Housing crisis forcing Naval sailors to sleep onboard ships

The housing crisis has left up to 66 sailors sleeping onboard naval service ships, primarily because they are so poorly paid they can not afford mortgages or soaring rents and there are no billets for them at their headquarters in Haulbowline, Co Cork.

Housing crisis forcing Naval sailors to sleep onboard ships

By Sean O’Riordan

The housing crisis has left up to 66 sailors sleeping onboard naval service ships, primarily because they are so poorly paid they can not afford mortgages or soaring rents and there are no billets for them at their headquarters in Haulbowline, Co Cork.

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