A Cork camogie player says neither landlords nor Governments care "as long as their own pockets are lined".
Ashling Thompson was speaking as she's struggling to find a place to live, having moved back home with her parents.
It comes as rents around the country are up more than 10% year-on-year - with the number of properties available at an all-time low.
Ashling says there seems to be no accountability.
"I think the Government are probably only making life more difficult as things are and rent increases.
"There seems to be no accountability in terms of landlords or anything like that.
"There's plenty of people that I probably would know of myself, and I'm hearing that they're mortgaging houses themselves - but they're actually renting it out to people.
"As in they might be living at home, but having a mortgage on a house.
"They're renting it, so tenants are actually paying for their mortgage with a profit.
"There seems to be no rules there, so that's obviously very demorilising".
And she says no one seems to care about the situation.
"I don't think anyone cares, in terms of landlords or Government, they don't care as long as their own pockets are lined.
"We talk about emergency housing and things like that, but rent increases are now, and you're talking about emergency housing that won't happen in the next year.
"Do they just expect people to live on the side of the road while they're going home to their warm houses?
"I don't think anyone's taking any accountability and it's madness, really".
