'Poor quality' housing harming mental health of mothers and children - ESRI 

Inadequate housing is “much more common in urban areas” while “most frequently experienced in Dublin compared to other regions (with a few exceptions),” it adds.

Families that live in poorer quality of housing have lower social and emotional wellbeing, according to new research by the ESRI.

The research, published on Thursday, also shows that the impact on mothers’ mental health of living in a home that is cold, damp and overcrowded leads to “much poorer” outcomes for their children,