Top TV star Muireann O’Connell has lifted the lid on the struggle of trying to purchase her own home and admitted she "cannot afford to at the minute".
Like thousands nationwide, the Ireland AM presenter, who recently got engaged, said she and her fiance are still renting in Dublin as their dream of owning their own place one day is currently out of reach.
She told the Irish Mirror: “It’s been a series of unfortunate events. We are still renting, so being stuck in that and being like ‘oh my God, we’re so old. They’re never gonna give us a mortgage...'