'A dangerous hell': More women facing sex-for-rent demands in Ireland's broken housing market

One landlord said he wanted photos of a prospective tenant and her future housemates before giving them an appointment to view his property

The Attorney General has reported to Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien on sex-for-rent practices. At present, it is not illegal to advertise accommodation in this way. File picture

Day after day, immigrants arrive in Ireland to take up new jobs, begin studies in a new college, and start an adventure with new friends.

Central to all of that is finding somewhere to live – a new home, away from the one they left behind, in search of a better life.