State leasing social homes from private sector for up to €3,200 a month

Dept of Housing data shows that for one Dublin property, a 25-year lease has been agreed at a monthly rental cost of €3,200 while 74 more deals are costing over €2,500 a month.

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Top-level academics at Trinity have privately called on Provost Linda Doyle to rescind a €214k fine levied against the students’ union

The standing committee of Fellows have also called Trinity's communications strategy 'poor'
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Complaint lodged with European regulator over ‘anti-competitive’ deposit return scheme

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Documents seen by Killian Woods reveal claim return scheme is “anti-competitive” and results in “a restriction on the free movement of goods” businesspost.ie/news/complaint…

New details from the Catherine Martin-commissioned reports into RTÉ, which go to Cabinet next week, in Business Post today.

Employment experts advise that RTÉ needs a system to ensure independent production firms it works with comply with employment law
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State supports fuelled new home price growth despite inflation-curbing rate hikes

Home prices plunged worldwide as a result of interest rate hikes, but supports from the government have provided a ‘floor on new home demand’ the Dept of Finance has said

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Trinity is facing the threat of industrial action from thousands of staff over restrictions on promotions for professional staff – an issue it has privately admitted has long been a “source of discontent” on campus
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Something very strange has been happening to state’s public finances that hasn’t been getting much attention.

Forget the 5% spending rule, take a look at how much spending has actually increased by in recent years. businesspost.ie/analysis-opini…

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Exclusive: McGrath warned government ‘can’t reach 50,000 homes’ target without investment funds

Officials led by John McCarthy, the chief economist at the Department of Finance, said a ‘new housing model’ with private capital at the core of it was needed

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Clever timing by government.

In January, a quarterly update on housing delivery coincided with CSO announcing the state exceeded its targets in 2023.

Yesterday the latest progress report was released a day before CSO says home completions down 12% in Q1

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Analysis: Can stats outweigh lived experience in the housing crisis optics war?

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Analysis: Why investors are ferociously fighting it out to buy Ireland’s luxury hotels

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Exclusive: Ryanair spent slightly below average market price for 25 homes in Dublin estate

New details of the airline's deal for Fosterstown Place in Swords now on Business Post

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LDA property boss: Landowners sitting on sites that can’t be developed at affordable prices

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My interview with Archer Hotel Capital's Dominic Seyrling about why they moved quickly to complete a deal for The Shelbourne.

“In the current market, it's just very difficult to do hotel transactions. Not just in Ireland, but everywhere.'

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A Middle Eastern investment consortium is advancing ambitious plans to build an international airport in Wicklow, after provisional deals with local farmers and families to buy more than 600 acres of land.

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