DUBLIN, Ireland: Former Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin has repaid 3,300 euros that he owed to a former tenant, Niall Donald, according to a source close to Donald.

As reported by the Irish Examiner, Gavin withdrew suddenly from the presidential race after claims emerged that he owed Donald more than 3,000 euros in connection with a rental arrangement that had not been correctly registered.

Donald, who co-hosts the Crime World podcast with journalist Nicola Tallant, discussed the controversy on Wednesday's episode.

In the podcast, released earlier that day, Donald described the matter as "a complicated story in one way, but simple in another." He explained that he began renting an apartment in Smithfield, Dublin, with a friend in 2007, paying rent through a standing order.

Donald said he had "very little dealings" with Gavin at the time and did not know about his sporting background. When his friend later moved out, his partner moved in.

"Whatever way the standing orders were changed, I had two standing orders," he said. "There was an increase in the rent, and instead of changing my standing order, I just added another one."

Donald continued living in the apartment until 2009. As reported by the Irish Examiner, he and his partner were expecting a baby when they moved out.

In 2010, Donald hired a solicitor to write to Gavin demanding repayment of the overpaid rent and warning of possible legal action.

Since he did not have Gavin's home address, Donald said he sent the letter to both the apartment and to Gavin's workplace at the Air Corps base in Baldonnel, Co. Dublin. He also hand-delivered a copy to Gavin's parents' home, leaving it in an envelope marked "private and confidential."

"I said, ‘I'm really sorry to call at your house. I'm a former tenant of Jim's. I'm just looking to get a letter to him.' They were really, really nice," Donald recalled.

However, later that night, after midnight, Gavin called him, reportedly angry about the visit to his parents' home.

Donald said Gavin was "really, really irate" during the phone call.

The repayment of the 3,300 euros ends the long-running dispute that resurfaced during Gavin's short-lived presidential campaign.