http://www.irishexaminer.com/archiv...fined-30k-for-tenantsapos-actions-217217.html
Interesting case in Cork regarding absentee landlords and their anti social tennants.
Interesting case in Cork regarding absentee landlords and their anti social tennants.
Examiner:
Landlord fined €30k for tenants’ actions
By Eoin English
Monday, December 17, 2012
A landlord has been ordered to pay almost €30,000 in damages after his tenants subjected neighbours to serious antisocial behaviour. The award, one of the highest of its kind by the Private Residential Tenancies Board, has serious implications for landlords.
A group of 13 residents took two cases to the PRTB earlier this year in relation to antisocial behaviour linked to the tenants of two properties in Bishopscourt Drive, owned by West Cork-based landlord Flor Harrington. They outlined a catalogue of incidents, including:
* Violent incidents and fights outside one of the houses;
* Out-of-control parties, excessive noise, and disturbance;
* Drinking alcohol and urinating in public by tenants, or by people connected to them;
* Rubbish, including used nappies, being thrown into neighbouring gardens;
* Cars being driven recklessly and noisily at night in the area, and in the garden of one of the houses;
* One incident where gardaí, who were arresting an individual at one of the addresses, had to use pepper spray after they were attacked by a group of women who were in the house.