The furture of short term rental tourism sector

In an effort to create long term rentals and cut housing waiting lists, the government has proposed that all short term rentals acquire planning permission before letting out their homes on Airbnb or other platforms.  But what impact will that have on small, usually family run guesthouses and self catering cottages?  Màire Ni Mhurchu, Chief Executive of the Irish Self Catering Federation convinced it could devastate the sector and worsen the rental shortages.