Michael Clifford: Co-living is bedsits for the 21st century

Introducing a type of living that devalues privacy, space and even dignity at this point is to head in the direction of serious social regression

Once embedded in the national consciousness co-living will take flight because it will best suit investors and would contribute to tackling the political problem of homeless statistics. Picture: PA

The nuns’ summer house at the end of Ballinskelligs beach was off-limits when I was a kid. It sat on high ground above the beach, two storeys tall, rows of windows with a stone crucifix on the roof. 

There was a retaining wall separating the front lawn of the abode from the high tide mark on the shore.