Sites risk sanction for advertising overpriced, dangerous rental units

Websites which advertise sub-standard, dangerous or excessively overpriced rental properties could face criminal sanctions in a bid to clamp down on questionable units flooding the market.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy said he will consider an opposition suggestion for likely sanctions, during a Dáil debate on the housing sector.

During a two-hour Dáil debate, Deputy Eoin O Broin asked the minister if he was willing to impose any measures to tackle the rise of slum landlord properties in Dublin, Cork and other locations.