Ireland recorded its highest number of evictions since the famine, affecting 7,000 people.

Omissions

• The claim conflates 'notices of termination' (warnings/formal steps toward ending a tenancy) with completed 'evictions.' Not all notices of termination result in an actual eviction, as tenants may resolve disputes, reach agreements, or have the notice invalidated.
• The claim does not specify a time period. The '7,000' figure appears to reference Q1 2026 quarterly data (7,062 notices) rather than an annual figure, but the speaker does not clarify this, making it sound like a cumulative or annual total.
• The reference to 'since the famine' is a politically charged comparison spanning over 170 years. While recent RTB data shows record-high levels since modern tracking began (circa 2015–2019 for comprehensive RTB data), no continuous dataset exists from the Great Famine (1845–1852) to today to empirically verify the comparison. TheJournal.ie published a fact-check (April 2026) specifically examining this claim and its historical framing.
• No primary RTB source was directly accessed; the verification relies on secondary news reports citing RTB data. However, multiple independent outlets consistently report the same figures.

Sources

• SecondaryBreakingNews.ieNew figures from the RTB showed that 7,062 notices of termination were received in Q1 2026, up 51 per cent from Q1 2025.
• SecondaryLabour.ieIn 2025 the RTB data confirms that 20,033 people received Notices of Termination in 2025, that is a 21.07% increase over the total figure for 2024.
• SecondaryTheJournal.ieData from the Residential Tenancies Board shows there were approximately 20,033 notices of termination issued in 2025. The fact-check examined whether evictions are at the highest rate since the Great Famine.
• SecondarySocial Democrats (Ireland)Evictions in the final quarter of 2025 were up 41% on the same period the year before, while over 20,000 notices to quit were issued last year.
• SecondaryTheJournal.ieNew data from the Residential Tenancies Board showed eviction notices were up 51% in the first three months of this year.