Irish property market news and insights – for the industry, by the industry  

Before we get stuck into the general property news of the week, below are the local and international stories that might be of particular interest:

• *Places still available! Summer School 2021 — Architecture at the Edge: The AATE summer school is a design-build program, part of an ongoing outreach, education and research project initiated by Architecture at the Edge, inviting architects and designers to develop their participatory community engagement skills and experience within a rural context. https://www.architectureattheedge.com/new-page

 

• State must double investment to solve housing crisis, ESRI says: Think tank warns of decade of housing shortages with rising prices and rent https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/state-must-double-investment-to-solve-housing-crisis-esri-says-1.4582505?mode=amp

 

• David McWilliams: Tax unused land and the housing market will be sorted: Landlords will bring idle land into use pronto if they face a big cost such as tax https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/david-mcwilliams-tax-unused-land-and-the-housing-market-will-be-sorted-1.4584239?mode=amp

 

• A People Before Profit bill to amend the Constitution to ensure a right to housing has passed second stage in the Dáil. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40305824.html

 

• A lesson from the 1920s on how to solve an Irish housing crisis https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2021/0531/1225008-ireland-housing-1920s-reverand-david-hall-st-barnabas-public-utility-society/

 

• Dedicated housing unit for trafficking victims to open in autumn https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/dedicated-housing-unit-for-trafficking-victims-to-open-in-autumn-1.4579871?mode=amp

 

• New graveyard needed in County Tipperary – Do you have a site for sale? https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/home/637459/new-graveyard-needed-in-county-tipperary-do-you-have-a-site-for-sale.html

 

• Galwegians back €9m land sale to GMIT https://connachttribune.ie/galwegians-back-e9m-land-sale-to-gmit/

 

• Five Irish locations to apply for inclusion on tentative list of Unesco sites https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/five-irish-locations-to-apply-for-inclusion-on-tentative-list-of-unesco-sites-1.4579394?mode=amp

 

• Irish-built Sky Pool a ‘world first’: 10 storeys up, transparent, and hanging between two high-rises: Ballymore’s landmark swimming pool in spotlight as Londoners take dip on hottest day of 2021 https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/irish-built-sky-pool-a-world-first-10-storeys-up-transparent-and-hanging-between-two-high-rises-1.4582059?mode=amp

  If you missed last week’s round-up, you can catch up here: https://propertydistrict.ie/category/sunday-property-review/  As always, you might let me know if I have missed out on any relevant property news by emailing  carol@propertydistrict.ie. (Apologies in advance for any typos, it’s difficult to get good help on a Sunday. Also, I use voice to text dictation so just sound out anything that really doesn’t make sense in a strong rural accent and that should help!)