5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (466+ words) Rents in Lithuania have risen among the fastest in the EU over the past 15 years, with only Estonia recording a larger increase, according to Eurostat data. Estate agents say the profile of the ideal tenant has remained largely unchanged for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (510+ words) Conor Pope, Consumer Affairs Correspondent with The Irish Times, joined Oliver Callan on RTÉ Radio 1 to discuss taking the sting out of winter bills. Listen back above. "Generally speaking, winter is very expensive," says Pope, explaining that heating and lighting…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (481+ words) New research shows that a single first-time buyer now needs to earn a six-figure salary to buy a typical first home in three counties. The research from Chill Insurance reveals that a single buyer now needs to earn €108,000 in Dublin,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (550+ words) An engineer who works for a company in Co Donegal which offers repair services for large domestic appliances has said new EU product repair rules make sense. The 'right to repair' regulations, which came into force today, are designed to…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (543+ words) The level of increase in monthly rents slowed in the second quarter of the year, according to a new report from property website Daft. Its Q2 rental report indicates that market rents rose by 1.4% between March and June, which Daft said…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1540+ words) 50 years in, Ireland’s favourite ceramicists reflect on the importance of handmade art, the fire that nearly ended the business and a new collaboration with JW Anderson. Kate Demolder writes. Even if you don’t know him, you certainly know Nicholas Mosse....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (349+ words) The building of 3,028 new homes was commenced in July - an increase of 169% on the same month last year (1,125), according to figures to be published later today by the Department of Housing. Of the new commencements last month, over half (1,612) are…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (504+ words) The rate of growth in house prices slowed in the year to June, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office. The figures, from the CSO's national Residential Property Price Index (RPPI), show that in 12 months to June…...