Rent Controls

South Dublin County Councillor Jess Spear of People Before Profit. Image of the Four Courts Dublin.

Councillor Takes High Court Legal Challenge as Council Executive Refuse to Implement 15-to-1 Vote to Halt Rent Increases

Cllr Jess Spear says executives unilateral decision will bring hikes of up to 52% for some lone parents and 41.5% for pensioners. Campaigners vow to fight on in the courts and in the 2027 council budget.

29 Sep 2026

Join the Affordable Ireland Protest 19 September 2026

Join the Affordable Ireland Protest 19 September 2026

We Need a Cost of Living Revolt. Join The National Protest on September 19th 1pm Parnell Square Dublin.

24 Jul 2026

20,000 Households in South Dublin County to Get Big Rent Increases - Cllrs to Fight

20,000 Households in South Dublin County to Get Big Rent Increases - Cllrs to Fight

People Before Profit Councillors to bring special resolution directing Chief Executive to suspend planned South Dublin County Council plans to impose big rent increases for over 20,000 households.

10 Jun 2026

Noel Thomas and Denman Rooke over a photo of a housing protest at Galway's Arts / Science Building

Denman Rooke Slams Noel Thomas for “More of the Same” Fianna Fáil Politics

Independent Ireland's Noel Thomas is a 10-year Fianna Fáil councillor. "But his politics haven't changed." says Denman Rooke. "That’s why his new party, Independent Ireland, is half-filled with ex-Fianna Fáilers who take their marching orders from business and landlords."

29 Apr 2026

Councillors Conor Reddy and Hazel De Nortin

People Before Profit Table Emergency Motion to Reverse Dublin City Council Rent Hikes

An emergency motion for tonight’s Dublin City Council meeting calls for the immediate reversal of the rent increases imposed on council tenants, HAP tenants, RAS tenants and some Approved Housing Body tenants. Our Councillors support the demonstration by CATU members outside City Hall from 5:30pm.

13 Apr 2026

Denman Rooke ar son Ghaillimh Thiar - For Galway West; Campaign Launch Even; The ol'55 Bar; 30 Prospect Hill; 13th April at 7pm13 April

Galway West By-Election Candidate Launch 13 April 7pm

Denman Rooke kicks off his campaign as People Before Profit's representative in Galway West on Monday.

7 Apr 2026

Gerry Carroll

Gerry Carroll’s People's Housing Bill: the Tenant Protections Stormont Refuses to Deliver

"Rents in Belfast have risen by more than 50% over the past five years. Private tenants are increasingly expected to pay eyewatering sums for homes that are cramped, in a poor state of disrepair or riddled with mould." We need this passed now.

24 Mar 2026

Thousands gather at a Cost Of Living Coalition march in Dublin in September 2022.

End The Cost-Of-Living Crisis - Join The Affordable Ireland Campaign

Paul Murphy says "The Government acts like Robin Hood in reverse - stealing from the poor to give to the rich. It is not because it does not have the money." Next week, People Before Profit, Sinn Féin, Social Democrats, Labour Party, and other left Independents will launch Affordable Ireland.

7 Feb 2026

Image of children and parents in emergency accommodation with smiling Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris superimposed.

5,000 children spent Christmas in emergency accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett: it’s Government’s ‘eternal shame’ that more than 5,000 children were in emergency accommodation. Warns Residential Tenancies Bill will ‘turbo charge’ rent increases. Calls for meaningful rent controls and ‘transformational’ state construction company to end housing crisis.

30 Jan 2026