The woman is over three decades younger than the landlord.

Leonardo De Oliveira Lima had been a tenant of an apartment at Thornleigh Row, Applewood Village, Swords, Co Dublin since 2016

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the property owner, Patricia Geraghty, had discriminated against the tenancy applicant, Frank Zimmermann.

Maurice Deverell, who lives in Dun Laoghaire, said there has been a significant decline in the number of landlords in the last two years.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the landlord had discriminated against his tenant by treating him less favourably than a tenant not in receipt of a social welfare payment

Mr Justice Brian Cregan said Mr Godart 'acted in bad faith and with impropriety from start to finish in the conduct of these proceedings'

Le Wang (42) of Balally Drive, Dundrum, Dublin 16, pleaded guilty to harassing a foreign student over three months between December 2022 and March 2023

Dublin City Council (DCC) prosecuted Green Label Short Lets Ltd for failing to comply with a fire safety notice issued over a "potentially dangerous building" on Beaver Street, Dublin 1.

The judge said his judgment orders will take effect in one week, so the defendants’ lawyers can double-check Revenue’s calculation of the interest accrued to date.

Green Label Property Investments Limited was summonsed to face prosecution by Dublin City Council

Both men faced identical charges of assaulting a male and female student, attempting to commit theft of a phone and trespassing to commit theft