The proposal to raise the rent by €3 a week across the board was passed in November last year.

A referee who attempted suicide over abuse he suffered online has described it as horrendous.

Top Meath referee Patrick Nelis has revealed how vicious online abuse, following last year’s county final, contributed to a suicide attempt.

Today’s report, that Gaelic football referee Patrick Nelis has described how aggressive, personalised online abuse directed at him after last year’s Tyrone county final pushed him to try to commit suicide, is the latest in a long — and lengthening — list of examples of how the principle of manners, of self-control, of respect for others, or even basic restraint, have been swept aside by the remoteness and anonymity afforded by social media.