As students prepare for the academic year ahead, gardaí has issued a nationwide warning over a sharp annual spike in accommodation fraud.

Uber driver Alberto Souza claimed he was initially offered the equivalent of €485 a day in Brazilian Reais for a fortnight's rental in his apartment in Belém

According to court documents, the man was allegedly barred from his land by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in 1998, and to this day is denied access to it

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