Tenants face eviction over water bills

Local authority tenants face the threat of eviction for failing to pay water charges.

A row erupted yesterday in the Dáil between Tánaiste Joan Burton and Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald.

Ms McDonald produced a letter from Wicklow County Council which stated that recipients of rent supplement, under the Rental Accommodation Scheme, could be forced out of their homes for not paying water bills.