2011, according to the latest report published by the property website, Daft.ie. The average rent nationwide now stands at €825, 25% below the 2007 peak. Rents […]

Daft Rental Report, Tipperary Q2 2010 – Rents largely unchanged in second quarter of 2010

Rents largely unchanged in second quarter of 2010 19th August, 2010 – Rents across the country fell by less than 1% between April and June, according to the latest report published by the property website Daft.ie. In July, the average asking rent in the country was just over €835 per month, down 5% on the […]