Sean MacCarthaigh crunches the figures from both the Residential Property Price Register and the Private Residential Tenancies Board Rent Index to provide a composite view of how both markets fared against a background of a housing crisis where affordability has become a key issue for both prospective buyers and tenants.

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WHATEVER about Seán McCárthaigh’s view of the Ombudsman’s report (‘State has again become our enemy,’ November 10), it is important that opinion is informed by facts.