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

Nobody is shocked by any of this. Its disgusting how the government have allowed the rental market to spiral. #NightmareToLet
— Chris Hardiman ☕???????????????? (@AJoyForever83) November 2, 2017

No proper fire safety system, fire door locked. Really frightening to think what might happen if there was a fire with so many occupants #NightmareToLet
— Niamh Randall (@NiamhRandall) November 2, 2017

increase in rental property available. High demand/low supply fuels landlords taking advantage of those with limited choice #NightmareToLet
— Caroline Hofman (@CearuilinH) November 2, 2017

15 girls in the basement with 1 toilet????? #RTEInvestigates
— Robbie McDonnell (@cricketsong117) November 2, 2017

these landlords should be fined, have their properties confiscated followed by about 15 years in prison. #RTEInvestigates
— Michael (@McGivern2010) November 2, 2017

The #RTEinvestigates show is shameful. The inhumanity of some landlords is beyond shocking
— Shane Brophy (@BrophShane) November 2, 2017

The cattle in the shed down home genuinely live in better conditions than most of these 'apartments' #RTEinvestigates
— Peter Farrell (@PeterFarr_) November 2, 2017