Tenants quizzed on antisocial behaviour

One of the country’s largest local authorities has had the highest number of face-to-face interviews with tenants over antisocial behaviour and the highest legal bill for bringing cases to court.

Fingal County Council, which covers a huge swathe of north and west Dublin, had to hold 228 office-based interviews with tenants in the past 18 months.

Its legal bill for dealing with cases of antisocial behaviour, while relatively modest at €39,133, is still higher than any other local authority in the same period.