"Are you mad?"
In three words, this response to a question about whether tenants had asked their landlords for rent reductions captured the general sentiment about the rental market.
Many renters are, understandably, scarred by their experiences of finding – not to mention affording – rental accommodation in Ireland.
It hasn't occurred to some that they might be paying over the odds, and you could be forgiven for assuming that little had changed in the rental market, despite the pandemic.
Figures from Daft.ie suggest that, while the rental juggernaut may have slowed down, it hasn't come to a stop. But is that the full picture?