Michael Noonan digs in over Kelly’s calls for rent certainty

Fine Gael opposition to Labour minister Alan Kelly’s plans to introduce limits on rent increases has hardened in recent days, and senior figures in both parties now say it is unlikely to form part of the measures to deal with the housing crisis due to be unveiled in the coming weeks.

Kelly clashed angrily with Noonan at a cabinet committee meeting attended by the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste on the Thursday before the ...