Shortage of homes for rent worst in a decade

The shortage of properties for rent has reached its most critical level in a decade, pushing rents up in every county.

The latest survey by the property website Daft.ie shows the number of properties for rent in Dublin is at its lowest in 10 years.

Availability in Cork, Limerick, Waterford, and Galway is the poorest in nine years, and everywhere else in the country supply is at an eight-year low.