Challenges exist around housing affordability, O’Brien says

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien views a show house at the Churchfields housing development in Mulhuddart, Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA)

The Government is still dealing with “challenges” around housing affordability, a minister has said.

It comes after the latest figures from the CSO revealed that residential property prices have risen by 10.1% in the year to August.