“The fact that 53 large-scale residential development schemes, comprising 14,000 units which have planning permission are stalled is very worrying. It says apartment and housing numbers need to increase by 17 per cent each year over the next four years. On student housing, Mr Mitchell said there was currently demand for 90,000 beds but a shortfall on that number of almost 40,000. [ Ireland is overdependent on apartment developmentOpens in new window ]Just 657 student beds were delivered last year, the report says, down 54 per cent on the previous year. Allowing landlords to reset student accommodation rent caps now, rather than from 2029, could, Mitchell McDermott said, deliver between 5,000 and 8,000 new student beds over the next three years.

Source: The Irish Times January 29, 2026 09:31 UTC