No place like home: Dublin boom fuels housing spiral

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Channel: AFP News Agency · 2018 · News & Politics

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Ireland’s capital is now one of the most expensive places to live in Europe. Dublin is experiencing an influx of tech firms and corporate landlords -- who are pricing out the average citizen. Thanks to sluggish housing development and historic laws forbidding high rises, many Dubliners are living stacked in bunk beds, sharing tiny studios with other adults and paying hundreds of euros for the privilege -- with few legal rights.

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