Rental prices have jumped this year 6.9% in Cork, 8.3% in Galway and less so in Dublin by 2.7%.
The website Daft.ie has been tracking rental prices across the country since 2006.
Karl Deeter - Irish Mortgage Brokers and Frank McDonald - Former Irish Times Environment Editor and author A Little History of the Future of Dublin joined the Last Word to discuss.
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