Securing a mortgage in Ireland is very difficult, leaving many people with little choice but to rent. The cost of renting in Ireland has doubled in the past decade. Rental costs doubled over a decadeThe cost of renting doubled in the past decade as the crisis in housing supply and affordability deepened. Dunnes Stores wants court to define ‘groceries’ in Mr Price disputeDunnes Stores has asked the High Court to rule on what is the definition of groceries in a row between the supermarket chain and discount retailer Mr Price. Dunnes wants the court to enforce a restriction on what a Mr Price outlet in Carlow town can sell which the supermarket says is a requirement of the lease granted to the discount store.

Source: Irish Independent May 12, 2021 06:00 UTC