More than a third of rental properties near UCC 'not registered with RTB'

"A system that relies on landlords to self-regulate is not working," says local residents' group chairwoman Catherine Clancy.

A spokesman for the RTB said on Wednesday that it was not in a position to comment, pointing instead to its website, where it says the RTB does not wish to prosecute landlords.  File Picture: 

More than one third of private rented properties near University College Cork are not registered with Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), it has been claimed.

For the fourth time in six years, a sample check of almost 300 private rented properties near UCC shows that almost 100 appear not to have been registered with the RTB by landlords.