Rents across Ireland have increased by 11.9 per cent over the past year, according to a new report by property website Daft.ie. The average rent nationwide now stands at 1,382, approximately 150 more than this time last year.

Over the last year, the supply of properties available for renting has fallen by about 20%. Many people who have been priced out of the residential sales market are staying in their present rented accommodation. This is affecting supply, as it reduces the number of properties becoming available for rent.  At the same time, demand is at an all-time high due to the demographic bulge of people at renting age and high levels of immigration.

In Dublin, rents are up by 12% on average. Areas closest to the city centre have seen greater increases in rents than more outlying suburbs. Rents in Dublin 1 and Dublin 2 have increased by up to 20% in the past year. This compares with growth of less than 10% in areas such as Dublin 24 and North County Dublin.

   曾分別在電影中扮演同性戀的臺灣女星許安安和房思瑜，日前大膽全裸為雜誌拍照，上演交纏親密的肢體接觸。兩人對於敏感話題百無禁忌，稱不排斥與女生談戀愛、接吻、親密接觸。

據臺灣《聯合報》報道，房思瑜在拍照當天先練瑜伽將筋骨拉開，而許安安抱病出席仍敬業完成艱巨的任務。兩人全裸擁抱互相交纏，小心翼翼遮住對方的重點部位深怕走光。不過，她們也異口同聲表示：“放心啦！都有做好防護措施，媽媽不要擔心！”

許安安說：“私下和女性友人玩瘋了也會接吻。”不過房思瑜卻表示自己的朋友很老實，不會這樣玩。兩個小女生都表示喜歡和男人接吻，許安安笑說：“女人的唇給我一種親密、安全的感覺，男人的唇則是一種欲望。”

兩人都有被女同性戀追求的經驗，雖然不會排斥談戀愛，但是她們強調仍是喜歡男生。許安安想起有次生病的時候，曾被一位女同性戀嚇到，對方非常熱情直說要和她一起睡覺照顧她，讓許安安很害怕，因此不喜歡這樣的行為。