Housing groups have said the current rental situation is "unsustainable" after the latest report showed rents rose nationwide by an average of 11.3% in the year to last September.

The average rent in Ireland now stands at €1,060 a month, according to data drawn from all new tenancy agreements registered with the Residential Tenancies Board.

Residents of an apartment block in Cork city who have been served eviction notices so that their rental properties can undergo a €3m refurbishment say that they have been left with little choice but to live on a building site.

Latest: The Government is being asked to introduce Rent Pressure Zones nationwide in a bid to tackle the housing crisis.

Threshold has today raised concerns that some landlords are using renovations as a way to hike rents above their capped rates.

Latest: Housing experts say the introduction of rent pressure zones are not working, and that rents are still rising drastically.

The Housing Minister Simon Coveney has said rent caps could be introduced in 15 new areas as soon as possible.

Legislation to create the new rent cap system has been sent to the President for signature.

The Dáil will try and pass legislation today to put rent certainty in place before the New Year.

Rents across Ireland now have hit an all-time high, according to a new report.

A national rental market strategy which aims to provide rent certainty and security of tenure to tenants should be ready within months.

Fresh proposals for rent certainty and ways to regulate the rental sector are set to give the Government a major headache after the last coalition blocked similar plans for legal reasons.

Making it illegal to discriminate against tenants in receipt of rent supplement will not make it easier for vulnerable tenants to secure housing.

The government has introduced new regulations setting out minimum apartment sizes with the objective of reducing costs for developers.

The latest report from Daft.ie shows rents are rising fastest in cities outside Dublin - with a 15.4% jump in Cork.

Rent certainty measures introduced by the Government in a compromise move to ease the pressure on tenants could dissuade much-needed construction in the housing market, according to the IMF.

President Michael D Higgins has signed into law the bill aimed at achieving rent certainty in the market.

Ireland’s economic recovery and its chances of attracting foreign firms will be put at risk if the Government’s controversial rent reform plans fail to calm surging hikes for tenants, as well as house prices.

Disputes lodged against landlords over rents more than doubled in the period leading up to the coalition’s rent control proposals while there was also a spike in calls to a helpline for tenants.

A new housing report claims the majority of Irish people have given up on the idea of ever owning their own home.

Tenants will be spared rent increases of up to €1,700 next year because of the Government’s new Rent Certainty laws, it was claimed last night.

Laws limiting rent increases to once every two years have passed all stages in the Oireachtas.

A new report has shown that rents have increased significantly ahead of the introduction of rent controls.

The Environment Minister Alan Kelly has announced a series of reforms to the private rental sector to provide rent certainty for tenants and landlords.

A mother of two whose rent is being increased by 55% has said that she feels like a small fish being swallowed up by sharks.

New measures could see landlords face fines of up to €3,000 if they lie to tenants about plans to sell their house.

Fiachra Ó Cionnaith answers the main questions around rent certainty

The Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said that new laws can be rushed through to stop landlords from hiking rents on vulnerable tenants.

The Labour Party has confirmed that proposals by Environment Minister Alan Kelly for rent controls to be linked to the rate of inflation are unlikely to be introduced by the Government.

Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin has said that houses cannot be built with the click of a finger to ease the current crisis.

A Fianna Fáil TD has today criticised the delay in agreeing measures on homelessness and rent certainty, telling Government Deputies to "get down and do ye're job".

One of the country’s largest landlord groups has warned the Coalition over introducing rent controls, saying they would kill off investment in the property market and rental sector.

The Anti Austerity Alliance are staging a protest outside a Cork city apartment this morning to make the case for rent controls.

Residential property prices went up by 1.3% in September, while nationally, they are up almost 9% on an annual basis.