Latest: Housing Minister denies affordable homes will be reserved for 'essential careers'

Minister Eoghan Murphy clashed with a party colleague at the launch of 470 new homes for Inchicore in Dublin.

Update 8.15pm: The Housing Minister says there's no truth to the rumours that some affordable houses are going to be reserved for those with essential careers.

It's after reports that some people like nurses or teachers would have houses set aside for them in new cost-rental schemes.