Michael Healy-Rae has won an argument with the Government to not impose new restrictions on short-term lets on medium-sized towns such as Killarney. It’s liable to be perceived as a policy that favours people with two houses over people who have none. Even the short-term letting sector is still confused about the proposals, which some could argue were poorly explained yesterday. That same report said that there needed to be more of an effort made to diversify the Defence Forces. Those who had been in the pilot scheme will now have that support dropped, and will have to reapply.

Source: The Irish Times February 11, 2026 12:37 UTC