Couple can buy cottage after 16 years rent-free

A couple have finally been allowed to buy their 300-year-old Donegal cottage house after living in it rent-free for 16 years.

Malachy and Lorraine Eastwood agreed a deal to buy the run-down cottage in Ardara in 1998 for £10,000 from businesswoman Suzanne Rafferty.

However, despite moving into the home and spending up to €50,000 renovating it, the sale of the home was never formalised.