The week in Business

The average monthly rent for a home in Dublin has risen above €2,000 for the first time, research has found. The latest quarterly report by Daft.ie, the property website, also said that rents rose by 6.7 per cent nationwide in the year to June, taking the national average to €1,391. This is the lowest rate of rental inflation since the last quarter of 2013. Ronan Lyons, Trinity College Dublin assistant professor and author ...