The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has this week published a report reviewing the private rented sector in Ireland. This report arises from the Housing for All Action Plan Update, published in November 2022, which included a
A short update to confirm that the legislation referred to in our last post, which limits the letting / licensing of student-specific accommodation to the academic year, passed all remaining stages of the legislative process on Thursday 11 June,
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) released its 148-page annual report on 29 May 2024 (the Annual Report), highlighting the scope of work and enforcement activities undertaken by the DPC throughout 2023. A full copy of the report is available
The Irish Government has this morning published the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2024 (the Bill), which is the draft legislation intended to limit leases and licences of student-specific accommodation to 41 weeks.
As reported on in a previous post
Introduction
When sending contractual notices and other communications it is important to consider the contractual and/or statutory provisions regarding the form the communications should take.
For example, NEC requires that ‘communication which the contract requires is communicated in a form
Introduction
On occasion when a referring party in an adjudication process seeks leave to enforce an adjudicator’s decision, the responding party will argue that due to the referring party’s poor financial standing, it will not be able to repay the
In two judgments delivered together late in December 2023, the Supreme Court (the Court) dismissed appeals in respect of challenges regarding zoning changes to the Meath County Development Plan for 2021 to 2027 (the Development Plan). The challenges had previously
On 13 March 2024, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2024/900 on the transparency and targeting of political advertising (the Regulation). The Regulation is now in force, however, the majority of its provisions will not take effect
On 19 April 2024, the Irish High Court delivered judgment in McGill Construction Ltd v Blue Whisp Ltd [2024] IEHC 205. The key issues before the court were whether the adjudicator had jurisdiction to determine a preliminary issue in respect
In a development of interest to those owning and managing student accommodation, the Irish Government has recently announced its intention to introduce legislative changes aimed at “protecting” students from year-long leases.
Background to the announcement
The announcement was made by
