Religious body calls for laws to punish State’s failures

GOVERNMENTS should be legally obliged to set social and economic targets and face possible court action if they fail to fulfil them, according to a religious body.

The Conference of Religious in Ireland (CORI) also called for a law confining land rezoning to property owned by local authorities.

CORI said this would end speculation by developers and free up tracts of land which could be used for badly needed social housing.