An end to residents’ lengthy nightmare

THEY were subjected to a nightmare by the tenants of two rented houses in a once-quiet housing estate.

Street brawls, drunken late-night parties, souped-up cars driven recklessly, theft from neighbouring houses, and drinking and urinating in public — all linked to the tenants or visitors to the two rented houses — had become a regular feature of life in Bishopscourt Drive in Cork’s western suburbs.

With their quality of life in tatters, and feeling threatened and intimidated, a group of 13 neighbours united to take on the landlord. And won.