House prices in Dublin are rising fast, with the rate of growth doubling in the first four months of this year.

The Estate agents, Savills has found that house price inflation has risen from 2.6 per cent to 4.6 percent in that time.

And it predicts it'll rise to 5-and-a-half percent in Dublin.

Director of research at Savills John McCartney, says the lack of housing supply and construction in the capital city is driving up prices: