O’Sullivan vows to be a ‘strong voice’

TACKLING homelessness will be the “absolute priority” of the new Minister for Housing Jan O’Sullivan, who was promoted to the cabinet yesterday.

The long-serving Labour TD was appointed as a “super-junior” minister, meaning she’ll have a seat but not a vote at the cabinet table.

She said there’s a lot of work to be done: “People are really suffering out there, particularly people who are having difficulties with their mortgages, people who are literally sleeping on the streets at Christmas,” she said.

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