There is at least one Airbnb for every 10 private rental sector properties in 38 out of 166 local electoral areas.

Micheál Martin said more investment from the private sector is needed to reach the target of building 50,000 homes a year.

The judge found that a Residential Tenancies Board appeals tribunal made legal errors in its handling of a complaint

The IPOA is urging the Government to introduce tax reforms and review current rental regulations to address the mass departure of property owners from the rental market.

The new legislation was ed by the Oireachtas on Thursday

Mary Lou McDonald called on a no-fault eviction ban to be introduced until March to prevent people being evicted at Christmas.

Mary Conway expressed her frustration with the Residential Tenancies Board

Barely a third of adults younger than 40 in Ireland are homeowners.

Speaking to The Echo, HomeHak CEO and founder, Pat Drinan, explained that the HomeHak way of renting flips the usual renting model on its head.

The Dail heard that the eviction ban being lifted amid high rates of homelessness was ‘a betrayal of ordinary, vulnerable people’.

Sinn Féin has called on the Coalition to reverse its decision and extend the ban until the new year

The party is calling for the Government to extend the ban until the new year.

Government ministers held a meeting to finalise the wording of a counter-motion on the issue

Nationwide, there were just 1,087 homes available to rent on November 1st

The chair of the Residential Tenancies Board Tom Dunne said demand is behind increasing rents

The percentage of people in Irish society who are renting has more than doubled in the last 25 years

The Irish Property Owners Association (IPOA) said an eviction ban would drive more landlords out of the rental market

Nationwide, there were just 716 homes available to rent at the beginning of August.

Between April to June this year, Threshold helped 1,133 individuals and families to avoid entering homelessness

Lower home ownership rates would mean a higher proportion of households making rental payments into retirement, the report says.

Only 14 per cent of people surveyed are renting by choice, a new survey from housing charity Threshold has found.