Renters paying average of €1,820 per month in Dublin

Kilkenny, Clare, Galway, and Mayo all saw rents grow by over 10% in the last year.

Rents outside Dublin rose by 7% in a year, with the average renter now paying over €1,000 per month in seven counties outside the capital.

The latest quarterly Rent Index from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) showed that tenants in Cork, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow are now paying above €1,000 each month in rent, while the highest standardised average rent was in Dublin, at €1,820 per month.