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Airbnbs in Ireland up by 20 per cent ahead of June rental crackdown
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: The number of homes in the Republic of Ireland being advertised as short-term rentals on Airbnb has risen by more than 1,000 in the last year. Homeowners in the Republic appear to be trying to cash in before a summer crackdown on short-term lettings is implemented in the country. Latest figures show that 5,855 […]
Dublin City Council to set up €400,000 Airbnb taskforce
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: A dedicated team to police potentially illegal Airbnb-style rentals in Dublin is to be formed by Dublin City Council in response to imminent regulation of the short-term rental market. The council is seeking €400,000 from the Department of Housing and Planning to set up a new enforcement regime to deal with what it says […]
Airbnb criticises apparent ‘cut and paste job’ short-term letting regulations
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Airbnb has claimed measures to regulate short-term lettings and home-sharing sites appear to be ‘a cut and paste job’ from regulations in other cities. Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy announced regulations for short-term lettings on Thursday that are due to come into force in June 2019. Under the new restrictions, owners of buy-to-let properties […]
Older Airbnb hosts or ’empty nesters’ on the rise in Ireland
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: The number of older Airbnb hosts – also known as ’empty nesters’ – is rising at a rapid rate in Ireland. Airbnb say people over the age of 60 are the fastest-growing host demographic, with the numbers increasing 34 per cent since last year. There are now more than 3,300 hosts in this age […]
Dublin Airbnb hosts face proposed regulations to cut down on short-term lets
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Property management companies are listing short-term rental properties based in Dublin on leasing websites before regulations targeting Airbnb come into effect. The move to list properties on sites such as Booking.com and Expedia follows on from a similar effort by property owners in other cities, including London and Toronto. The planned regulation of Dublin’s […]
Irish housing minister to introduce home sharing restrictions
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Housing minister Eoghan Murphy plans to stop landlords from putting rental properties in Dublin on Airbnb by restricting home sharing in the city to the principal family residence. According to a report in The Times, Murphy will bring proposals to cabinet this week to restrict short-term lettings to vacant rooms in a family home […]