Latest news with #EllenCoyne
Irish Times
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Opposition smells blood in the water over RPZ changes
Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Harry McGee to talk about the ongoing fallout from the Government's proposed changes to the rights of tenants and landlords. They look at growing criticism from Opposition TDs of the finer points of the policy. Will the delay in rolling out RPZs to the whole country incentivise landlords to raise rents while they can? Do the new rules effectively prohibit short-term lets in tourism areas?
Irish Times
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Rent reform: is immediate pain worth uncertain gains?
Pat Leahy and Ellen Coyne join Hugh Linehan to look back at the week in politics: Rent reform: the announcement of Minister for Housing James Browne's plans to change the rules around rent pressure zones dominated the week. Will the Government's gamble on investment pay off? And why was the rollout so haphazard? Adjustments to residential property tax received less attention but the changes also carry political risk. Israel's attacks on Iran add further uncertainty to a fraught geopolitical moment. Anti-immigrant riots in Northern Ireland: was the violence exacerbated by political interventions? Plus the panel pick their favourite Irish Times articles of the week, including a reflection on 1980s Ireland's strange treatment of women , a critique of Irish media's coverage of a controversial issue and how social media firms used the 'like' button to turbocharge their business models .
