Image: Shutterstock/Daniel Krason Image: Shutterstock/Daniel Krason SHORT-TERM RENTAL WEBSITE Airbnb has requested that the government set up a register of approved short-term lets so it can block non-registered landlords from its site.
In September the government announced a new licensing system to prevent property owners from advertising a short-term let unless they had received the required planning permission. In a statement to The Journal however, Airbnb said that recent analysis comparing long-term rental supply with Airbnb listings “uses a flawed methodology and scraped data to make misleading claims”.
Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin TD said at the time that one of the “missing pieces” to the legislation was the lack of penalties for advertisers, such as Airbnb, as well as the property owner.