Rents in Galway are continuing to climb steadily, according to the latest report from property website Daft.ie.
In Galway City, the average rent of a two-bed apartment is now €2,081, up more than 7 percent compared to this time last year.
In Galway County, the average rent of a three-bed house is €1,716, an increase of more than 11 percent in the last 12 months.
Both are well above the national average of 4.3 percent.
Rents also rose at a far slower pace in Dublin, due to increasing supply of rental homes there.
Report author, economist Ronan Lyons, says other cities outside the capital are falling well behind.