Photograph: Alan BetsonRTÉ recorded a €5.5 million surplus in 2024, compared to a €9.1 million deficit in 2023 according to its latest accounts. A drop in licence fee revenues following the payments controversy which engulfed RTÉ in 2023 contributed to the deficit that year. Earlier this year it emerged that the State missed its target for social homes in 2024 by almost 20 per cent with some 10,596 delivered last year. Some 1,757 new social homes were delivered in April, May and June, including 1,443 new-build homes, 162 acquisitions and 152 homes delivered through leasing programmes. The latest Social Housing Construction Status Report shows a pipeline of 26,684 social homes at various stages of design and construction as of the end of June, including 11,557 social homes on-site.

Source: The Irish Times October 29, 2025 16:31 UTC