Cork landlord seeking €5k upfront from students

Practice a 'total breach' of Residential Tenancies Board rules, Oireachtas committee hears

In response to the case, the Residential Tenancies Board said that tenants are 'not supposed to be put under that kind of pressure, be they students or non-students'. Picture: Unsplash

A Cork landlord is asking seven students to pay deposits of €1,500 each for a home near University College Cork (UCC) from August, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was also told that the same group of students were told that they would each have to pay the first half of the year's rent, €3,500 each, to secure the tenancy.