Local authority tenants owe at least €32m in rent to councils

Local authority tenants in the greater Dublin area and in cities across the country owe at least €32 million in rent to their local councils.

The most recent figures show that in Dublin City alone, up to 13,400 tenants and their families owe €19.5m in rent.

In Cork City, rent arrears at the end of 2010 stood at €2.6m and 54% of the families have been in arrears for more than six months.