Back to the future, by Eve Kelliher

One of the country’s main homelessness campaigners has described the Government’s Rebuilding Ireland plan as “an abject failure” which exacerbated the problem it was meant to address.

A recovering addict who wanted to die at the peak of her drugs and alcohol addiction says secondary treatment saved her life.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy is under fire for prioritising his own political career ahead of solving the housing crisis.

The Housing Minister is to pressure local authorities to build more social houses by publishing targets for each individual area.

Just one third of a promised 2,284 social houses have been delivered, the Dáil heard, as the Government continues to come under pressure over its handling of the housing crisis.

Significant Government intervention is needed to bring about stability in the housing market, according to Ireland’s largest estate agency.

Cities around the country are screaming out for housing stock. The knock-on effect is skyrocketing prices, leading to claims that it will soon be beyond the average family to afford to live in any of our cities. In fact this could well already be the case in some sectors.

A 700-bed student accommodation project on the country’s newest third-level campus depends on EU approval for a funding system, due to question marks over its effect on government debt.