Rents continue to rise in Donegal


WITH so few homes available to rent in Donegal it is no surprise that rents here over the past twelve months have risen by just over 10 per cent. The average three bed rental now is standing at €1,185 according to the latest Daft.ie rental report which stated there are just 240 homes available to […]


Sinn Féin call on Donegal TDs to support struggling renters


SINN FÉIN TDs Pearse Doherty and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn have urged TDs in Donegal to back their party’s call for the government to immediately introduce an emergency three-year ban on rent increases for existing and new tenancies. Speaking ahead of their party’s Dáil motion on the issue, brought forward by Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Eoin […]


Cost of renting up twenty per cent


THE average cost of renting a property in Donegal is up twenty per cent compared to twelve months ago, according to the latest report from Daft.ie. Their rental price report, released today, shows on average it costs €1,122 per month to rent in the county. The average price of renting a three bed house is […]


Average monthly rent in Donegal now almost €1,000


By Róise Collins DONEGAL has the second lowest housing rent in the country despite the cost having risen by 16 per cent in the last 12 months according to a Daft.ie report released this week. The average rent in Donegal at the start of May was €994 just slightly above that being charged in Leitrim […]


Emergency action needed to ‘tackle runaway rents’


Donegal TD Pearse Doherty has called on the Government to take emergency action to tackle ‘runaway rents’. This comes as the latest Daft.ie rent report published this week found that rents in Donegal have increased by 18 percent in the past year. The average rent now stands at €960. Advertisement Deputy Doherty has called on […]