Are you mad?
In three words, this response to a question about whether tenants had asked their landlords for rent reductions captured the general sentiment about the rental market.
Many renters are, understandably, scarred by their experiences of finding – not to mention affording – rental accommodation in Ireland.
It hasn t occurred to some that they might be paying over the odds, and you could be forgiven for assuming that little had changed in the rental market, despite the pandemic.
Figures from Daft.ie suggest that, while the rental juggernaut may have slowed down, it hasn t come to a stop. But is that the full picture?
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Waterways Ireland Confirms Plans to Sell Off Grand Canal Graving Docks
20th February 2021
File image of Naomh Éanna at the heritage graving docks in Grand Canal Basin
The inland waterways authority says it is “currently considering a range of options” regarding the sale of the site, which is one of the last undeveloped land parcels of the Docklands Strategic Development Zone.
Four years ago, suggestions that Waterways Ireland had been planning to sell what’s regarded as a key piece of the canal basin’s Georgian architecture prompted a local activist group to appeal to the then Heritage Minister to intervene.
Map shows how much of Ireland could be under water by 2050 - with five counties in trouble
As sea levels rise, certain parts of Ireland that are currently on land may soon find themselves at risk of severe flooding
16:47, 18 FEB 2021
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The Dublin region in 2050 - red represents areas under water (Image: Climate Central)
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Waterways Ireland plans to sell Grand Canal graving docks Canals body draws up plans to dispose of site in Dublin on the open market
Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 10:46 Updated: Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 10:55
Waterways Ireland is drawing up plans to sell the heritage, “graving docks”, part of the Grand Canal Dock in Dublin. Opened in 1796 there were originally three graving docks built parallel to each other. Video: Bryan O Brien
Michael Ingle, member of the Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum, pictued at Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, in 2019. Photograph: Dave Meehan
Waterways Ireland is drawing up plans to sell the heritage, “graving docks”, part of the Grand Canal Docks in Dublin, on the open market.