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Dublin City Council painter Noel Wallace paints the lamp posts and waste bins on Portland Row gold to celebrate local boxer Kellie Harrington winning her Olympic title in Paris on Tuesday night. Photograph: Sam Boal/CollinsThe proportion of private rented accommodation in Dublin being provided by large or corporate landlords with more than 100 properties for rent has passed 20 per cent after a steady increase, new data shows.
The data also shows that, over the 12 months to the end of March, the number of registered private landlords, and the number of tenancies being provided by those landlords, has also been increasing. The figures, published on Thursday by the Residential Tenancies Board, suggest a contrary picture to the view that private landlords are leaving the market and do not appear to be explained by a burgeoning build-to-rent sector.Driving test pass rates vary widely at different centres around the country:
There was a wide variation in the rate of motorists passing driving tests at different test centres around the country in the first half of 2024, new figures show.’s three concerts in Vienna have been cancelled after government confirmation of a planned attack at the stadium, the organiser said late on Wednesday.with rallies in rural Wisconsin and Detroit, Michigan, on Wednesday, that the campaign said brought out more than 10,000 people each.