Press Release – 03/07/2025 Decoupling STR from RPZ Start of Solution
PRESS RELEASE. – 03/07/ 2025 Decoupling STR From RPZ only part of Solution to save Self-Catering The Board of the Irish Self-Catering Federation met today to discuss a meeting which took place with Department of Housing and Tourism at Custom House on 30/6/2025. This meeting with government departments and other stakeholders took place to […]
03 July 2025Press Release – 27/6/2025 – Law of Unintended Consequences
PRESS RELEASE. – 27 th June 2025 Closing the Door on Tourism in Rural Ireland At a time when international companies based in Ireland are under threat from tariffs, the Irish Government see fit to close the largest indigenous industry, tourism. Self-catering, provide over 40% of tourism beds, mostly in rural Ireland. Self-Catering is the […]
27 June 2025ISCF Calls for “flawed” STL Bill to be “redrafted”
ISCF Calls for “flawed” STL Bill to be “redrafted” The Irish Self-Catering Federation (ISCF) has said that the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill, which was discussed by government on Monday “is flawed” and needs to be “redrafted.” As the Bill is currently drafted, properties which are advertised online for short-term rental would be obliged to […]
19 February 2025EHHA Complaint to EU Commission Re: New Catalan STR rules
Press Release from the EHHA and Irish Self-Catering Federation 20/11/2024 EHHA Submits Complaint to EU Commission on New Catalan STR Rules Industry submits official complaint to European Commission about unjustified and disproportionate Catalan short-term rental accommodation rules The European Holiday Home Association (EHHA), the voice of short-term rental accommodation (STR) in Europe, submitted an […]
20 November 2024What are Rent Pressure Zones in Ireland
What is a Rent Pressure Zone’s in Ireland? Rent Pressure zones are areas of Ireland where the Government has decided that no short-term rental can take place without planning permission. If a person has a self-catering apartment or house for rent in an area that is designated a Rent Pressure Zone ( RPZ) they can […]
02 January 2022
