Rents rose in Dublin by 7% as mortgage approvals increase according to a survey by the Residential Tenancies Board. Nationwide, the average rent paid rose to €1,202 per month in the period from April to June, compared with €1,123 for the same period in 2018.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is in Hollywood as part of efforts to double the size of the Irish film industry in the next five years.
Hundreds of people with a disability will be out in force today, to remind others not to block footpaths and access points. It is part of Make Way Day, which this year being held across 25 local authority areas.
An 'Éire 7' sign at Hawk Cliff in Dalkey, Dublin, has been "painstakingly" refurbished by Dalkey Tidy Town for the first time since World War II. Originally constructed as part of the Emergency Powers Act, 1939, after the outbreak of war, the sign was one of a network of nearly 90 across the country warning aircraft that they were flying over a neutral country.
Rents are continuing to rise with new figures showing a 7 per cent annual increase in Dublin in the second quarter to an average €1,713 a month, a rise of €114 compared with the same three months a year earlier.