€7.5m social housing rent owed to council

The council had more than €7.5 million social housing arrears after tax at the end of March this year, consisting of almost 4,500 rent accounts.

The local authority revealed social housing rent arrears of €7,698,267 across 4,426 accounts at the end of the first quarter of the year – before tax, the figure stands at over €10.6 million.