• Protect Rural Tourism Before its too Late

     Stop Scapegoating The Self-Catering Sector – Protect Rural Tourism Before It’s Too Late   Ireland’s housing crisis is real and urgent. But blaming family run rural self-catering businesses for it and proposing to force them into the long-term rental market, is not just misleading by the Government, it is reckless. Tourism is Ireland’s largest indigenous […]

    03 September 2025
  • Clear Data to Explain Housing Issues in Ireland

     Data on Planning and Housing Development in Ireland   Irish Self-Catering Federation  Submission to EU Commissioner on Housing May 2025   Introduction The Short Term Rental (STR) did not cause the housing crisis in Ireland and is not the solution according to ESRI Profiling Short-Term Let Usage across Ireland. The Irish Minister for Housing James […]

    23 May 2025