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# Rent

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Just 8% of rental properties are available in Ireland within rent support limits
Rising rents and lack of social housing has driven up homelessness in Ireland, EU warns
Just over 4,000 new social houses built last year as target missed
The average monthly rent in Ireland is over €1,300 - €300 higher than the 2008 peak
Woman on rent supplement 'placed under severe financial pressure' in eviction row awarded €5k
The myth of the free council house: 'We're not just handing them over, that would be crazy'
The national average rent is €1,122 per month - it's an extra €500 if you want to live in the capital
'It's clearly not working': TDs hit out at Rent Pressure Zone laws as prices continue to soar
Cost of renting near Luas stops €3,360 higher per year compared with other parts of Dublin
Explainer: What will the new Airbnb laws mean for homeowners and landlords?
Advert for 'glorified shed', being rented for €700/month, removed from website
Strengthening rent caps and 'first-class emergency accommodation': What the Budget means for housing
New Department of Health headquarters were empty for over a year - costing almost €16m
The national average rent is now almost €1,100 per month
Landlord who refused rent allowance payment from family ordered to pay €14,000
Site with planning permission for over 400 apartments on sale for €32 million
'Exercise particular caution': Here's how to make sure you don't fall victim to a fake rental scam
Here's what student accommodation in Dublin looked like back in 1984
Dublin rental prices now €500-a-month higher than boom time as students 'left scraping the barrel'
Just 8% of rental properties are available within rent support limits
13 tweets about renting that will make you feel pure and utter despair
'Living with your parents in your late 20s isn't not going to kill you but it’s uncomfortable, it’s stifling'
Brigid O'Dea
'It's not Las Vegas, but we've a lot to offer'
Family of 3 sharing room after landlord tried to increase rent by €500: Ireland's housing horror stories
Landlord ordered to pay couple €6k after refusing HAP allowance to pay rent
Case filed against student accommodation provider that plans to increase rent by 18%
'The private rented sector is broken': Survey says 96% of people found it difficult to find rental home
Over half of available rental properties in Dublin aimed at tourists for short-term stays
11 of the saddest properties available to rent in Dublin this May
Average rents in Dublin have hit a new record high of €1,875 a month
A proposed new law aims to prevent 27% student rent hikes
Rental prices: These are the most expensive Dart and Luas stops to live next to
'Isn’t there something awful about society, that so many people are praying for a house?'
'It's infuriating': Tenants frustrated as minister hails 'slowdown' in rent rises
There are four counties where the average rent exceeds €1,000 per month
'Landlord said it was none of his business': Tenants left 'in limbo' after vulture funds buy property
'What used to be low-rent areas will stay high now': How Airbnb is 'worsening crisis' in some Dublin areas
How tech firms outside Dublin are luring staff away from the capital
Minister says there are rents in Dublin 'at a fraction of headline figures'
'Deeply troubling': Dublin rent €380 higher a month than at Celtic Tiger peak