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What's working well, what isn't working well? What would you like to see?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vq3135p32o

Patrick Fee

Business correspondent, BBC News NI

Over eight years and five different flats, one thing in Ryan Hoey's life has been constant - his rent keeps going up.

In Belfast, rent prices are growing faster than in any other UK city.

"It doesn't surprise me – I think I've seen it in places I've rented before. Those rises have been quite extortionate, in terms of the rate of increase," he said.

Hoey recently noticed that a south Belfast apartment is charging £800 a month today, compared to the £550 he paid when living there in 2021.

By how much have rents increased?

Rents a

Have noticed two of the neighbours have everything completely down now and put away. One of them is a guy who lives on his own and the other is a family.

Any showdowns today at dinner?

Affairs getting dragged into the open, divorces being announced, rows that had been brewing all year, someone taking the drink too far, old grudges coming back up, or that one comment that set the whole table off. Big or small, it all counts.

Stick it here and we can talk it through. If you want advice, you will get it. If you just need to vent, that is fine too. We all quietly enjoy a bit of drama once it is not our own.