Fianna Fáil confident Government programme will be passed despite another TD opposing it

John Lahart said the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) scheme in his constituency are "dense, high-rise, build-to-rent developments... in a constituency where literally thousands of young adults were forced to return to the family home because they couldn’t afford rents in Dublin".

A number of Fianna Fáil TDs say that party leader Michéal Martin did not raise the article with John Lahart. Photo: PA

Fianna Fáil TDs remain confident that the programme for government will pass, despite a second TD announcing that they will vote against the deal.