Daniel McConnell: Why would any young person vote for Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil?

A housing emergency was declared eight years ago, but, with uproar over a vulture fund buying up nearly an entire estate in Kildare, who in Government is going to take accountability for it?

 Mullen Park estate in Maynooth, Co Kildare. The 170-home estate has had 135 homes bought by the Round Hill Capital fund. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The events of the last week have left me asking, why would any young person vote for Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil?

The so-called defenders of the political centre-ground, who between them controlled this country for the past century, have all but abandoned the social contract with the people they are supposed to represent.