Irish Examiner view: Public is not so forgiving any more

Landlord controversies

Billy Kelleher accepted that what happened was an “oversight” on his part rather than moving to blame the letting agent, a move favoured by others in a similar position.

Since the departure of Robert Troy as a minister of state, the revelations have come dropping slow. Politicians of various parties have been shown to have rental properties which were not registered properly with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), from Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to Sinn Féin TD Johnny Guirke.

Earlier this week, the list of errant politicians was swelled by MEP Billy Kelleher, who acknowledged that he had not registered a property in Cork with the RTB for two years.