Dáil housing debate descends into row about corruption

Mary Lou McDonald and Micheál Martin exchanged harsh words in a debate over the O’Devaney Gardens site in Stoneybatter

The site of the O'Devaney Gardens flat complex in Dublin in 2019 which Mary Lou McDonald alleged would be sold to a cuckoo fund if the developer didn't get a set price for them from the Government. Photo:Gareth Chaney/Collins

A Dáil debate about housing descended into a heated row between the Taoiseach and the Sinn Féin leader.

Mary Lou McDonald took Micheál Martin to task on the issue of cuckoo funds buying up homes across Ireland. Ms McDonald noted that the developer of the O’Devaney Gardens site in Stoneybatter warned it would sell 500 homes to a cuckoo fund if the Government did not buy them all for a set price.