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Maynooth and Cobh to be subject to rent controls from midnight

Minister Simon Coveney made the announcement this morning.

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Mar 29th 2017, 11:41 AM

pressure zones

These are the 23 towns where rent caps will be extended to from midnight

Galway City will join Dublin and Cork city as a ‘rent pressure zone’.

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Jan 26th 2017, 8:34 PM

rising rents

Rent crisis: TheJournal.ie to ask Minister Simon Coveney YOUR rent questions on Facebook

We’ll be live from Facebook headquarters at 6pm on Wednesday so get your questions on rent in now.

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Jan 9th 2017, 7:30 PM