Irish rent increases third-highest in EU, says Eurostat

Rising rents have been a political and social conundrum in Ireland for successive governments,

Rents in Ireland increased by 66% since 2010, only behind Estonia and Lithuania in the EU and far ahead of the rest of the member states in the bloc.

Data from the Eurostat, the analysis wing of the European Commission, showed that over the past 11 years, rents have steadily increased across the EU but rocketed in the two Baltic countries and Ireland.