Landlord TDs ‘slow to address rent crisis’

An anti-austerity councillor has linked the slow progress in tackling the spiralling rental and accommodation crisis to the fact that almost a quarter of all TDs are landlords.

AAA Cork city councillor Mick Barry said a “clear conflict of interests” exists between the State’s landlord TDs and delays introducing possible solutions such as laws on rent controls.

“There is a rental accommodation crisis and no real action coming from Dáil Éireann to address it,” Mr Barry said.