Church asked to hand over property to house elderly

A Fine Gael minister has called on the Catholic Church to hand over buildings and land to house the elderly.

Church asked to hand over property to house elderly

A Fine Gael minister has called on the Catholic Church to hand over buildings and land to house the elderly.

Abandoned convents, parish halls, and other Church-owned buildings should be converted into new residential hubs for older people, which would also rejuvenate town and village centres, says the minister of state for older people, Jim Daly.

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