Coalition denies inaction on house prices

THE Government yesterday denied it had not done enough to tackle spiralling house prices as the latest report found between a third and a half of the population will soon not be able to afford a house.

Opposition parties immediately seized on the report by Trinity College economics professor PJ Drudy as evidence that the worsening housing situation was the legacy of seven years of the current coalition government.

Labour environment spokesman Eamon Gilmore accused the Government of ignoring the problem for years.