Ask the expert: Housemate is allergic to my cat. Can she force me to give it up?

Sinead Ryan answers your property finance questions

Keeping pets could be a breach of your house lease

Sinead Ryan

Question: Myself and two others girls rent a three-bedroom house in Dublin. We are lucky to have it and can afford the rent.

One girl recently left as she got a job elsewhere, and our landlord opted to use a letting agency to replace her as a tenant even though we had a friend willing to move in.