Step carefully and get advice if a tenant has failed to pay rent

First in our new weekly legal advice articles by solicitor Karen Walsh

I am renting a small cottage on my farm to a tenant for over a year, and in the past few months, the tenant has not paid me any rent. What are my legal options?

Under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2004, tenants are required to pay their rent when it falls due, and their tenancy may be terminated for non-payment of rent.