The ongoing rental crisis is being described as "a generational catastrophe."
It comes as the latest Daft report shows that rents in Cork County have jumped up 14.6% on last years figures with city rents recording a 6.9% rise.
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The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet today to consider if further measures are needed to address the high Covid rates.
Health officials will discuss the possible introduction of a full work from home policy - but aren't looking at other restrictions.
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The European Consumer Centre is advising online shoppers to only purchase Christmas goods from within the EU.
It says since the UK left the European Union, it is now classed as a third country.
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Online and mobile banking has grown by 8.6% over the last year.
More than 33 million payments were made between July and September, according to the Banking and Payments Federation.
