Author sued for tens of thousands in unpaid rent

Alan Barry, the author of the book Salesman With an AK47, is being sued by two of his former landlords for unpaid rental debts running into tens of thousands.

According to a solicitor for the Residential Tenancies Board and landlords Michael Carroll and Albert Connaughton, he is now nowhere to be found.

Una Cassidy, counsel for the board, was yesterday granted an order by Judge Jacqueline Linnane in the Circuit Civil Court, allowing the board to serve Mr Barry with debt recovery proceedings by way of email and through his Twitter and Facebook accounts.