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Sunday 26 March 2023 Dublin: 7°C

# airbnb

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# disclaimers apply
A man's death at an Airbnb rental highlights a major problem with the site
The guest died after a freak accident involving a rope swing.
# BREAKING BREAD
Why I booked dinner at a stranger's house with an app... and I'd totally do it again
Meal-sharing site EatWith is like the Airbnb of food.
# Refugees
Three 20-something entrepreneurs just launched an Airbnb for refugees
The website operates pretty much like Airbnb. People, called “heroes”, offer up spare rooms in their homes for refugees to temporarily stay in.
# Holiday Home
13 amazing Airbnbs you can stay in right here in Ireland
Right on your doorstep!
# Holiday Home
13 completely amazing Airbnbs you can stay in right here in Ireland
Right on your doorstep!
Voices
The taxman is right to chase Airbnb hosts. Here’s why
Allowing those who rent their rooms via the sharing website to be tax exempt will simply put more professionals and students on the streets in times of severe rental crisis.
# No Hiding
Airbnb meets hosts after telling the tax man about them
The company will supply information to the Revenue Commissioners dating back to May 2014.
# rental income
Airbnb has to start telling Revenue how much its hosts make
The company has had its base outside the United States in Ireland since last year.
# home away from home
7 ways to be sound when you're staying in an Airbnb
The golden rules.
# airbnb
Airbnb's creepy new ad is freaking everyone out
Creepy has a new mascot.
# Holliers
Ireland is doing its best to make caravan holidays a thing again
There’s a new standard being set for off-beat accommodation.
# damage control
It pays to read the fine print when you Airbnb
The home-sharing site has fans across the world – but there are a few things you should know.
# Room To Grow
Airbnb is about to be worth more than almost any hotel chain in the world
That’s despite the company still losing a fortune each year.
# nice gaffs
PHOTOS: Peek inside the most expensive Airbnb listings in Ireland
Fancy having a castle built in the 1480s all to yourself? It’ll cost you…
# Property Porn
PHOTOS: Have a look inside the most expensive Airbnb listing in San Francisco
Going to the West Coast with 15 others? This *could* be an option.
# no room at the inn
It is about to get a whole lot more expensive to stay in Dublin hotels
But there will still be plenty of pricier places to holiday in Europe.
# silicon docks
Castles for everyone: Airbnb to create 200 jobs in Dublin
The roles will be based in Dublin.
# no room at the inn
Airbnb hosts: 'We've been making the housing crisis worse'
Following Revenue’s decision to tax their earnings, some Irish hosts on the homeshare site admit their situation was ‘too good to be true’
# very rosemantic
From 'cosy' to castles: 9 wonderful Valentine's getaways on Airbnb right now
Two weeks to go, folks. We’ve done most of the hard work for you…
# Logo agogo
Did you notice these companies changed their logos this year?
They’re so different. Mostly.
# airbnb
Why stay in a hotel when you can rent a boat?
Take a look around some of the boats on offer on Airbnb.
# the perks
9 companies with unreal employee perks you'll be totally jealous of
Well we get coffee…
# airmatch?
What do you get if you mix a matchmaking website with Airbnb?
You get this Irish startup – except it doesn’t have anything to do with dating.
# pumped
You can rent an actual 'self-catering Irish pub' in Tipperary on AirBNB
You can literally live at the pub.
# Week in Web
Weird Wide Web: Shopping on Facebook, a Kim Kardashian app and a controversial logo
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
# butt of the joke
Airbnb's new logo is surprisingly sexual
We can all see it. Slightly NSFW.
# 9 to 5
8 of Dublin's coolest office spaces
What a way to make a living.
# San Francisco
Landlords evicting tenants for putting their homes on Airbnb
A petition has been set up calling on lawmakers in San Francisco to stop the evictions.
# Friday
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
Everyone’s been talking about revelations at the Ian Bailey case, what the new Commissioner had to say… and Brucie quitting.
# Property Porn
Rent this school, or 7 other Airbnbs in Ireland we really want to stay in
From castles to caravans, Ireland’s holiday home stock is an eclectic crowd.
# Public Support
Taoiseach and Minister not fazed by poor show in opinion polls
Enda Kenny noted: “At the end of our period in office people will judge us.”
# Jobswatch
Airbnb to double its workforce in Dublin - and Bono is delighted
The company will create 100 new jobs at its European HQ.
# move to dublin
Airbnb to open European HQ in Dublin
The company made the announcement on its blog today, two months after speculation that it was planning to set up an office here.
# airbnb
Is Airbnb planning to set up shop in Ireland?
The company has decided to change its international strategy and is looking at establishing a European hub.