Tánaiste claims 100,000 homes will have been delivered by Government by end of year

He described the ongoing housing crisis as the “defining challenge of our time”.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin: 'There is only one sustainable solution – build more houses to own and rent.' File Picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has claimed that 100,000 homes will have been built during the lifetime of the current Government by the end of 2023.

In his speech at the 81st Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, the Fianna Fáil leader said that Ireland is now seeing “positive movement” in housing, saying that “things are changing”.