Lack of social housing will see ‘return to the 1940s’

SHANNON is facing the prospect of a repeat of the 40s and 50s when it was common for three generations to live under the one roof due to a chronic lack of social housing.

That’s according to Clare county councillor Patricia McCarthy who deplored the severe shortage of local authority housing in the airport town.

With 551 applicants in Shannon currently on a housing waiting list, local town councillors are up in arms about the lack of plans for any new social houses.