‘We want more babies but need a bigger council house’

An unemployed father of eight is demanding a bigger house from his local authority so he can have more children.

Jason Casey, who has been on a housing waiting list for 10 years, has staged a silent protest outside Limerick City Hall in Limerick for six weeks.

The 42-year-old, who lives in a three-bedroom home, said: “We have five girls in one room and two boys in the other room and we take the baby in with us.