Rent prices in Louth have had the second highest increase across the state year-on-year, according to a new report.

A report from the Residential Tenancies Board and the Economic and Social Research Institute showed a 9.3% increase in the county.

Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams has hit out at the government over the rent problem.

The Louth TD added: "Between the end of 2017 and the first quarter of this year Louth saw a 2.9% increase in the standardised average rent – the highest increase in the state.

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"In the three years since the first quarter in 2015 the standardised average rent in Louth has jumped from €700 to €966 in the first quarter of this year. This means that Louth is the sixth most expensive county in the state for rents, and this despite the fact that Drogheda is in a rent control zone.

"The reality is that under this government average rents have soared to a new record high. Rents are rising while supply remains at an all-time low. The introduction of rent pressure zones was supposed to restrain rents and limit annual increases."

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