A landlord who evicted a family on the grounds that he needed the house for his daughter, then put it back on the rental market at a rent 50 per cent higher, has been ordered to pay €15,000 (£12,900, $17,400) in damages.
The order, made by a Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) tribunal, followed a finding that Padraig Coyne re-advertised the property in Rochfortbridge, Co Westmeath, roughly two months after his tenant left. It described his conduct as 'egregious'.
