A new survey shows that just 41 properties were available to rent under the Housing Assistance Payment scheme last month.
According to the Simon Communities of Ireland only one property was available to rent under a standard HAP rate and that was a one-bedroom house in Kildare suitable for singles or a couple.
No propertires were available on the HAP scheme in Cork City and Suburbs.
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Residential property prices are expected to increase by an average of 2 percent this year.
That's according to the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland who say housing output will have to increase by 8 percent per annum if Housing for All targets are to be hit by 2030.
Its Annual Residential review for 2023 revealed that new homes are only affordable to those on average incomes in Meath, Cork and Galway.
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Over 400 hundred people attended a ceremony in Co. Offaly last night, to remember Ashling Murphy.
Huge crowds gathered for the first anniversary mass, which took place at St Brigid’s Church in Mountbolus.
The ceremony featured music from a traditional Irish group, which Ashling played with as a child.
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Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of rock and roll legend Elvis, has died at the age of 54.
She suffered a cardiac arrest at her home in California yesterday.
In a statement, her mother Priscilla said she was "the most passionate, strong and loving woman" she's ever known.
