Dubliners on housing list may be offered grant to relocate to rural Ireland

People from Dublin on the social housing waiting list may be offered a grant to relocate to rural Ireland.

A Dublin City Councillor believes people on the social housing list for the capital city would be willing to move elsewhere in the country if there are affordable services such as childcare available.

"There was a system in place where effectively if somebody chose to move from Dublin down the country they would receive a small amount of financial assistance from the Government.