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By Eoghan Murphy · Shannonside · 21 September 2026
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A significant number of council tenants in Co Leitrim are refusing to pay their increased rents.New rents for social-housing tenants in the county took effect l...
A significant number of council tenants in Co Leitrim are refusing to pay their increased rents.
New rents for social-housing tenants in the county took effect last Friday, after the council did a review.
But several residents in Mohill, Aughnasheelin, Ballinamore and Carrick-on-Shannon say they’re only paying their previous rents.
Eoghan Murphy has been speaking to some of those who got big increases this month:
Reporting by Eoghan Murphy for Shannonside, funded by the News Reporting Scheme. Republished by News Room under the scheme’s reuse permission.
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