All privately rented homes inspected in Donegal last year failed to meet required standards

Nearly 60 per cent of rental properties inspected by local authorities last year failed to make the grade, with Donegal County Council one of four local authorities to return a 100% failure rate
The others were Louth, Offaly and Limerick City.
Figures from the Department of the Environment show nearly 17 thousand 9 hundred inspections were carried out around the country in 2013.
550 rented dwellings in Donegal were inspected, all of which failed to meet the required standards.