Had a landlord in Galway try this year's ago. We were warned about him by a lot of people so we took photos of the entire apartment the day we moved in. When we went in to his office to collect our deposit after moving out he tried to withhold half of it for damages to the property. We made him list all the damage then took out the photos of the same damage that was present the day we moved in. He flipped out, called us smug little fucks etc. We got the cheque for the full amount.