Ireland’s housing crisis ‘one of the longest and most severe’

Fr Peter McVerry with his dog Tiny speaking during a Raise the Roof housing rights protest outside Leinster House in Dublin (PA)

Ireland’s ongoing housing crisis is the one of the “longest and most severe” the country has seen, a housing campaigner said.

Macdara Doyle claimed the housing policies brought in by successive governments have failed to tackle the crisis.