'We are putting a bridle on an out-of-control horse' - Simon Coveney

Will Housing Minister's grand scheme shorten his odds in the race for FG leadership?

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First, there was former minister Alan Kelly with his two year rent price freeze.

Now less than a year later, Housing Minister Simon Coveney has his own plan to tackle galloping rent increases.

"We are putting a bridle on the horse that has been almost out of control for the last two years," he said.

Coveney has been explaining the rationale for some of the main changes in the rental action plan. Dublin ...