They have increased by 6 per cent in Roscommon and 3.1 per cent in Longford, according to the property website daft.ie.

They say they were forced to stay in the caravan because they had to leave their rental home last February.

Friday's CSO report outlined the number of apartment and housing unit planning permissions granted in the country per county this year.

The plan is one under consideration by the Minister for Housing to tackle the shortage of housing.

The discovery of the mans body was found following a fire at a house near Castlebar yesterday evening

The residents, who have been successfully granted asylum, cannot find a home in order to leave the centres

According to the MyHome.ie report, new home buyers are paying almost 8 times the average annual income for a house.

The blaze broke out just after 6pm on Monday evening.