A solicitor must pay his landlord €10,000 of €20,706 rent arrears within a week as a condition to secure a rehearing of his appeal over an attempt to evict him from a rented Temple Bar apartment.
Geoffrey Curran gave a sworn undertaking before Dublin District Court to pay the €10,000 owed in relation to the three-bed property, at Blind Quay Apartments, Exchange Street Lower, Dublin 8, within seven days.
He also undertook to make monthly payments of €4,350 to the landlord, comprising €3,350 rent and €1,000 towards arrears, until they are cleared.
Judge Monika Leech required the undertakings as a condition of granting Curran’s application, made by solicitor Susan Martin, for a rehearing of his appeal before a Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) tribunal.
The court heard Curran was “seriously medically unwell” at the time of the appeal on December 5th last, which proceeded in his absence. He had sought an adjournment some days earlier on medical and other grounds, including the existence of separate Circuit Court proceedings.
