Renters across Ireland are in crisis as it emerged today that the number of notices to quit issued by landlords has skyrocketed since the Covid ban on evictions has lifted.
In Dublin alone, the number of notices has jumped from from 116 in Q1 of 2021 before the ban was lifted in April to 398 in Q1 of 2022. Between those 12 months, there has been an increase each quarter with 293 in Q2 of 2021, 299 in Q3 and 311 in Q4.
The biggest reason for this is landlords planning to sell the property they have been renting out with 45 in Q1 of 2021 to a huge leap of 241 planning to sell in Q1 this year. It follows a trend seen across Ireland with the number of notices to quit skyrocketing countrywide to 1,781 in the second quarter of 2022 - a significant jump from 1,132 issued in Q1 this year.
