Rent pressure zones the sticking point in stalling deal

Efforts to agree rent caps stalled temporarily yesterday after a clash between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil over rent pressure zones.

The standoff would only make families struggling with rents stress more, claimed some TDs, as Housing Minister Simon Coveney withdrew the Bill.

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald came under attack in the Dáil during Leaders questions while talks between the two parties were ongoing outside the chamber.