Country’s first modular homes in Ballymun are ready for homeless families

They’re the fastest built houses in the history of the State so possibly the security man who was darting from one to the next liberally spraying them with air freshener in advance of the ministerial visit was trying to cover up the lingering odour of construction crew sweat.

If anyone should have been perspiring over the country’s first modular homes, however, it was Environment Minister Alan Kelly himself.

Having pushed modular homes as a speedy solution for homeless families stuck in hotels, the moment of truth is about to dawn when the first tenants arrive in the next few weeks.