A law student at Maynooth University was left shocked when she was allegedly told by her 'landlord' that half of her room will be rented out to a stranger.
The student was also told that she will have share her double bed with the new renter. The landlord was allegedly asking for €25 a night for one side of the double bed, which amounts to €500 a month in rent if they stay 5 nights a week.
The Maynooth student has now been forced to find somewhere else to live, and it appears her room was being rented out under the rent-a-room scheme, which lets homeowners earn up to €14,000 per year tax-free renting to private tenants, but is not covered by landlord and tenant law. The move was blasted as “despicable” after the student’s parents contacted a Donegal radio station with the story.
