Figures from the Private Residential Tenancies Board show that rents in Dublin are now higher than they were during the previous peak in 2007.
However the data shows that the rate of growth in the cost of rented accommodation slowed in the final quarter of last year.
A report on the housing shortage says apartment building has all but ground to a halt in Dublin, despite an increasing demand for homes and sharply rising prices.
The Government is to examine the introduction of legislative changes to prevent banks from evicting tenants from repossessed rental properties.
It is one of a range of measures discussed at a meeting between the housing charity Focus Ireland and Taoiseach Enda Kenny last Friday.
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that house prices nationwide rose by 7.6% in the year to January.
The Workplace Relations Commission has said it does not have the resources to adjudicate on cases of alleged discrimination by landlords against prospective tenants in receipt of rent allowance.
The number of families in emergency accommodation increased by 90% last year, according to the Simon Communities of Ireland.
In the year to December, residential property prices at a national level, increased by 6.6%. This compares with an increase of 6.5% in November and an increase of 16.3% recorded in the twelve months to December 2014.
December data signalled a positive end to 2015 in the Irish construction sector, with activity rising at a sharper pace in response to further steep growth of new orders.
Residential property prices nationwide fell by 0.5% in the month of November, according to the latest Central Statistics Office figures.
This was the first monthly fall since February of this year.
New figures show that the amount of unfinished housing developments around the country has decreased by 75%.
Ireland's Construction sector grows strongly again in October
Construction firms saw another rise in new business, according to the latest Ulster Bank PMI on the sector, which helped boost an overall improvement in activity, employment and confidence.
Rent Certainty : Focus Ireland Warns the Homeless Crisis Will Continue to Deepen Without Action To Stabilise Private Rented Sector.
Charity Warns the Homeless Crisis Will Continue to Deepen Without Action To Stabilise Private Rented Sector.
Mortgage expert says buying a home has become too difficult for too many; Davy says mortgage lending may fall back further in Q4.
Mortgage lending is being hampered by the Central Bank’s new lending rules as well as excessive stress testing a mortgage broker says.
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Cork City Council has voted to reduce its Local Property Tax for 2016 by 10%.
Councillors voted by 14 to ten, with four abstentions following a two-hour debate.