The Irish Government today published its Budget 2026, which includes a number of taxation measures designed to stimulate housing supply.
Change in VAT rate applicable to the sale of new residential apartments
There is a positive change in relation
On 12 September 2025, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its draft Guidelines on the interplay between the DSA and the GDPR (the Draft Guidelines). The Draft Guidelines aim to clarify how intermediary service providers (ISPs) should interpret and
The Construction Contracts Act 2013 (the CCA 2013) gives parties to a construction contract a statutory right to refer a dispute relating to payment to adjudication. However, since the commencement of the CCA 2013 in July 2016, a lack of clarity has existed
The judgment in Piperhill Construction Limited v Northern Ireland Housing Executive [2025] NIKB 47 considers the obligation to pay the Notified Sum. In these proceedings, Piperhill Construction Limited (plaintiff) sought summary judgment in the Northern Irish High Court to enforce
The Irish Government yesterday published its Review of the National Development Plan (NDP), which outlines a record €275.4 billion infrastructure investment programme through to 2035. Central to this is the delivery of 300,000 new homes by 2030, underpinned by significant
On 8 July 2025, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Minister of State for Local Government and Planning jointly issued the Design Standards for Apartments, Guidelines for Planning Authorities (the Guidelines), pursuant to Section 28 of
The judgment of the High Court in Tenderbids Limited [Trading as Bastion] v Electrical Waste Management Limited [2025] IEHC 339 considers the allocation of costs in the context of a failed attempt to enforce an adjudicator’s decision. As context, in
Irish local authorities are due to have made all of their decisions on this year’s Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) maps by 1 July. What steps can landowners take now to deal with an unfavourable decision?
RZLT is the tax introduced
On 24 June 2025, Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a set of proposed Risk Management Measures (RMMs) and launched Cyber Fundamentals, a framework designed to assist organisations to comply with the EU’s Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (the NIS2 Directive).
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has announced a significant expansion of the Land Development Agency’s (LDA) mandate, aimed at enhancing the delivery of affordable and social housing across Ireland. This development follows a review by the
