Am I misremembering but weren’t they supposed to bring in similar rules a few years ago?
Which were subsequently unenforced like so many laws/rules in this country.
Under planning rules introduced in 2019, **change of use planning permission is needed for short-term lets in rent pressure zones if a property is not ordinarily lived in by the owner**.
It’s already illegal without planning permission.
May 2026, why not just enact the policy and deal with any EU fall out after.
Government still does not enforce rules, so nothing will change.
“Major Cities”
That’s a low blow against Waterford and Kilkenny.
I swear I have read the same headline a few years ago.
Are they freeing up hotel spaces to make up for the shortfall? Because anything that makes tourism even more expensive can’t be a good thing.
Tldr: They’ve set a limit of 90 days on Airbnb rentals.
Basically, 15 years into a housing crisis, they’ve done essentially nothing to stop the woeful housing supply being hoovered up by ‘buy to Airbnb’ parasites.
Thanks FFG, you scamps.
I just have absolutely no faith in them ever fixing this. I’d be fucking delighted to be proven wrong.
With the economic clouds looming, they don’t want people to remember how bad they were in managing the housing crisis
Finally?
*Checks date*
Ok.. it’s April 3rd.. so not a lie.. is it ?
Noice
90% of short term lets are breaking planning laws already. No one get planning for short term lets and no one registers with the local authority either.
They just completely failed with the enforcement side of things. Unless the new legislation tackles the enforcement problem then wont it just be the same thing again?
The snag here is the major cities. Got us on a technicality.
It’ll be amazing if true. Every politian who called to my door last time round, I asked them about this. They all said you should be able to do whatever you want with your own home…clueless altogether!
Jaysus, ban the American s****. Alternatively tax them for the costs they are creating for everyone else.
That’s going to be great for the already struggling tourist sector. How about the government returning hotels to tourism. It’s only going to inflate already insane hotel prices. Everything they touch turns to shit.
I’ll believe it when I see it. It would be great to see Airbnb be reigned in!
They could place the responsibility on Airbnb and other websites directly. It’s much easier to audit one website than thousands and thousands of properties
Toss it on the pile with all the other legislation they don’t enforce
That was meant to happen this year, now pushed back to 2026, next year it will be 2027, full of crap as usual
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For real!?
Am I misremembering but weren’t they supposed to bring in similar rules a few years ago?
Which were subsequently unenforced like so many laws/rules in this country.
Under planning rules introduced in 2019, **change of use planning permission is needed for short-term lets in rent pressure zones if a property is not ordinarily lived in by the owner**.
It’s already illegal without planning permission.
May 2026, why not just enact the policy and deal with any EU fall out after.
Government still does not enforce rules, so nothing will change.
“Major Cities”
That’s a low blow against Waterford and Kilkenny.
I swear I have read the same headline a few years ago.
Are they freeing up hotel spaces to make up for the shortfall? Because anything that makes tourism even more expensive can’t be a good thing.
Tldr: They’ve set a limit of 90 days on Airbnb rentals.
Basically, 15 years into a housing crisis, they’ve done essentially nothing to stop the woeful housing supply being hoovered up by ‘buy to Airbnb’ parasites.
Thanks FFG, you scamps.
I just have absolutely no faith in them ever fixing this. I’d be fucking delighted to be proven wrong.
With the economic clouds looming, they don’t want people to remember how bad they were in managing the housing crisis
Finally?
*Checks date*
Ok.. it’s April 3rd.. so not a lie.. is it ?
Noice
90% of short term lets are breaking planning laws already. No one get planning for short term lets and no one registers with the local authority either.
They just completely failed with the enforcement side of things. Unless the new legislation tackles the enforcement problem then wont it just be the same thing again?
The snag here is the major cities. Got us on a technicality.
It’ll be amazing if true. Every politian who called to my door last time round, I asked them about this. They all said you should be able to do whatever you want with your own home…clueless altogether!
Jaysus, ban the American s****. Alternatively tax them for the costs they are creating for everyone else.
That’s going to be great for the already struggling tourist sector. How about the government returning hotels to tourism. It’s only going to inflate already insane hotel prices. Everything they touch turns to shit.
I’ll believe it when I see it. It would be great to see Airbnb be reigned in!
They could place the responsibility on Airbnb and other websites directly. It’s much easier to audit one website than thousands and thousands of properties
Toss it on the pile with all the other legislation they don’t enforce
That was meant to happen this year, now pushed back to 2026, next year it will be 2027, full of crap as usual
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