By IMAGE
08th Feb 2024
08th Feb 2024
Your speedy summary of today's must-read stories.
Rents for new tenancies 18% higher
The latest Rent Index Report shows that rents for new tenancies are almost 18% higher than for existing tenancies. The Residential Tenancies Board launched its Report for Quarter 3 of last year, covering July to September 2023, which found that the national standardised average rent for existing tenancies of at least one year in duration was €1,357 per month. This figure is €240 or 17.7% higher per month for new tenancies, with national standardised average rents of €1,598 per month.
Netanyahu orders troops to prepare for push into Rafah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered troops to prepare to enter the overcrowded Gazan city of Rafah, even as a new round of talks aimed at securing a truce with Hamas were set to open in Cairo today. Netanyahu announced the order after rejecting Hamas’s response to a ceasefire proposal at the centre of intense recent diplomatic efforts, though visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted yesterday that he still saw “space for agreement to be reached”.
Warmest January on record
The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has confirmed that last month was the warmest January globally of modern records, following a pattern set by each month before it for a consecutive eight months in total. It was wetter than average in parts of Europe, with storms impacting north and southwestern countries, but drier than average in other areas, including parts of Spain, Ireland, southern UK, eastern Ireland, and most of Scandinavia.
Death of an adult with confirmed measles
A man has died in the first reported case of measles this year in Ireland. The HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre confirmed the 48 year-old had died in a hospital in the Dublin and Midlands Health Region. It is understood that the man from Westmeath had been at an event in Birmingham in the last few weeks where he may have caught the virus.
Snow and ice warnings
Met Éireann has issued a series of warnings for snow and ice across Ireland on Thursday, as forecasters said travellers could face transport disruption. They’ve issued a status-yellow warning for snow and icy conditions in Clare, Tipperary, Galway, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, with rain turning from sleet to snow between 3am and 1pm. The same band of cold and icy conditions will affect Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Longford from 5am until 8pm.
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