When faced with a commercial tenant claiming that they have a statutory right to renew their tenancy, what options are available to a landlord?

Further changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (the "2004 Act") have been introduced by the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (the "2022 Act")...

The Government's much-anticipated proposals to reform the rules on rent and security of tenure in the residential tenancy sector were finally announced on 10 June.

With the rise of Airbnb, the planning status of short term lettings has been under the spotlight in the last number of years.

President Higgins signed the Residential Tenancies (No.2) Act 2021 (the "2021 Act") into law on 9 July 2021. The 2021 Act extends the temporary protection put in place to protect tenants...

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has issued amendments to IFRS 16 which simplifies how companies account for COVID-19-related rent concessions.

If you grant a licence to use a commercial premises (or part of a commercial premises), you could be forgiven for thinking that this will prevent the user from successfully claiming tenancy rights.

The High Court has held that a Landlord who made a child protection referral to Tusla and the HSE arising from child protection concerns she had about her tenants could successfully rely on the defence of qualified privilege...

A break option can generally be described as a right conferred upon a tenant to terminate its tenancy prior to the expiry of the term of a lease.

Cost-rental housing is a model of housing provided generally by the State, local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies.

On 1 October 2020, the Government published its Code of Conduct between Landlords and Tenants for Commercial Rents.

Although the commercial office market is finding its feet again post Covid-19 restrictions, it certainly has not reached the buoyancy it had enjoyed previously.

On 19 May 2021, the Irish legislature passed a financial resolution introducing a new stamp duty rate of 10% targeted at the "bulk buying" of certain residential units.

As we "ease out" (fingers crossed) of the pandemic restrictions, with non-essential retail now beginning to open up and even the prospect of indoor hospitality...

It was announced on 10 June 2025 that Rent Pressure Zones (RPZ) are to be extended to cover the entire country and amendments to rent regulation will be introduced to promote investment...

Controversy has surrounded upwards only rent review clauses for quite some time. It had been hoped that Section 132 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 would resolve this issue once and for all.

A commercial or residential tenant will look to the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980 (the "1980 Act") and the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1994 in asserting his or her rights to renew an existing lease.

Prescription is the method by which the law gives legal recognition to the existence of an easement which has been enjoyed over a long period as if it had been created initially by a formal grant.