RTÉ’s Investigation Into Shocking Rental Conditions Caused A Lot Of Anger Last Night

RTÉ’s investigation into shocking conditions in the Irish rental market aired last night to much anger.

Nightmare To Let depicted squalid conditions in overcrowded properties in Dublin, Cork and Louth among other counties.

If you missed the eye-opening documentary, presented by Barry O’Kelly, some clips have been made available by RTÉ which can be viewed below.

“It actually felt like living in a submarine” – RTÉ Investigates: Nightmare to Let | RTÉ One tonight 9.35pm | pic.twitter.com/9F0GNw3HR9

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 2, 2017

#RTEInvestigates ‘I’ve no shower since before Christmas … There’s holes in the floor, yep. I think there’s mice in there as well.’ pic.twitter.com/ilFL5Ia85v

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 2, 2017

#RTEInvestigates ‘When it would rain, the rain would come in through the roof, in through the electrics in the bathroom.’ pic.twitter.com/X0VX4HsAoN

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 2, 2017

Viewers were shocked to see 40 people residing in one property in Dublin while footage of rats living in one woman’s apartment left many disgusted. Here’s how people reacted online.

This conscious creation of, effectively, slums; this bare exploitation of people made vulnerable by the #housingcrisis & the spectre of #homelessness, is repugnant

The multi-faceted contributory lack of regulation/oversight, equally so#RTEInvestigates #NightmareToLet

— Ciara Plunkett (@PlunkettCiara) November 2, 2017

Imagine, this is the experience of life in Ireland that these tenants are writing home about #shame #NightmareToLet

— Mary Anne S (@maryannestokes) November 2, 2017