Tabitha Monahan

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Landlords will only be allowed reset rents if the tenant leaves voluntarily. So if a landlords serves a tenant with a notice to quit, they won’t be allowed reset the rent. This will aim to get rid of the economic incentive of evicting a tenant

🚨Breaking: Entire country to be brought under Rent Pressure Zone in major change agreed tonight by Government leaders independent.ie/irish-news/ent…

Entire country to be brought under Rent Pressure Zone in major change agreed tonight by Government leaders - breaking news from ⁦@tabitha_monahan⁩ independent.ie/irish-news/ent…

In today’s Sunday Independent we have exclusive details of exactly how the Government’s rent reforms will work. Landlords will be able to reset rents to market rates and above caps.. but only after tenancies last six years. independent.ie/irish-news/pol…

While some details are to be finalised, Nama boss Brendan McDonagh will have his work cut out for him in new ‘housing tsar’ role independent.ie/opinion/analys…

📻From 4.30 @cooper_m 🟡Help to Buy Scheme labelled policy disaster @lorcansirr @IPAVireland 🔵Health insurers accused of shrinkflation 🟡How secure is your smartphone? 📱 🔵Presidential election - who are the potential candidates? @tabitha_monahan 🟡Culture Club @WillSliney

How rogue landlord tried to use anti-stalking legislation to gag the media independent.ie/irish-news/cou…

‘We need to do better’ – Children’s and Disabilities Minister Norma Foley admits assessment of need system for children with disabilities is broken independent.ie/irish-news/pol…

📻From 4.30 @cooper_m 🟡Local Property Tax & tariff concerns @Paschald 🔵Dáil vote on confidence in Ceann Comhairle @tabitha_monahan 🟡The eve of US "liberation day" @CalThomas @marionmckeone 🔵Third-level fees set to increase 🟡Essays from neurodiverse people @msniamhgarvey

It may me more speaking time for backbenchers but some FF TDs are privately “livid” that Michael Lowry and other Independents will get more speaking time than them. Others say they feel like “pawns” in the whole thing. independent.ie/irish-news/pol…

4.30 @cooper_m 🟡Pressure mounts on Murphy’s position as Ceann Comhairle @tabitha_monahan 🔵Almost all primary schools employ unqualified teachers 🟡Can single people get on the property ladder? @MichaelMDowling 🔵Covid's social impact 🟡Culture Club @patriciascanl18

4.30 @ianguider 🟡More chaos in the Dáil over speaking rights @tabitha_monahan @GaryMurphyDCU 🔵New bill to target AI deepfakes 🟡Gardaí conduct raids on group known as The Family 🔵Signal groupchat leak @marionmckeone @CalThomas 🟡Enoch Burke’s bank account to be emptied

The answer is yes by the way…there was fresh and very loud chaos. Dáil is suspended until 15.05

Will there be fresh chaos in the Dáil again over the standing orders row? Leaders Questions starts at 2pm...You can find the latest updates over on the @Independent_ie live blog: independent.ie/irish-news/pol…

Mary Regan to become first female political editor of the Irish Independent independent.ie/irish-news/pol…

In an interview with the Irish Independent, Barry Heneghan said he doesn’t regret entering dating show Grá ar an Trá and would “definitely” do so again, even as a TD. ⁦@Independent_ie⁩ independent.ie/irish-news/pol…

📻From 4.30 @cooper_m 🟡How should Micheál Martin approach Trump meeting? @tabitha_monahan @EoghanMcDermott 🔵Man Utd's plans for 'world's greatest stadium' @MiguelDelaney 🟡Why the price of ☕️ is going up 🔵Trump says US recession is possible 🟡Impact of USAID cuts on NGO's

🚨Tánaiste Simon Harris contradicts US and says ‘trade imbalance’ was not discussed with Marco Rubio independent.ie/irish-news/pol…

“I used to get slagged off about it Prime Minister, but not anymore” - Environment Minister Darragh O’Brien tells Kier Starmer at the UK Ireland Summit that he’s “a cricketer”. @Independent_ie