Rents continue to rise, but are slowing significantly year on year. The average rent in Cork city is now €1870, an increase of 8 percent on the same time last year.
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Children and teens shoulder the highest consistent poverty rates of any age group in the State. A message is being sent to Government to prioritise supports for the over 4,000 children who are homeless. 151 children in Cork and Kerry were homeless at the end of March.
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Rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs has apologised after security footage showed him assaulting his ex-girlfriend in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. The rapper says his behaviour was "inexcusable".
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And finally someone in Cobh has won a million euro in the Lotto. Corcoran's Centra in Rushbrooke has revealed that it sold a winning Euromillions ticket.
