Last week, the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) released what it described as its most accurate and in-depth statistics to date on the Irish rental sector, giving a detailed breakdown of tenancies by landlord portfolio size.  The topline figure that attracted the most attention was the number of private, small-scale landlords with one or two properties registered with the board, which has remained static over the past year.  This is because the findings cast doubt on claims that such landlords were leaving the market in their droves in the run-up to last year’s budget. Such claims were based on more limited…