Property needs 100,000 more workers to tackle housing crisis

Ireland needs thousands of workers in Irish property, land and construction over the next decade, says the new president of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland

Enda McGuane, newly elected president of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and asset management lead for the Land Development Agency, says Ireland will need 100,000 more workers in Irish property, land and construction over the next decade.

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Enda McGuane, newly elected president of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI), says Ireland will need 100,000 more workers in Irish property, land and construction over the next decade, including thousands of surveyors.