Market rents in Donegal were on average 5.4% higher in the second quarter of 2025 than a year previously.
According to Daft.ie’s latest rental price report, the average listed rent in the county is now €1,249, up 92% from the level prevailing when the COVID-19 pandemic occurred.
Nationally, market rents rose by an average of 1.6% in the second quarter of 2025, the eighteenth consecutive quarter of rising rents.
The average open-market rent nationwide between April and June was €2,055 per month, up from a low of just €765 in 2011 and 51% higher than before the outbreak of COVID-19.
