Just ten homes advertised for rental in Offaly

The shortage of properties available to rent in the Midlands remains a serious issue, with just ten homes in county Offaly being advertised for rental on Daft.ie at the time of writing this afternoon (Tuesday).

The widely-used property website was showing just one property available to rent in Edenderry, one in Clara, and none in Ferbane.

Daft.ie was listing three rental properties in Tullamore, two of which were houses listed at €2,000 a month, while the other was a house listed for €1,795 per month.

There were four properties listed in Birr, with prices ranging from €850 a month, for a studio flat, to €1,795 per month for a four-bedroom house.

On the Newstalk radio programme 'The Hard Shoulder' last Friday, Dr Ali Raza Ansari, a trainee GP in the Midlands, said he was currently sleeping in his car because he was unable to find accommodation.

He said the housing crisis was preventing medical staff from moving to Ireland to work for the HSE.

"I know many of my friends who have secured… a job here in Ireland but they can't come here because they can't find accommodation," he said.