Build the houses and Irish emigrants will come home

The major threat future economic growth materialising is the lack of housing for returning emigrants at affordable prices, writes Dermot O’Leary

The release last week of the latest population statistics for Ireland provides an opportunity to discuss one of the most interesting domestic economic topics.

“Interesting” is, of course, a relative term, but it is certainly difficult to argue against the view that Ireland has had, and continues to have, unique demographic features.