Ireland’s rents top 2008 peak

Ireland’s rents are now higher than their 2008 peak, according to a report from a local property website on Tuesday. The report from daft.ie said the average rent nationwide has risen by 39.7 percent since bottoming out in late 2011 and has for the first time exceeded its 2008 peak by 0.8 percent. From 1997 to 2007, Ireland experienced a property bubble.