The businessman paid just over €13,000 in damages on Thursday which had been outstanding since 2022

The young woman, who is 21, said in a victim impact statement that, within a week of the sexual attack on her, she attempted to take her own life.

The authority said that it was ‘severely hampered’ in carrying out physical inspections during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said rental prices meant the lives and aspirations of tenants are being “put on hold”

It comes after a survey indicated that 40% of sales instructions in the last quarter of 2022.

Thousands of landlords have been leaving the market recently, prompting fears it will lead to fewer rental properties in an already stretched market.