While a person over 18 who is living with their tenant parents can succeed in tenancy under section 39 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, there is no such right for under-18s.

The IPOA has proposed a number of practical measures to "level the playing field" for landlords and make the rental market more sustainable.

Maureen Kelly was ordered to pay rent arrears of €60,000 to a landlord that told her the property was to be sold.

The teenage boy and his mother had lived in the apartment prior to her death in 2023, the court heard